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Masp Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 Maybe the vert is raptor , fish, idk lol. Help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Thanks but I see more fingers than fossil on the vert. Need a straight in photo of side and both ends plus locality. Need locality of finger bone. 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 @Troodon are these better? Both the finger and the vert are said to be from hellcreek formation , powderville montana 65-68 mya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Took further look at your big bone with bite marks and they look more like croc bites than those from a theropod. They are blunt and round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masp Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 So it’s absolutely not theropod puncture ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Thanks. Your vert is not dinosaurian but I believe from a Champsosaur which is a reptile in the Hell Creek. A distal caudal vert. Your other bone is indeed from a theropod and could be the distal end of an Struthiomimus or Anzu carpal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 5 minutes ago, Masp said: So it’s absolutely not theropod puncture ? I don't see it. The punctures would fit more of the profile of a theropod tooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masp Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 Thank you for your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 These are the type of punctures i would expect to see from a theropod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masp Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 @Troodon and then regarding the first black bone I posted in this topic, do we even know if it’s theropod? Any chance it is theropod? I’m just confused why the seller, paleontologist would say its allosaurus and the other being brachiosaurus. What you’re saying about the puncture wounds makes total sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 On your first bone no idea based on the photos provided, its just not identifible to anything specific. Can you determine if its hollow? Its possible your paleontologist may have more knowledge of the orgin of these bones but with the information provided there is nothing diagnostic about them to say what they are. I do not know any paleontologist that would ascribe a specific species to predation marks unless the bones of prey and predator were found together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Masp Posted April 9, 2018 Author Share Posted April 9, 2018 @Troodon the bone seems solid to me. I’m going to send out an email to the seller for more answers and specifics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Nothing in those pictures that says theropod. Looking for evidence of a thin wall from being hollow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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