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Is Fossil excavation Legal? / Is obtaining Fossils Legal?
Phos_01 posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
Hello everyone, I have just discovered this Forum, and I have to say it looks amazing! I feel like I've come to the right place, it has everything regarding Fossils and knowledge of people. I hope to find some additional Fossils here for my collection I have just a few questions: Is it actually legal to dig up Dinosaur Fossils? Im just wondering as an example, if you dig up a Triceratops in Canada, or a Tyrannosaur Rex in the States (what would be awesome) is this allowed to search/dig for them? Can you just visit a digging site and start on your own, how does it work? And my next question, if you would be lucky enough to find a Dinosaur Fossil, can you keep it? Or is it illegal to keep the Fossils, and are they curtesy of the Country? Perhaps the laws are different in each country but still. I have been told that it's impossible for example to get a Velociraptor, due to the fact that it's found it China, and the laws are extremely strict in Fossils shipping. Or another example, because Dinosaurs are found in all parts of the world, lets say you find a Mosasaurus in an unkown Fossil digging site, what do you? Perhaps these are stupid questions, but I've been wondering this for weeks now. I have started my collection, and I got some nice Megalodon Tooth from Indonesia, and some Spinosaurus and Carcharodontosaurus tooth, now these tooth are from Morocco Kem Kem region, I feel like this is the only place left out there were its somewhat legal to dig up al these treasures, and ship them to other parts of the world. But even here, I have doubts if this is Legal. They told me if they don't sell them, they would just be destroyed because of the digging mines to make fertilizer. Im just asking because it's a dream to go Dinosaur Fossil hunting one day. Thank you for your reply's! Best, Phos_01 ps. For those who are wondering, here are some pictures of my Fossils in my first Member post: -
Real triceratops bones? Or not?
Josesaurus rex posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello everyone, I would like to know if someone can help me identify if precisely these remains correspond to triceratops, or to some indeterminate ceratopsian at least. They all say they are from the Lance Formation, with no county, state, or anything. They are different types of bone, which I will detail below. 1. Sect of the jaw 2. Section of the upper jaw 3. Mandibular sect 4. Ungual, foot claw I await your comments, and thank you very much in advance.
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Hello i saw these claws to sell, the left claw have some red flags but the right claw looks great so i have doubts about it. What do you think about the right claw ?
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My son found this in the same spot or general area as the ammonite thingy. They both have similar markings as well which is odd to me I guess. It's about 3" long and 1 " wide at its widest. thank you in advance
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Also found this at the Peace River and hoping it's a sloth claw...
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Help identifying sound and Peace River
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Hi everyone! I came across this little piece as I was sorting through some of the anthill matrix I brought back from Wyoming's Lance formation. When I first found it, I must not have recognized it as a partial claw as it ended up alongside other odds and ends (fragments of bone, gar scales & other misc. fossils) at the bottom of a pill bottle where I had deposited all of my pickings. This week, however, I emptied that pill bottle to see what was inside in order to organize all the micros I found from this locality (which will get its own post eventually). It's evident to me that this is a claw given it's pair of blood grooves, but it's far and away the smallest in my collection thus far at only 3 mm in length and 2 mm wide. I'm sure it may be a long shot for a definitive ID, but I wanted to see what opinions you all had. And for what it's worth, the flat base and lack of curvature makes it look similar to my ornithomimid claw from the Judith River. These next two focused more on the forceps than the claw unfortunately, will retake these soon.
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Hi, we found this in Charmouth beach, do you think it may be a tooth or a claw? Thanks!
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Found with several other species, what kind of claw is this. It's approximately an inch and 1/8 long
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Hi, after a recent walk on the south Downs, Devils dyke near Brighton I found what seems to be a bone or claw? unsure. It feels like a bone and shaped like a claw, Some photos attached if anyone knows what it is. Thanks
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We found this piece in our creek located in Licking County, Ohio. We’ve been wondering what it was from for a several years now and have never found the answer. it is very light weight. Hopefully someone here can assist us!
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I don't think I posted Larry yet, but here he is! Meet Larry the Lobster! He didn't look much like a crab. He looked more like the Lobster from sponge bob. The lobster was buff and this one looks pretty buff to me!
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Hi all, thanks to @Troodon and his wonderful guidance I felt confident to purchase my first fossil claw. Now after thorough cleaning and proper documentation I wanted to get your input on a possible ID. The claw was found in the Hell Creek Fm., Garfield County, Montana. It's 1,82 cm (0.72'') in length and as you can see some of the tip is missing. The ventral surface is a bit flat so I guess it's not a Dromaeosaurid, but it also does not look like Anzu to me, but I am a claw-novice. Thanks for taking a look!
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Help is this a real spinosaurus toe claw
Big Mac boi posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Alright am not the luckiest man on finding fossils for sale because most of them were fake so am really hoping that this spinosaurus toe claw is real
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Looking for help on identifying these three claws. The two on the left are from the scollard formation, and the one on the right is from the Dinosaur Park formation.
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This piece of claw is found at Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province of China. It’s Cretaceous. Is it a dinosaur claw?
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Any restoration work on this Spinosaur foot claw?
msantix posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hi, A while back I asked about the identification of this theropod foot claw, but it is still for sale and I am thinking of buying it. I wanted to ask now, if anyone can see any sort of repair work done on this claw (such as with the tip of the claw?), the seller says there is no restoration and I can't see any repair work on it, but I am never too confident with dinosaur claws. Thanks. -
Info available, rare paleo bird beak unidentified. Ouled Abdoun Basin, Phosphate Beds,Upper Paleocene, Thanetian stage, (~56 Million Years). Any comments welcome, are there any bird experts also on forum ? Inside the cavity there are also a lot of structures which perhaps eliminates a claw core .
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...so I headed out to find some Dinos. All fossils dinosaur park fm. Got some new land permissions so I have lots of area to wander. Here’s some notable finds from today. Large hadrosaur (or possibly ceratopsian) foot bone, large hadrosaur foot claw, tyrannosaurid caudal vert, possible tyrannosaurid toe bone, and some indet. fused verts. These will be pictured, there were various other verts and smaller bones found that I may post later.
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Out hunting yesterday. A productive day. Found a couple of whale verts, fish verts, a smallish horse tooth plus a fossil I have only found once previously. I think it is a strange type of tilly bone from a fish that no longer exists. Length at 30 mm. But I will not go down the rat hole trying to identify tilly bones to a species of fish. Let me try a different rat hole. Trying to identify what might be a claw core... The fossil does not seems to be broken anywhere on the sides, curved slightly on one side.. It is 20 mm in Length. I am looking for TFF members knowledgeable about claw claws.... Could this be one? PrehistoricFlorida sold an early miocene canid claw, and this is one of the photos. Likely just under 20 mm.
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Spinosaur claw real or fake?
insun posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hi, I'm new here ... I want to ask what you think about this spinosaurus claw..how much is original and how fake?... thanks for your time..Luk
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Does anyone know what this is because I have looked around and have know idea what it is. I mean it might be a rock. I cant remember where I found it apart from that it was in England. Any help would be appreciated identifying this. If you need any more photos just say. Thank you.
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Hello all, I saw this other claw online and it looks really like a spino claw but I’m not sure. What do you think? Around 4cm
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Hey guys, I saw this claw online and I was wondering if it can be assigned to a specie. Possibly carcharodontosaurus? Its just under 4cm and comes with a certificate of authenticity. Thanks for all the imput. Regards
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Any thoughts on this? Unfortunately, given the small size, seller can't get much better photos, so I hope these two will do. It's sold as a dinosaur claw, but I think with these sorts of claws it's pretty difficult to tell whether croc, dino or something else. But if anyone has a thought, that would be great. Also, the first pic--the sort of crack going along the side from about halfway, is that a concern that it's restored/fabricated, or just a bog standard crack? I can't see similar on the other side photo, which makes me think it's just a minute crack. Also, as well as a bit of the tip missing, is it also missing a small section of the back? Many thanks
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