bcfossilcollector Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 A Chirostenotes claw 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Very nice! Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Very nice is it Hell Creek? Sorry but looks more like a Struthiomimus hand claw 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfossilcollector Posted January 8, 2018 Author Share Posted January 8, 2018 3 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Very nice! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfossilcollector Posted January 8, 2018 Author Share Posted January 8, 2018 It is from the Hell Creek formation. The claw is about 3 inch’s in length. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Thanks it's a nice one @hxmendoza opinion please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfossilcollector Posted January 9, 2018 Author Share Posted January 9, 2018 (edited) @Troodon thank you. Always appreciate your learned analysis! Edited January 9, 2018 by bcfossilcollector Resent @ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hxmendoza Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Looks like the proximal portion is restored, correct? If so, it may need some fine tuning on the height dorsal-ventrally. I agree with @Troodon. It looks like an ornithomimid digit-I Manus claw. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfossilcollector Posted January 9, 2018 Author Share Posted January 9, 2018 @hxmendoza thanks for your help in correcting the identification of this claw. Based on the analysis that you and @Troodon have provided I am going to re label this specimen. There definitely seems to be a distortion? at the very proximal edges of the specimen although I just do not have either the observational experience or expertise to have drawn conclusions as regards the original proportional shape of the claw. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Properly labeled Ornithomimid but think it's a Struthiomimus. The replica hand I show is a Struthie from the BHI your claws position would be the very bottom one from digit I. This is what I believe you have 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfossilcollector Posted January 9, 2018 Author Share Posted January 9, 2018 @Troodon I very much see the similarities to the example you have provided. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfossilcollector Posted February 14, 2018 Author Share Posted February 14, 2018 Some additional information as regards this claw. I’ve managed to track down the original listing for this particular claw. The seller found the claw in one piece but with the proximal end twisted about 15 degrees off position. The claw was realigned and re inflated. The proximal end was restored to about 3/8s of an inch with about an 1/8 of an inch restoration at the very tip. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfossilcollector Posted February 14, 2018 Author Share Posted February 14, 2018 @Troodon @hxmendoza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfossilcollector Posted February 14, 2018 Author Share Posted February 14, 2018 This listing dated back to, I think 2011. I found another listing for the claw, late 2011, this time from a UK dealer. The persons I aquired the claw probably purchased it from that dealer. Both sellers had mistakenly identified the claw as Chirostenotes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hxmendoza Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 25 minutes ago, bcfossilcollector said: Some additional information as regards this claw. I’ve managed to track down the original listing for this particular claw. The seller found the claw in one piece but with the proximal end twisted about 15 degrees off position. The claw was realigned and re inflated. The proximal end was restored to about 3/8s of an inch with about an 1/8 of an inch restoration at the very tip. Did the seller state why he restored the proximal end? Was it missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfossilcollector Posted February 14, 2018 Author Share Posted February 14, 2018 @hxmendoza He didn’t but from his description the damage to the proximal end was extensive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Pretty good sleuthing to find out this much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfossilcollector Posted February 14, 2018 Author Share Posted February 14, 2018 1 hour ago, Troodon said: Pretty good sleuthing to find out this much. It certainly took a while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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