JamieLynn Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 Well, I got tricked by my micro matrix from the Texas Cretaceous North Sulphur River! I found this and thought I had found an Onchopristis dunklei sawfish rostral! It sure looked like one until I got it under the actual larger microscope camera and realized ......it was just a broken shark tooth. Wah wah. What I found : What I knew Onchopristis looked like and you can see the similarity in shape! Except the barb is on the wrong side.... And as I always tell newbie fossil finders....shape alone does not a fossil make... And another of my favorite Faux-sils is this that I thought was a big crab claw and I admit....quite disappointed that it wasn't! So show us your "Tricksy" fossils! 4 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 This faker of a Cookiecutter Shark tooth (Isistius triangulus) had me smirking some years back when it appeared on my picking plate while searching for actual specimens of the rare shark teeth. Cheers. -Ken 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted September 9, 2023 Author Share Posted September 9, 2023 ooohh Ken, yeah that IS a tricksy one! www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 Made me grin when I saw it--likely muttered something like, "You little stinker, you!" Cheers. -Ken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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