Shortmegan Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Hello! I recently purchased this piece in Madagascar. I was told that it is a dinosaur bone and was found in Majunga. I would love help in learning more about it. You can see that it is two main parts (which fit together) and there is some evidence of repair work. There are some crystals in the middle of the bone, which I think looks very pretty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 It is a femur, I can tell you that much. Majungasaurus? Majungathalus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 That is quite a specimen! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 That’s an exemplary piece! Thanks for posting. It will be interesting to see a perspective of Madagascan fossils less bias to the commercial polished ammonites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Nice piece/s! I would look into a wooden display rack. Maybe something along the lines of a Baseball bat display. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down under fossil hunter Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 really great fossil, what a display piece! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 It is a femur, I can tell you that much. Majungasaurus? Majungathalus? Sorry if i'm wrong but aren't they the same thing Yeah, hard to believe it is authentic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike from North Queensland Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Nice specimen . I would like to see a view with the two halves butted together and a ruler beside the fossil to get an idea how large to bone is. A brick is usually about 230mm long so looks to be quite large. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sander Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 It looks like a sauropod femur, Majungasaurus femurs seem to have been more bend and with projections while sauropod femurs are pretty straight. If it really comes from the Majunga area (and not further down south) it might very well be a Rapetosaurus femur. Is there no museum in Madagascar where you can go to ask the experts? it's a really nice piece, you should have someone look at it, Because from the Mahjunga area only 1 sauropod is known, maybe it turns out to be a new one? Gr, Sander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Could very well be a sauropod femur. I've attached an image of a Rapetosaurus femur so you have something to compare against. I agree with sander if you can take it to a local museum might help sort out exactly what you have. Very nice bone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Sorry if i'm wrong but aren't they the same thing Yeah, hard to believe it is authentic? yeah, they are the same, I just can't remember which is current. I will however recant my guess...it does look more suaropodian than theropodian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortmegan Posted December 7, 2014 Author Share Posted December 7, 2014 Thank you for all the information! Here is a photo with a tape measure for scale. It's right at one meter long. I've put in my boot too because the tape measure doesn't show up all that well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evannorton Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Wow....nice piece..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustPlainPetrified Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sseth Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Looks sauropod from what I can see. What a great bone. _____________________________________ Seth www.fossilshack.com www.americanfossil.com www.fishdig.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sander Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Looks more like a jurassic bone. see my post at your other topic about the caudal vertebrae. Gr, Sander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 That bone is really something special, but I've got to repeat myself here in saying I love your boots too! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortmegan Posted December 8, 2014 Author Share Posted December 8, 2014 Looks more like a jurassic bone. see my post at your other topic about the caudal vertebrae. Gr, Sander Thanks for all this great information- it's giving me a place to start my investigation into these pieces. Unfortunately the museum closed years ago and the guys that sold this to me, frankly, don't know much either. "It's a dinosaur bone. From a dinosaur. From the North". So between the language issues and dealing with amateurs ...I don't know much. And your speculation in the other post that the bones came from further south could be 100% correct - they said "near" Majunga, which could mean anything. I'm going to do more sleuthing - thanks for all the ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulgdls Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 If I were you I'd buy up everything I could of this quality whilst its available at a reasonable price. Also try and get to the area where its being dug out. Its astonishingly good and rare material. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 If I were you I'd buy up everything I could of this quality whilst its available at a reasonable price. Also try and get to the area where its being dug out. Its astonishingly good and rare material. Paul I concur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sander Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Actually it is a bit dissappointing in Madagascar. because there is so much illicit digging, everything goes away unresearched, we haven't got 1 complete jurassic dinosaur from there. Lapparentosaurus is only known for a few incomplete skeletons (all lacking the skull) and Archaeodontosaurus is only known for loose teeth and part of a jaw. and there are lots of fossils that do not fit into either genus. Someone should really do a scientific expedition there before all the fairly complete skeletons are gone and we are only left with a few pieces. I get the idea that all the attention is focused at the cretaceous part of the Madagascan dinosaurs, if they are researching them at all, the last time I heard news from there was when they announced the discovery of Beelzebufo I think. Seeing all the stuff from there it at least deserves way more attention than it has yet been given. In a way the fossils are very nice and they are a good catch, but if you think about that no one has really looked good at them it is also a pity. one can only wonder how much information has already been lost. But then again, the same counts for Moroccan fossils and almost every other fossil that ends up in a collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triceratops Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 A amazing fossil! -Lyall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triceratops Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 yeah, they are the same, I just can't remember which is current. I will however recant my guess...it does look more suaropodian than theropodian.Mujungasaurus is the proper name. -Lyall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortmegan Posted December 9, 2014 Author Share Posted December 9, 2014 If I were you I'd buy up everything I could of this quality whilst its available at a reasonable price. Also try and get to the area where its being dug out. Its astonishingly good and rare material. Paul It is pretty incredible how affordable these things are- in a way, it's a very sad sign of the state of affairs here. I'm going to try to make it up north where they do the digs and participate- I'll have to tread VERY carefully though. These artisinal diggers won't take too kindly to a foreign lady/hobbiest messing around with their livelihoods...so I'm not going to rush into it. But WOW- how cool would it be to go up there and actually FIND a dino? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sander Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 It is pretty incredible how affordable these things are- in a way, it's a very sad sign of the state of affairs here. I'm going to try to make it up north where they do the digs and participate- I'll have to tread VERY carefully though. These artisinal diggers won't take too kindly to a foreign lady/hobbiest messing around with their livelihoods...so I'm not going to rush into it. But WOW- how cool would it be to go up there and actually FIND a dino? If you really would find a dinosaur, or some articulated bones, make photo's of them while in situ, and remember the exact place where you found them. of course take the fossils with you, or some one else will. Also remember in which layer you found them. Maybe you can even write an article about that discovery yourself if you can find the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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