Platecarpus ptychodon jaw

[Fossil'n'Roll]

I found this yesterday listed as a 10.7" Platecarpus ptychodon jaw section. Everything looks fine to me, but I want to be sure it's 100% real and not composited before deciding whether or not to buy it. The price seems surprisingly low for a jaw section of this size.

 

[doushantuo]

Consider making that "Platecarpus" ptychodon..

edit(hours later): might be a valid taxon after all(at least according to Konishi et al/2011)

I need taxonomic enlightenment,ptychodon SEEMS to be not valid

[Troodon]

Jaws look real and the teeth appear to belong to them, not added.  The block looks very odd like the bones were positioned on a slab and matrix added.  Matrix does not look correct.  Like to hear what others have to say.

Edit: on the matrix defer to Andy and LT

[-Andy-]

I don't see any red flags with this. The matrix has bits of bone in it, as one would expect of Moroccan material. The teeth looks correct too.

[LordTrilobite]

I'd say this is a really good piece. I don't see any red flags here. The bone all looks real, the teeth and roots all look real. The matrix doesn't seem to have been tampered with. I think this one's 100% real.

 

To me, those teeth are also unmistakable. Definitely Platecarpus ptychodon.

And I'll tentatively add that this looks like a right dentary/lower jaw on the top with a complete splenial on the right side and a left maxilla that's flipped over on the bottom half. Plus there's other jaw fragments and fish bones as well.

 

Go for it!

[RJB]

This one looks purty darn good to me.

 

RB

[Fossil'n'Roll]

Sadly someone else beat me to it. There will be others. Thanks for the help, guys.

[doushantuo]