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Hi, wanted to ask for opinions about the identification of this partial jaw, offered to me as a Spinosaurus jaw (or Spinosaurid), but unsure on how to tell the difference between a spinosaurid jaw and a crocodilian jaw. Thanks.
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Hello, I am ziggycardon! I am currently 23 years old and I'm from Belgium. Ever scince I was a small child, I've had a great interest in dinosaurs, animals and pretty much everything that has to do with nature and natural history! On a professional level I also work with animals as I am head of terrarium & aquarium in 3 different pet stores, but in my spare time I also keep and breed many reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates & exotix fish (although, I am tyring to take it a few steps back privately), and another thing I do in my spare time is to visit school with my collection of reptiles and other exotic animals (including some living fossils) as well as a whole load of other educational natural history material and ofcourse with fossils. One of my biggest interest in evolution and that's where my passion for the paleontology and zoology really meet! I bought my first fossil at the age of 12, but I've started collecting fossils as a hobby in late 2015 and I have build a small collection ever since. Unfortunatly I have never in my life found a fossil myself, something I really have to start doing as I find the entire process fascinating, but I am sure this forum might give me the push I need to get started! This week I started working on my first specialized fossil room which I hope to have finished in november this year. Hope to house most of my fossils there as well as some museum quality replica's and do some themed displays like a Kemkem display with a life sized spinosaurus skull replica and lot's of kemkem fossils, a ice age display, a eocene display, a marine reptile display and so on... Something I also wanted to mention, the reason I've found this forum is due to the fact that I had a 1,06 meter long lower jaw of a Prognathodon delivered today and the seller of the fossil who brought me the fossil told me about the forum after I told him about the upcoming fossil room and that I might get in contact here with people should I ever want a certain fossil that might be hard to uptain. Is there anything more to say about me? Well I've the most wonderfull girlfriend I can imagine who shares an interest in paleontology but not in the same passion as I do. I really love to visit musea and I love to travel. And besides fossils and animals my other hobbies & interests are centered about movies and television as I am in particular a huge fan of everything Middle Earth, Game of Thrones & Pirates of the Caribbean, collecting lot's of collectables from these franchises and met quite a lot of the actors who play in them! Including Sam Neill who we probably all now best as dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park! Here are some photo's of my fossil collection, my animals and my photo with Sam Neill. First of all, this is me proudly posing with an ammonite! My newly arrived prognathodon jaw My display cases: afbeeldinegn upload images afbeeldingne upload pictures img foto The things that I don't have room for to display yet... A few of my special pets My photo with Sam Neill A.K.A. dr. Alan Grant If you have any questions regarding my photo's or my collection or what I do or about anything, feel free to ask!
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I haven't been able to place it, yet. I figure if I come across someone has familiar knowledge of bones like that, there's a much better chance of recognizing it, than someone just using pics and stuff.
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I'm having a hard time finding any images of anything other than the outside/side view of a spinosaur pelvic bone. I'm trying to see what the bone looks like in general, but all too many times...WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too many times I'll spend forever unsuccessfully trying to come across pictures, images, or diagrams that show what a bone looks like from other angles than what you see be looking at the skeleton from generic angles, like this one. In some cases it's not TOO difficult, but even those common bones have areas that you can never see, unless you get totally lucky and happen across it, OR if there's maybe, hopefully some site/database that specifically shows what entire bones look like. I doubt that, but I know there's perfect diagrams floating around on the web, but I can't seem to find any *im just talking about dinos and other extinct animal bones. I'm sure there's plenty of sites with images of every conceivable angle of every bone from humans and common living animals, but I'm not looking for that kind of thing.
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Here we go, I finally got two nice Sinosauridae indet. teeth (long more or less 8-9 cm). I love the fact that one is pointy and not broken, while the bigger one has the typical ridges along the tooth. What do you think?
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My mother's best friend found this I believe somewhere around Fremont County in Wyoming and I've been trying to figure out exactly what it is. I have been told that it is either a Plesiosaurus, myosaurus, or possibly a Spinosaurus, tooth. if anybody has any info on this I appreciate it thank you. I've got more pics if needed
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Spinosaurus tooth - real, not composite?
Chelasmosaurus posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hi, I came across this fossil Spinosaurus tooth - at least it looks like a real Spinosaurus from what I can tell, but I'm not an expert ... hence my visit here I'm also wondering if it's a single tooth or multiple specimens glued together. I'm worried about the differences in color between the top half and bottom half, but the shape seems to line up pretty nicely, so I'm just not sure. So, is this a real Spinosaurus tooth? And is it a single fossil or a composite? Your help is greatly appreciated! Thanks
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This looks a little weird to me. Does this seem like the real genuine article to you guys?
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Real or Fake Spinosaurus tooth
Patient113 posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
New to buying fossils and need some help. My friends birthday is coming up and her favorite dinosaur is a spinosaurus so I bought her two teeth on ebay. The listing says they are authentic "rooted" spinosaurus teeth with no "restore". I have read online that sometimes people will attach cement to the bottom of the teeth and I'm wondering if that's what they did here. I have two weeks to return them so any help would be appreciated. Thanks for the support!
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Spinosaurus Tooth, % restoration? fake? authentic?
palochris68 posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello ! This is my second fossil, bought on an small exhibition in France, it's a Tooth of Spino (according the seller). 3,5 inches. I have studied a lot of the old threads on the forum about Spino Tooth, but it's very difficult for me to recognizing a real, a fake, a restored... I paid this piece 138 dollars. What do you think? Especially if there is a lot of restauration ? Is this a nice and authentic piece (for this price of course) ?
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So far I have only 2 Spinosaurus teeth in my collection. Their not very impressive by the fact that they’re small with lots of feeding wear on their tips. Hopefully, I can collect more impressive specimens in the future. I added a drawing of the animal to give you a sense of what it looks like. This drawing is also on my Deviantart gallery. One thing I have is that the tooth on the left feels to me more crocodilian like in appearance.
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Is this a Spinosaurus premax tooth?
Deinocheirusmaster! posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
I recently bought a Spinosaurus tooth from a fossil shop on the Rocky Moutains. I noticed this little ridge on both sides of the tooth. I looked at some pictures on the internet and im inclined to beileve that its from the premaxilla. Supposedly the teeth from the premaxilla are pointed with sharp edges on both sides. Could this tooth be one of those? Note that there is feeding wear on the tooth.
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3.5 Inch Spinosaurus Tooth Painted?
Ms.Fossil posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
I recently purchased this 3.5 inch spinosaurus tooth online, but have some concerns it may be painted. I was told by the previous owner that when checked under microscope, it appeared to have some glue in the cracks, possibly just to keep them from spreading but did not appear to have any full break repairs. However to me, the colour looks too consistent, and the colour leaks into the center on top as though painted. Thoughts?
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I apologize for the multiple posts. But so many interesting things I want to buy, and literature in our language is not always enough, as well as people who specialize in dinosaurs. We have a lot of specialists in unvertebrates, marine reptiles and the ice period fauna. But with beds of other countries is not very. Is it really a dinosaur caprolit? The seller writes that you can see the bony inclusions.
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Ok, so this is supposed to be a spinosaurus vert, one with part of the sail. At first glance it seems perfect, but upon further study, while trying to place it on spinosaurus skeletons, it doesn't seem to match any exactly. For one thing, spinosaurus sails, at least in the relatively insignificant amount of individuals on display, sail bones that don't go any higher than this one(it appears this is a fully intact sail vert), don't seem to get as wide. And the ones that do, then continue up and get thinner. There ARE similar shaped "sail" bones, at the transition to the neck, and tail, but those aren't as tall as this one. The main bone itself appears to be from the tail, or rear part of the sail, but....well, anywhere that one part of the bone fits well, doesnt seem to match the rest of it very well. Sadly I can't find any good images of many of each type of vert, and anywhere that has good close up views of verts, only have 1 or 2 of any type, which isn't good enough to come to any sufficient conclusions. spinosaur fossils(specifically verts), seem to be something they work with a lot, so I would be very surprised if along with all the other spinosaurus verts they get in, they would end up with the sail spine of some other animal. And if somehow so, then not realizing it.
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4" Spinosaur Claw Red Flag
Troodon posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
This morning I noticed a Spinosaur foot claw for sale and on the surface looked like a very good purchase. Closer examination revealed a couple of concerns. First the proximal end of the claw is all weathered away to the point that diagnostic features on the ventral surface are missing. Second the seller claims no resto but I'm very concerned about the tip. There is a change in texture and color in the area I have marked. Caution..thumb.jpg.3b8a0318e7342d66011ae21729835d90.jpg)
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Are these Spino teeth real?
cryolophosaurus posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello all. I’m very, VERY new to the world of fossils and fossil collecting as a whole, but it’s something I’d really love to get into. I’d just like to ask for some opinions on the authenticity of these Spinosaurus teeth. I’m interested in purchasing, but would like some thoughts from people who actually know a thing or two about this stuff! I could not find that much info on the seller so I’m a bit cautious. Thank you so much for looking and considering.
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Hi all, I'm a new member here, just joined not long ago and I have been wanting to purchase a Spinosaurus jaw. I was wondering if any of you can tell if it is real or fake? I've also been wanting to buy Theropod complete foot (any species), anyone know some reputable sellers? I just want the toes, claws etc. Thanks!
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My eyes are not so good when it comes to Kem Kem material. What do you guys think of this vertebrae? Is it indeed Spinosauridae? It looks to me like the process has been reworked, or repaired.
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Here is a fossil I just saw on an auction site. Apparently the Spinosaurus skull is 70% fossil. Is this for real?
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Spinosaurus Aegypticus - jaw fragment ?
InvestableCards posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hi all. I'm looking to buy a Spinosaurus jaw, or at least a piece of one. I know that a lot of crocodile jaws are fashioned and fitted with teeth to resemble one, with some distinct differences to the structure and composition of the bone. This one is being sold by a reputable seller as authentic with no repair/restoration (though I'm presuming the teeth have been added). It appears to be all good from my limited experience and looks like it should, both in structure and composition. I was just hoping to get some more opinions from all you lovely people on here, as I'm not overly knowledgeable on these. This one is small and approx 4 inches long x 3 inches high. Many thanks for any input. Found:- Tegana Formation, Aptian, Cretaceous, Kem Kem Basin, Morocco, North Africa. Age:- 100 Million Years Old.
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Hi all. I have a thread in another section of the forum about this, but figured this may also be a relevant place to make a post. I've had some interesting and helpful opinions so far, but would like more if possible to help decide it and educate myself and maybe others in the process! I'm looking to purchase a piece of what is labelled as Spinosaurus jaw. I've found what appears to be a small section, being sold by an apparently reputable business. I know from my own research that crocodile jaws are often sold as Spinosaurus jaws, but there are some stark differences between the two in anatomy and appearance. Below are some photos of the jaw, what do you think? Spinosaurus or Crocodile? I know that the teeth are added to the piece, as with virtually all Spino jaws I've seen. Generally it's only unerupted teeth that are present when found if at all. All opinions are respected, please provide some reasoning for either way so that we can educate everyone in the process.
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Hello! I am brand new to fossil collecting and I look forward to making new friends and learning from this awesome forum!
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Location: Morocco Kem Kem Beds To often Crocodile jaws are composited with Spinosaurid teeth and sold as Spinosaurus jaws. So the purpose of this topic is to show the diagnostic features of Spinosaurid jaws First its extremely rare that any jaw from this region contains functional teeth. Germ/unerupted teeth are more common but those are typically well into the tooth cavity and not protuding above the jaw line. So its highly probable that those you see sold with teeth are composited. We currently do not know if there is a variation between the jaws of the different Spinosaurids described or yet to be discovered in this region so there could be some difference between them but the general characteristics should be similar. Here is a composite skull in private hands and paleontologist Cristophe Hendrickx drawing of that skull Dentary: This is Stromers original plate. 1) You can see the variation in the lateral (side) view of jaw. A very wide anterior end and more V shaped toward the hinge. So jaw sections that you see sold which are straight across are probably crocodile. 2) The teeth are also not positioned in a straight line, and not always next to one another. 3) The most telling feature is the lip on the labial side. It should be present across the entire length of the jaw 4) Broken dentary jaw sections being sold should wide not narrow like croc's Closeup of Lip Close up of germ/unerupted teeth Premaxillary/Maxillary Much more robust than dentary however the lip feature is still present but on the lingual side. Very wide in lateral view. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0144695 dal Sasso, C.; Maganuco, S.; Buffetaut, E.; Mendez, M.A. (2005). New information on the skull of the enigmatic theropod Spinosaurus with remarks on its sizes and affinities. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 25 (4): 888–896. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0888:NIOTSO]2.0.CO;2 Maxilla for sale with composite teeth
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Spinosaurus Caudal Vertebra for trade.
DatFossilBoy posted a topic in Member-to-Member Fossil Trades
Hey everyone. I would like to trade this really nice Spinosaurus Caudal (tail ) vertebra. It is 7,5cm and has some repairs. I would like to trade this fossil for another theropod piece (teeth,bones...) of the same value. (Already have spinosaurus tooth) If you are interested,don’t hesitate to PM me.(You can ask me for more pictures.) Cheers.
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