Spoons Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Quite some years back my late uncle purchased the attached fossil at a gem show here locally. Too be completely honest it looks kind of fake to me... but im might just have a untrained eye. My Aunt has taken the picture. I Couldn't possibly imagine it being from around here so I'm really not sure what age it could be or what location it is from. I'll try to acquire some more photos with a scale shortly. I know its a shot in the dark but any feedback would be greatly appreciated. -Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf89 Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Terribly fake enchodus jaw. The teeth are real, nothing else is. Enchodus is a fish, and these ones look like they are from Morocco. Eocene in age. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Very fake. It looks like the tooth on the right (in picture) may be a fish tooth, but the rest are fabricated. 1 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...
Spoons Posted February 2, 2019 Author Share Posted February 2, 2019 2 minutes ago, Wolf89 said: Terribly fake enchodus jaw. The teeth are real, nothing else is. Enchodus is a fish, and these ones look like they are from Morocco. Eocene in age. Thanks for the speedy response. I'm glad to know that at least the teeth are real if not from all the same specimen. Since its fake I wonder if i should really even tell her the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoons Posted February 2, 2019 Author Share Posted February 2, 2019 *tooth is real Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantoraptor Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 It looks like everything is fake except the Enchodus libycus tooth on the right. The tooth is from the Late Maastrichtsian(?) of the Khouribga region in Morocco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoons Posted February 2, 2019 Author Share Posted February 2, 2019 9 minutes ago, gigantoraptor said: It looks like everything is fake except the Enchodus libycus tooth on the right. The tooth is from the Late Maastrichtsian(?) of the Khouribga region in Morocco. 13 minutes ago, ynot said: Very fake. It looks like the tooth on the right (in picture) may be a fish tooth, but the rest are fabricated. 14 minutes ago, Wolf89 said: Terribly fake enchodus jaw. The teeth are real, nothing else is. Enchodus is a fish, and these ones look like they are from Morocco. Eocene in age. thanks boys. I told here where the tooth was from. just not that the most of it was fake. You gentleman have made a very lonely very old lady. very very happy thankyou. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 39 minutes ago, Spoons said: A very lonely very old lady. I'm sure your aunt would appreciate the description. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 21 hours ago, Wolf89 said: Terribly fake enchodus jaw. The teeth are real, nothing else is. Enchodus is a fish, and these ones look like they are from Morocco. Eocene in age. Not Eocene, Cretaceous. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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