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Went out to the North Sulphur River on Friday and on Sunday. Met up with @David E. on Friday at Sunrise. After a pretty good rise in the river we were a little surprised to see it didn't really seem to make the difference we were hoping for. But I will say David found some stuff that blew my mind. I'll let him reveal his amazing discoverys. I did find a great bony fish vert, several tumbled Mos vert, and a really nice squali tooth. The second day I returned with my girlfriend where I found more Mos verts and my girlfriend found a killer shark vert. Below is the combined 2 days...
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I am looking at purchasing a mosasaur jaw section, what do you guys think about this one? I don't know much about telling if these types of jaws are real, only good at the more obvious ones. But the yellowing between the teeth and their roots seems a little odd to me?
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Postponing one planned purchase prompts searching for another, funny how that works Well, this is one I've started obsessing about somewhat, a lower Mosasaur jaw in matrix. I've read through a lot of threads on the subject on here and figured a few things; most importantly, it's not one of the common tourist souvenir Moroccan fake jaws with inserted teeth. It is from a Mosasaur (at least according to the seller and how it appears to my newbie eyes) but others here will surely have a more accurate label. Now, the seller readily declares there's been some repair and/or restoration--- mainly to the roots of the teeth. I am not sure if he suggests repaired roots or ones built "from the ground up" but I've asked for more info and detailed photos of these areas and expect to have them soon. It's a relatively big piece, the jaw itself appears to be around 30" long, and the seller labels it as having been found in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. What do you think? Collectible or do you see too many repairs and/or restorations for it to be worthwhile?
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I bought a nice partial mosasaur skull recently and here I will share the process of prepping it a bit. I don't think I'll remove the bones from the matrix. But there's definitely some stuff that can be uncovered. There are definitely part of both frontal bones of the skull roof. The underside of the frontal is visible. There is also part of a jaw visible. I'm not quite sure yet as to which part it is. It could be either dentary, pterygoid or maxilla. Right now I'm slightly leaning towards the back of the maxilla (with the inside being visible). But time will hopefully tell. There are also a few as of right now unidentified bones. There are at least five teeth in the piece. Only four are clearly visible. The fifth is a replacement tooth that is only barely visible on the top of the jaw in an open hole. Unprepped state as I bought it. Some photos after a number of hours of prepping. It's quite slow going since the bones are fairly soft. Back of the jaw. A view from the other side of the jaw. On the bottom left the hints of the fifth tooth can be made out. View of the frontal bone. The midline is visible but the bones are broken in to a lot of separate pieces. The frontal bones are pointing to the right and the midline is roughyl horizontal in the photo. Two anterior teeth with roots and an unidentified skull bone broken in two. My guess is that is belongs somewhere near the frontal bones. More to come in the future!
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After deciding I wouldn't head to the Sulphur River again till it had some major rain I decided on Saturday night that I had nothing better to do and went out Sunday morning anyway. I went to a favorite spot and after heading some distance I was happy to see few footprints and very little mud. Almost immediately I discovered the best mosasaur vert I've ever found! This thing looks like it came out of the monsters neck yesterday. I was out there only about 4 hours and came away with a pretty good haul. The Sulphur always seems to produce.
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Hi all My son and I found this small (1 cm) tooth from Post Oak Creek in Sherman, TX, and are trying to identify it, if possible. Our best guess is a fish tooth (maybe Pachyrhizodus or Xiphactinus) or a small mosasaur tooth. There is a small ridge running lengthwise down the tooth, and the tooth base is oval with a central canal. Thanks!
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I've been cleaning up this block of Moroccan material, and have exposed most of the central bone. I have no idea what it is, despite the fact that it looks very distinctive. Does anybody have any ideas please? Judging by the size, I would guess it could be mosasaur, but I don't know if the teeth have been placed or were there originally. Numerous fish bones are also present, as usual. Thanks in advance.
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Hi y'all, 2-25-17 went to 2 different bridges this day. The first bridge was very muddy and proved difficult to find anything so I cut to another favorite bridge where I thought I would have better luck. To my surprise I found gravel bars relitivly free of mud and foot prints. I hiked out pretty far things were much more productive. I met a fellow board member @zoocosmolina on my way back. Great meeting you. I'm sure we'll be meeting up again at some point.
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NSR is dry and footprints everywhere but I still had a great day. The Mosasaur Angular with shark feeding marks & possible shark tooth embedded is my favorite.
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From the album: North Sulphur River Texas
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From the album: North Sulphur River Texas
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From the album: North Sulphur River Texas
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From the album: North Sulphur River Texas
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Hi all, Usually you see these fossils in the "Is it real?" thread, but I decided to make a change. This mosasaur block contains several teeth, and I think they are real, and it is possible that the block was found as such (if you think any of it is fake/reconstructed, let me know). As usual, it's from our favorite mosasaur location Khouribga (Morocco), meaning it's from the late Cretaceous (like all mosasaurs). Now I would like to put a species (or several species) on these teeth. Here's a list I found of the different mosasaurs found in Khouribga (it may be wrong): Globidens phosphaticus (definitely not this one) Halisaurus arambourgi Halisaurus walkeri Mosasaurus hoffmani Platecarpus ptychodon Prognathodon curii Liodon anceps (?) All of them (except for Globidens) seem like possible solutions for my block. So, what species do you think it is? Maybe there are different species for the different teeth? Thanks! Max
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Hi, Here another mosasaur tooth, this time single but with root. Again, Khouribga; late Cretaceous. See my previous post for more info: So what do you think? What species could it be? Best regards, Max
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Spent the morning at Post Oak Creek yesterday. It was pretty well picked over and we need some rain. Found tons of broken teeth and was about to head out when I bumped into a family that was there for the first time and never hunted before. I asked if they would like some help which they gladly accepted. Made a few fun finds including a couple of sawfish rostral teeth and a beautiful peice of fossilized soft shell turtle shell. They also found a nice complete Cretodus. We spent a couple of hours together and they definitely got the fever. I am attaching a couple of my finds since I gave away most.
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I was hoping some of our Mosasaur experts (@LordTrilobite @jnoun11) could lend me their opinion on the following Mosasaur from Morocco I want to purchase. I was told it is Prognathodon, agree?
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My 12 year found these and I am not sure if they are Mosasaur verts, etc. I am thinking it MIGHT be a Mosasaur humerus. It is definitely fossilized, although it looks like unfossilized bone. The smaller one... I will defer to the Forum's expertise. Thanks!
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Does this look real?
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A muddy but fun NSR trip. I found a nice variety of fossils & artifacts. Some pretty good size baculites this time. @GeschWhat will probably appreciate the coprolite. It's full of bones under magnification.
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What is the "anceps" in Prognathodon anceps? Is that the species name? I'm having a hard time finding anything online to explain other than some dealers selling some teeth on various sites. Sorry for my ignorance and thanks!
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well a mosasaur tooth has eluded me since I started collecting the streams a few months ago......is this one?
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From the album: North Sulphur River
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From the album: In-Situ Shots(various locations)
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From the album: In-Situ Shots(various locations)
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