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we got an unusual claw from a huge Ptero or medium-size raptor As the literature does not really exist about the claws of most of the moroccean raptors and hugher pteros, might be someone has a good idea. Where it belongs to or about Literature I do not have or know. Lenght is approx 6 cm, what is around 2.5´´ Cenomanian, should be Aufous, KemKem-beds, Morocco thanks!
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@KansasFossilHunter was kind enough to take a couple of vagabond Texans out for a couple of days hunting in the Late Cretaceous, Smoky Hill Chalk Formation of northwestern Kansas. The first day, we hunted the upper layers of the formation and found multiple specimens. Bony fish vertebrae were abundant as well as a few mosasaur bits and even a pterosaur wing! The 2nd day we spent hunting in the lower layers with more fish verts and the addition of some shark material discovered. We had a great outing for our first trip to the area and a very heartfelt thanks to Kris (gotta love people with that name!) for his hospitality and securing entry permission from the various landowners! We also got an after hours tour of the El Quartelejo Museum in Scott City where he is prepping an amazing elasmosaur he discovered. We found a lot more than what I took pictures of and I literally walked the soles off my boots! Now, I have to get a break in the prep work to give the pterosaur some attention!
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Afternoon all, I found what I think might be a Pterosaur bone at Copt-Point in Folkestone. Initially I didn't recognise it so annoyingly I can't say whether it came from the gault-clay or greensand formations. I forgot to include a scale but it's 4x4cm wide and tall img7 shows what I think is the pneumatised bone structure which lead to my tentative id. I wondered if it might be a neck vertebrae? But Pterosaurs are so outside my usual finds I honestly have no idea, possibly could be a Cretaceous bird or light dinosaur?
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Australian Cretaceous Dinosaur Fossils Identification Needed
Kohler Palaeontology posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hello, This comes from the Winton Formation, QLD Australia. I don’t know exactly where but I know it’s near the town of Winton and I am 100% sure it’s Winton Formation. The Winton Formation dates to the Cretaceous period, around 90 – 100 million years ago or so, it was late Albian to early Turonian in age. These come from terrestrial rocks, so it’s likely dinosaur. Most dinosaurian remains are from large titanosaur sauropods. Perhaps the most famous dinosaur from this formation is the megaraptor, Australovenator. These are some of the only Australian dinosaur fossils I've seen in any private collection, and the only Winton Formation fossils I’ve seen in any private collection. They came from a matrix sample from a site, there were bits of plaster jackets in it also. Most of the fossils I found were small bone fragments and plants, likely conifer or horsetail. I found a couple of fossils I could identify, however, some of them I could not identify, and others I wasn’t sure about. Hopefully the images are decent enough for identification No. 1 This fossil looks almost like a tooth. but maybe more likely a fish scale, as there are a few species of fish in the Winton Formation. Unfortunately, it’s covered in a thin layer of matrix, making it hard to see. You can still see a bit of enamel or whatever else it is on photo 3. at the top of photo 2, which is admittedly not very clear, you can see what looks to be a tip of a tooth, maybe? it is around 3 millimeters in crown height. No. 2 I tried researching up and down the web, but I couldn’t find anything that looked like this. I thought maybe a seed fossil, there were plant fossils in the matrix sample. It is around 1 millimeter. the other side looks the exact same. No. 3 These remind me of eggshells, although I seriously doubt that. I am not even 100% sure if these are fossils in the first place. the one on the top left corner is curved, kind of like a crescent moon shape from the side a little bit. No. 4 I am confident this is a bone; however, I don’t know if anyone can tell what bone, I was thinking maybe a part of a vert, but now I don’t know. when looking at the bottom, it does not appear to look like a vert. It was submerged in a small ball of matrix which I spent a few days prepping. No. 5 This is self-collected from 2019. It doesn’t come from the Winton Formation but from an area close to and around the same age, maybe a couple million years older. It looks like a pterosaur partial bone, which would be very significant. It comes from Prairie, near Hughenden. Every fossil we found at that site except for this, and one other fossil was belemnites. This site was also right near a road, where we dug into a wall of soil. the two pieces are associated to make one piece, they look like they broke a long time ago though. No. 6 I am not sure what these are, I first thought maybe a tooth of some kind, but I don’t know. it seems to be slightly hollow. here is another piece, way smaller, but very similar. it is covered in a thin layer of soil, that other piece also was, but I cleaned it off. No. 7 I think this could be a tiny piece of crocodilian osteoderm, possibly Isisfordia (sp.? Or Duncani) due to its size. Isisfordia was a very small crocodilian, only growing to around one meter in length. a piece of the rear end of the skull from a crocodilian from around 50 million years ago, also from Queensland, Australia that is in my collection, also has a relatively similar texture. if anyone needs better photos, or photos of another angle, feel free to let me know. Kind Regards, Kohler Palaeontology
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From the album: Albian vertebrates of Ukraine
Tiny pterosaur tooth from Kanev Albian. This tooth is strongly labio-lingually compressed, has no carinae and has a developed pulpar cavity, typical pterosaur tooth characteristics. Scalebar 5 mm. -
I found these in the Niobrara chalk in Kansas south of Oakley. At first I figured they were just jumbled fish remnants, but upon cleaning they appear to be crushed thin walled bone, which I have read is an indicator of pterosaur fossils. Can anyone confirm or deny this assessment? I don't imagine there is enough here to determine anything more than simply pterosaur, but any information anyone can give would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Weird looking moroccan Pterosaur claw
Brevicollis posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello, I saw this weird looking moroccan Pterosaur claw on auction today and wondered how much of it is real or not. It looks like if there was something done, but I dont know what or how much. Any help is appreciated !
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How much of this mongolian pterosaur is real ?
Brevicollis posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello, I was scrolling throug some already sold pieces on our favourite online auction site today and came across this completly weird looking mongolian pterosaur. I wondered if its real or not, but I hope it is ! Let me just say, this thing, or a brandnew VW Polo... The head looks carved, the claws look weird, and the ribs look so "stiff", so I have my doubts on it Whats your opinion on this piece ?
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Hi all. Are these pterosaur teeth as I suspect, or could they be something else? Just double checking as I am planning to use them in a project. They are from the Kem Kem beds in Morocco. Thanks!
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I was fortunate enough to visit the Isle of Skye last May 2023 and came upon what appears to be a jurassic era footprint among stones on a rocky beach. The print reminds me of the photograph of University of Edinburgh PhD student Natalia Jagielska with the Jurassic Pterosaur fossil, Dearc Sgiathanach. If you look closely at the photograph there appear to be footprints very similar to the stone I photographed. I found it on a beach near the village of Elgol near the entrance to the famous Spar Cave. Can anyone confirm whether these may be prints?
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Hi everyone, This is first time I create a topic, apologies in advance if any mistakes. I am a newbie into fossils And I have been searching for a long time trying to figure it out some ID for this unidentified fossil bone. I got it some time ago and I would like to know if thanks to the knowledgeable members of the forum it was possible to get a closer ID. I know that getting species on isolated pieces is impossible, but I would be happy to get a group, family or closer genus of the type of animal it could belong to. *Could it be a pterosaur (as it has very thin walls that was my first guess)? Or some other reptile or even a bird? How to differentiate? * Is a radius as per seller description? Or could be a metatarsal, phalanx... It is from the Phosphate mines of Khouribga, which seeing the bit of matrix attached looks true. Internally is completely crystallized with a thin bone wall around. I took some pictures of the section. The only information I got from the seller is the following: - Location: phosphate mines, Khouribga, Morocco. - Age: Late Cretaceous 96-66 MYO - Probably radius - Unidentified species Thanks in advance for sharing your thoughts! #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
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Hello everyone, ive recently been offerred this 80cm long bone cluster. The seller said he doesnt know much about it but he said it probably came from a pterosaur. In my opinion it probably came from an azdarchid living in a coastal region based on the shark tooth that was found with the fossil. This fossil was found in Oulad Abdoun area, in the city of Khouribga, Morroco
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What Pterosaur tooth is this? I was thinking coloborynchus or Siroccopteryx Moroccensis . It was found south of Taouz, Morocco.
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Hello, i saw this ,, Pterosaur bone" for sale today. But its obviously not a Pterosaur bone, its definitly a jaw. But from what ? Crocodile again ? Or even Spinosaurus ? I dont know. Maybe you guys know.
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Hello! I just came back from the Isle of Wight. I started "digging" in the Vectis formation stones that I collected at Yaverland and found what looks like a pterosaur tooth. It is +- 3 cm (1,18 inch) in lenght. I couldn't find anything online from the Isle of Wight resembling this kind of dagger shape, more typical of the Rhamphorhynchus pterosaurs. So pterosaur, fish or something else? Thank you!
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Hi. I got this tooth before. All i know is "it is Pterosaur's tooth". I don't know about where it from and genus, species. Can I know the species and genus or family of the owner of the tooth just by the picture? I don't know anything about Pterosaurs.
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Howdy all, Seller finds this to be a pterosaur tooth, is that accurate? Found in the Britton Formation. (0.35 inches)
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Hello together, I am proud to present another one of @lormouths beautiful skeletons I have the pleasure to assemble. At first I intended to build it in the nice quadrupedal position from "Dragons of the air" 1901, but it seems that the shoulder girdle doesnt allow it, especially the right arm that is held closely to the torso. Of course it could be depending on cartilage, but atl east looking at Laurents detailed replica bones, it looks wrong to put it in that pose. I missed the opportunity to take a foto of the neatly packed set of bones I found in my christmas parcel. Thanks again Laurent!
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Real or fake pterosaur tooth
ruminate posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
The seller said its a real pterosaur tooth but im a bit suspicious can it come from another animal or just complete fake?
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Howdy all, Seller says that this might be a from a pterosaur, is that accurate? (Niobrara chalk)
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A new gnathosaurine (Pterosauria, Archaeopterodactyloidea) from the Late Jurassic of Portugal
Vieira posted a topic in Fossil News
Hello, Like some of you knows I'am a portuguese collector who also collaborates with the Lourinha museum. In 2018 I found a pterosaur jaw and I donated to the museum and that fossil this year originated a new specie. The 𝑳𝒖𝒔𝒐𝒈𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒂. I attached the pdf of the publication (peerj-16048.pdf). who done this study was a Portuguese American - Alexandra Fernandes. The jaw I found:
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From the album: Holzmaden
This is a 11 cm long pterosaur bone (maybe a flight phalanx) from the lower Jurassic from the quarry Kromer near Holzmaden. It was a very luck find as I found it on a stone, which I took with me because of another fossil. So I am very happy with this find although the preservation is not the best.... Two more pictures:- 6 comments
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Hi Guys i am a collector of opalised fossils for 50 years. i have some very interesting and rare opalised fossils . these are some opalised fossils I have in my collection.
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Real or fake Pterosaur bone?
Eskel posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hi there! I bought a pterosaur bone (10 cm/ 0,3937 inch) . But I'm still doubting, if it's real. Because I had spotted a glued splice on the left end (at the photos) and I did the lick-test. At the end of the bones, it was sticky, but the midsection was not. So is one part maybe real and the rest is fake? to look better and complete? The piece is from Marocco (Kem Kem), and I know, that sellers there are often faking fossils. Greeting, Lilian
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