ADfossils Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 Hello! Here I am again, with 3 unknown vertebrae… I can’t provide provenance, so I don’t expect to get the exact species. But can anyone tell me from what kind of animal they were? Are they dinosaur or something else? Thank you for your time :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 You have an idea where they might come from? (Continent perhaps) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 Fossil ID is sort of like a computer program. With good information, you get good results. With bad or no information, you do not get good results. Someone might be able to ID it to reptile/dinosaur/mammal. But that is about as far as you will get with no provenance. (By the way, it isn't mosasaur or croc/gator. Looks mammal to me.Wait for better opinions, though ) Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 45 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: By the way, it isn't mosasaur or croc/gator. Looks mammal to me.Wait for better opinions, though I was exactly thinking that the vertebral face of the second vertebra looks a lot like a dyrosaurid crocodile... But, yeah, generally crocodiles would have procoelous vertebrae, so that rules out crocodile. These are also not marine reptile or mammal vertebrae. This is terrestrial... Based on the below overview, amphiplatyan vertebrae should most likely indeed be mammal. As that's not my strong suit, you'll have to wait for someone else to chip in for further details... Maybe @Max-fossils or @JohnJ would have an idea? 1 'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Looks more reptilian for me 1 1 http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 @Troodon @LordTrilobite 'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Judging from the colour, it looks like it could be from Kem Kem beds, Morocco. I agree that it looks like croc. Nr 3 Seems to be a cervical vert. 1 1 Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 3 hours ago, LordTrilobite said: Nr 3 Seems to be a cervical vert. Yes, we can see the attachments of the cervical ribs http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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