Ptychodus04 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Here’s a real test for the TFF community. This slab of sea stars was part of a collection purchased by a friend and it has no data whatsoever. I’m trying to find possible ID for the 2 types as well as possible location. The matrix is a gray sandstone where not weathered but it weathers to a dark tan. 1 Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted August 4, 2018 Author Share Posted August 4, 2018 1 Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted August 4, 2018 Author Share Posted August 4, 2018 1 Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted August 4, 2018 Author Share Posted August 4, 2018 1 Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 I know what they are! They're freakin awesome! 1 Everything is generated through your own will power ~ Ray Bradbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavemanfl Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 11 minutes ago, Ptychodus04 said: I think brittle sea star but I am by no means an expert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Sorry to report the bad news. These are fabricated, carved and painted. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted August 4, 2018 Author Share Posted August 4, 2018 22 minutes ago, piranha said: Sorry to report the bad news. These are fabricated, carved and painted. I’m not so sure about that. I don’t have them in front of me and I only had a few moments to actually view the slab and it didn’t scream forgery. I’ll try to get some better pictures... Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Here is the proof: The attached images illustrate the features to look for in authentic ophiuroids from Morocco. Including the most recent paper from B. Lefebvre, the Moroccan ophiuroids remain undescribed. figure e. from: Lefebvre, B., et al. 2013 Palaeobiogeography of Ordovician echinoderms. Geological Society London Memoirs, 38:173-198 PDF LINK 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolmt Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 I would agree that they looked carved. Just no detail at all. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 They really do look carved, and definitely painted. 2 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...
Ptychodus04 Posted August 4, 2018 Author Share Posted August 4, 2018 While I’m hopeful that a closer inspection reveals something different I’m also willing to defer to the opinion of my expert associates here. I’m certainly glad this wasn’t my purchase and it’s exactly why I have never purchased a fossil. I’m not like the great and powerful @piranha, an inexhaustible fossil reference catalog. Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Sorry to say, but these look like the typical Moroccan fakes to me. Sadly, there are a lot of plates like this out in the streets for sale and I often see them on the net. Often it starts with a plate with one or two genuine, but badly preserved and/ or incomplete specimens which they then just keep adding to. I think I can see some bits that were real. Here's a real starfish. And a real ophiuroid 3 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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