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Hi
Below please find some pictures of bone fossil from the Kem Kem beds in Morocco. I am not quite sure what I am looking at...

I think it may be from a dino (sauropod phalanges?) or crocodile. 

Any ideas?

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I'm not an expert with this stuff, but could it be turtle?

“...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

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That was my first thought as well, so I could agree with you. :)

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9 hours ago, WhodamanHD said:

I'm not an expert with this stuff, but could it be turtle?

 

I totally forgot to look at turtles! Thank you!  ^_^

 

It seems that there is not much pictures/papers about cretaceous Kem Kem turtles. However, I can see very similar bones shapes when looking at skeletons of modern turtles (including that twisted/flat geometry of the bone on the left). 

 

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7 hours ago, Flx said:

 

I totally forgot to look at turtles! Thank you!  ^_^

 

It seems that there is not much pictures/papers about cretaceous Kem Kem turtles. However, I can see very similar bones shapes when looking at skeletons of modern turtles (including that twisted/flat geometry of the bone on the left). 

 

No problem, just seen turtle limb bones that look similar. Good luck on a more solid ID!

“...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

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