Still_human Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Has anyone ever come across a gorgonops fossil? Just out of curiosity I did a search, and got ZERO results for fossils for sale. Even super rare animal fossils come up with a result or two from something having been sold at some point in the past, or even from questioned fossils, but nothing, nadda, zilch! Lots of replicas, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 I believe they are found mainly in South Africa which has pretty strict fossil laws if memory serves. “...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...
Still_human Posted October 14, 2018 Author Share Posted October 14, 2018 15 minutes ago, WhodamanHD said: I believe they are found mainly in South Africa which has pretty strict fossil laws if memory serves. Ahh, that'd do it...mystery solved...with a disappointing answer:/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 It had relatives (Inostrancevia) in Russia but I've never seen any of that for sale either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still_human Posted October 15, 2018 Author Share Posted October 15, 2018 19 hours ago, siteseer said: It had relatives (Inostrancevia) in Russia but I've never seen any of that for sale either. That's a shame:/ they're always a very prominent feature in anything about the Permian era, so I would have imagined they were more prominent in reality, and the fossil record. Has anyone ever seen any other close relatives for sale? I used to hate them, but more recently, in the past number of years, since Ive become more interested in the Permian, they've begun to grow on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Ive seen replica skulls on online; and the is a company that does replicas (for a lot of $$$$) https://www.dinosaurcorporation.com/gorgonopsid.html though the skull doesnt look like one to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 1 hour ago, Still_human said: they've begun to grow on me. There you go..... Just pluck one off and bury it for a couple of million years. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still_human Posted October 15, 2018 Author Share Posted October 15, 2018 52 minutes ago, ynot said: There you go..... Just pluck one off and bury it for a couple of million years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still_human Posted October 15, 2018 Author Share Posted October 15, 2018 1 hour ago, JimB88 said: Ive seen replica skulls on online; and the is a company that does replicas (for a lot of $$$$) https://www.dinosaurcorporation.com/gorgonopsid.html though the skull doesnt look like one to me Yup, there are a LOT of replicas for sale! And yeah, I definitely don't see It either. Maybe the brain case...I could see that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 its a skull, though one of a Pareiasaur instead of a Gogonopsid (they were the prey of the Gogonopsids) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still_human Posted October 16, 2018 Author Share Posted October 16, 2018 1 hour ago, JimB88 said: its a skull, though one of a Pareiasaur instead of a Gogonopsid (they were the prey of the Gogonopsids) Wow, i still can't tell what's what! Even after looking at other pictures. Well, I guess there goes my dream of becoming the worlds greatest Pareiasaur skull paleontologist:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdp Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 19 hours ago, JimB88 said: Ive seen replica skulls on online; and the is a company that does replicas (for a lot of $$$$) https://www.dinosaurcorporation.com/gorgonopsid.html though the skull doesnt look like one to me That skull is definitely a gorgonopsian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still_human Posted October 16, 2018 Author Share Posted October 16, 2018 6 hours ago, jdp said: That skull is definitely a gorgonopsian. Even knowing what specific animal the skull is of, is it difficult for you to make out, or can you see it clearly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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