Masp Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Really enjoyed the fossil expo yesterday In Edison, NJ. Just wanted to share some of my purchases with all of you. 90% of my purchases came from an expert or directly from a paleontologist that found the fossils. The only downside is that those who deal the Moroccan stuff.. you have to be careful. I came across some phony specimens. Like mosasaur Teeth plastered onto a different species jaw, or spinosaurus claws that are mostly fabricated. In any case if you are interested in buying Moroccan fossils, I suggest talking to somebody who is an expert there, like a paleontologist, and show them a picture of the specimen or bring it directly to them to tell you if the specimen is okay or not. That’s exactly what I did, and I felt much more comfortable because I only bought material that was fool proof. At least I hope haha. Anyway they have so many options, especially for those who love minerals. Looking forward to going back. Here are some pics This first pic is of an Allosaurus bone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Masp Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 Here we have a dromeaosaurid vert in the first two pics, then in the third pic a finger bone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Masp Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 Here’s some of that Moroccan material I was talking about. Many of these appear to be in pristine condition but having instead a lot of work done to them. I had this one checked out and was told it’s okay. Appears to have no enhancement work done to it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masp Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 This ammonite however is a little different. The specimen is real, but if you look closely in the middle, where the section begins to get white, that section was hand carved for the aesthetics of making the fossil look complete. I decided to buy it anyway because it was nice, cheap, and most of these I come across have work done to them anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masp Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 Top left black tooth: Pleistocene horse tooth To the left of that: Moroccan Otodus tooth Below those: Two Moroccan Mosasaur teeth The white bone to the left of the teeth: Camarasaurus rib fragment. Below those on bottom: Grallator track 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masp Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 Lastly an adolescent Brachiosaurus bone with puncture wound bite marks from Allosaurus. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Nice buys 1 “...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...
Masp Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masp Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 @Troodon @Fossildude19 @LordTrilobite What do you guys think of these? I value your opinions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 I can't speak to the other fossils so much, but the print you got is pretty nice. 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masp Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 Thanks! My favorite may be the brachiosaurus bone soley because of the puncture wounds. Interesting stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 You done well in my humble opinion and I am with Tim I do like your Grallator Print . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masp Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 Thank you Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 5 hours ago, Masp said: Here we have a dromeaosaurid vert in the first two pics, then in the third pic a finger bone. I don't think this is dromaeosaurid. It doesn't seem slender enough. 5 hours ago, Masp said: Lastly an adolescent Brachiosaurus bone with puncture wound bite marks from Allosaurus. I'm not sure how a bone chunk like that can be identified to genus. But the marks do look potentially interesting. Could you perhaps post some more photos of these marks? If these are indeed tooth marks I suppose size alone can be used to eliminate a number of possible candidates. Though there are other large theropods where Allosaurus lived as well, like Torvosaurus and Saurophaganax (though some consider this to be Allosaurus as well). 3 Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masp Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 Sure I’ll do that. In the meantime, what type of vert do you think this is? The finger bone too. Those both I bought from someone who said he was an expert, but not a paleontologist. However, the bone with the teeth marks were bought from a paleontologist. He’s from Hicksville Gregory Museum and may have found this chunk with other associated bones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 I think most of these bones are a bit fragmented. That makes a positive ID quite hard. But I'm also more familiar with Cretaceous material and less so with Jurassic. If you have proper location information that could at least give you an idea what type of animals these could be and eliminate other possibilities. The Allosaurus fauna is pretty well studied. Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 5 minutes ago, Masp said: from Hicksville Gregory Museum and may have found this chunk with other associated bones. Assuming he really is a paleontologist than he wouldn’t sell it to you if it was. Associated bones should and are (except with those who lack morals) kept together. He likely called it a sauropod because that was simple, in the way I’d say that I’m showing someone who’s never been to Calvert cliffs a whale bone when really that’s just the likelihood. “...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...
Masp Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 I’m not sure if they are associated bones found together, I was just guessing that as a possibility. He never stated that himself. I’m not sure if I’m allowed to mention names here but, I did look him up and he’s a paleontologist / contributer to that nonprofit museum in NY. All money from fossils sold by him is donated to the museum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Here is my assessment on dino material Allosaurus bone...hard to see how anyone could identify that to that species unless it came from a skeleton that was broken up. There are a lot of big theropods in the Morrison that it would fit. Dromaeosaurid vert... does not look like one. Need better photos and locality to try to determine if its dinosaurian Finger bone....need locality and more pictures to determine if its dinosaurian Brachiosaurus bone with puncture wound bite marks from Allosaurus...not sure how anyone could ID the bone or bite marks to any species. Nothing diagnostic 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masp Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 Both the claimed allosaurus bone and brachiosaurus bone were found in Hanksville, Utah. I can try contacting the paleontologist for more answers otherwise I’m not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masp Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 Here are some better pictures @Troodon of the finger and vert from another seller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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