New Dinosaur Listings Red Flags

[Troodon]

A few red flags I would like members to be aware of :

 

This specimen is being listed as a rare Dinosaur bone an ulna.

----Nice piece but its a rib from the reptile Champsosaurus 

 

This specinen is being offered as a Carcharodontosaurus foot claw

----Suspect this is from a Spinosaurid since it appears to compare well a known morphology.  Would like to see a ventral view to confirm

 

These teeth are being listed as the spinosaurid Sigilmassasaurus from the Kem Kem

----We have no idea how to distinguish teeth from different Spinosaurid's in the Kem Kem.  I purchased one tooth from earlier listings to examine it.  No surprises met expectation did not see any difference from other teeth other than a slight curvature, no evidence of denticles.  Your call.

 

This claw is being listed as an Archarodontosaurus hand claw from Madagascar

----This sauropod is only known from a jaw section and teeth and no postcranial material unless there are unpublished finds.  Its the only described Sauropod from that locality but being Jurassic its most likely other sauropods were present.  Who knows but nice claw.

 

Reminder to newer collectors, lots of fake dinosaur eggs out there.  Post any interest before you buy. Here are a couple

 

 

For laughs this Dinosaur bone claw tooth being listed. Oh its covered in marine life

 

And finally if you missed this post

 

[Haravex]

Err that tooth on the left looks like a fat crocodile tooth.

[Troodon]

45 minutes ago, Haravex said:

Err that tooth on the left looks like a fat crocodile tooth.

Could be with that curvature 

[Haravex]

I was looking more at the flutes they match and line up more consistently with corcodile than spinosauridae.

[Troodon]

14 minutes ago, Haravex said:

I was looking more at the flutes they match and line up more consistently with corcodile than spinosauridae.

Yes they are quite dense 

[LordTrilobite]

19 hours ago, Troodon said:

 

 

The smaller tooth on the left looks like croc to me. It seems much too round for Spinosaurid.

[Troodon]

1 hour ago, LordTrilobite said:

The smaller tooth on the left looks like croc to me. It seems much too round for Spinosaurid.

Agree

[Troodon]

Seller is listing as this lot and a few others as Abelisaurids collection of raptor teeth.  All these lots have a combo of Abelisaurids, Carcharodontosaurids and Indeterminate teeth... None of these teeth appear to be raptors 

 

[Zapsalis]

I saw that second egg on eBay and I think people may have been bidding on it. I could tell it was fake due to the fact it looks like a movie prop. Just wow. 

[Troodon]

1 hour ago, Zapsalis said:

I saw that second egg on eBay and I think people may have been bidding on it. I could tell it was fake due to the fact it looks like a movie prop. Just wow. 

Sad, Unfortunately lots of folks are enamored by dinosaur eggs and just dont know what real fossils look like. 

[FrozenFlame]

3 hours ago, Zapsalis said:

I saw that second egg on eBay and I think people may have been bidding on it. I could tell it was fake due to the fact it looks like a movie prop. Just wow. 

I see them all the time on the big auction site and they always have bids going into the hundreds. 

 

Not everyone can spend the time or have the inclination to do all the research to ensure they're buying the real deal. And as long the money continues to roll in, the fakes will continue to roll out unfortunately.