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Spinosaurus Caudal Vertebrae?


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Hello all! Find this piece for sale online listed as "spinosaurus vertebrae". For me it does seem like a caudal vertebrae from some theropod dinosaur, but could anyone throw some light upon its more detailed ID? Would spinosaur be where this piece comes from? Thanks!!

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The extreme concavity of the bottom and side edges suggest theropod. The color suggests Morrocco. So, maybe.

Thanks! That is also the reason I thought it theropod. The seller also described it came from Kem Kem bed Morrocco.

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I would second that but without any processes its a guess. Attached is an image of the latest findings on a Spinosaurus. There is a caudal vert you can compare your to.

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Assigning it to a genus is a bit reckless, given the state of knowledge regarding Moroccan theropods...

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I would second that but without any processes its a guess. Attached is an image of the latest findings on a Spinosaurus. There is a caudal vert you can compare your to.

Thanks for the image! I think I once saw it on a news report about the swimming Spinosaurus :fistbump: I just placed the order, and will upload more pics when I receive it.

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Assigning it to a genus is a bit reckless, given the state of knowledge regarding Moroccan theropods...

Agree. Actually I'm also wondering why the seller can just assign this piece to spinosuarus, maybe he just wants to give his fossil a big name to help sell it ^_^

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I agree that it is theropod as well. Looks very similar to verts I have seen around here.

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You can't trust this being a Spinosaurus vert because they are so rare and very hard to find in the first place and if it is it would go for large sums of money.

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Agree. Actually I'm also wondering why the seller can just assign this piece to spinosuarus, maybe he just wants to give his fossil a big name to help sell it ^_^

More common than you'd think; a lot of times you pay for the name more than the specimen. A "Theropod Vertebra" will always go for less than a "SPINOSAURUS ERMAGERD JURASSIC PARK" vertebra. Just saying. (And anything that's appeared in "National Geographic" always will be more expensive...lol)

Concur with other thoughts in this thread; unless some autapomorphies are found in Spinosaurus vertebrae, Spinosaurus would seem to be just one of several possibilities.

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I would second that but without any processes its a guess. Attached is an image of the latest findings on a Spinosaurus. There is a caudal vert you can compare your to.

Hmmm... i bought this vertebra thinking it was Carcharodontosaurus, but that caudal vert in the picture looks almost exactly the same!

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Hmmm... i bought this vertebra thinking it was Carcharodontosaurus, but that caudal vert in the picture looks almost exactly the same!

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Boy that is a very well preserved specimen and as close a match to the one in the picture as you can find. I would have no problem calling it a Spinosasurus.
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