Could This Be A Fossil?

[Ales]

Some media in Algeria reported that some locals found an unidentified fossil in Tissemsilt region, have someone heard about it or was this dead animal looking thing actually a real fossil? ...looks more like a dead bird to me!

Here's the google translation :

TISSEMSILT (Algeria) - The fossils of an animal, discovered in 2011 by an
inhabitant of the region of Beni Chaïb (Tissemsilt), have been
recovered and handed over to the services concerned for their
identification and dating, the National Gendarmerie services said.

The bones of this animal, long 45 centimeters and weighing 800 grams, held at this inhabitant of Beni Chaib since December 2011,
have been recovered and will be returned to the departments concerned
for their identification and dating, the same source added, without
specifying the circumstances of their discovery. For
its part, the Director of Culture, Mohamed Dahal, stated that the
Ministry of Culture will dispatch a team of experts to take samples of
the bones in order to identify the species to which belongs the
mysterious animal and determine age. Contacted
by APS, a history professor at the University of Tiaret Lebib Hajj,
noted that the region of Tissemsilt shows no trace of the existence of
prehistoric animals disappeared, adding that this discovery is the first
of its kind Tissemsilt to whether the examinations of the bones showed that the mysterious animal dates back to prehistoric times. Source: APS

http://www.aps.dz/Decouverte-d-ossements-d-un.html

Location of Tissemsilt in map

http://goo.gl/maps/69qQw

Source APS ( Algeria's News Agency )

APS on wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeria%27s_News_Agency

Edited March 24, 2013 by Ales

[RichW9090]

The link does not appear to be working.

[RichW9090]

The link is now working. This is not a fossil, and is not claimed to be a fossil in the article. It is the typical thing I get every couple of weeks about a mystery animal whose body/carcass/bones have been found, and which stumped the local "expert". The picture is far too small and low resolution to be useful in identifying it, but it appears to be a carnivore of some sort. These things usually turn out to be a cat or a dog, or something equally common in the area.

Edited March 24, 2013 by RichW9090

[Ales]

Thanks RichW9090 for your input , this is what i tought too!