Dinomaniac Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 What is this fossil? And is this real? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinomaniac Posted June 18, 2017 Author Share Posted June 18, 2017 It is from china just so you know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 It's a keichosaurus, they are often faked and they are illegal to export from china. However I'm not great with identifying fakes and fossils could be circulated before the ban was put on place, I'm sure those more knowledgeable than myself will be able to diagnose it pretty easily... “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Speeding Carno Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 It looks to me like a faked keichousaurus. I don't know how to describe it but there is just an air about the fossil that seems fake. The head also does not seem proportionate to the body 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Does not look real to me. Nice art work maybe? RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Agree with a fabrication. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 It looks like a fake to me, but the frame is really cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snolly50 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 It is real, as apparently it exists in the material world. However, it is not a fossil; but an artfully, if not accurately, crafted simulation. 1 Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, also are remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. - Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 It seems to perfect, its 100% complete and the flipper nines are perfectly round with no texture. I don't trust it. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Wouldn't there be a pelvic bone of some sort it it was real? I do love the stand! Edit: Here is what a real one looks like (or at least a cast of a real one). 3 Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 It's either fake or a museum piece. I know where my money is.... John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 The only real item we are looking at is the stand the piece of art is stored in. Very nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolmt Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Its a piece of artwork. Looks nice but fake as they get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelhead9 Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 1 hour ago, GeschWhat said: Wouldn't there be a pelvic bone of some sort it it was real? I do love the stand! Edit: Here is what a real one looks like (or at least a cast of a real one). It's as fake as they come. Even in a real one, the pelvic bone is generally not visible in a dorsally positioned specimen. Still Life Fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilshale Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 By the way, the "artist" intended to fake not an ordinary Keichousaurus hui but the somehow similar looking but much larger (exceeding 1 m in length!) and scarcer Nothosaurus youngi or a even a Lariosaurus xingyiensis. A new specimen of Nothosaurus youngi from the Middle Triassic of Guizhou China.pdf A new species of Lariosaurus Sauropterygia Nothosauridae from Triassic of Guizhou Southwest China.pdf Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes (Confucius, 551 BC - 479 BC). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 14 hours ago, steelhead9 said: It's as fake as they come. Even in a real one, the pelvic bone is generally not visible in a dorsally positioned specimen. Good to know...I got that one off of Wikipedia. They listed it as "Photograph of a fossil cast of a Keichousaurus hui skeleton taken at the North American Museum of Ancient Life. Ugh! Are any of the specimens on that page real? If so, I or someone else can submit an edit. If not, does anyone have an image of a real fossil that can be added to the Wikipedia page? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keichousaurus Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now