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Good day everyone, I'm looking into these two partial mammal skulls: An oreodont Merycoidodon and a Camel Poebrotherium. I'd like some help to find out if these are all real or have been partially fabricated, enhanced, composited, total fakes.

Photos 1-4:
Merycoidodon culbertsoni
Oligocene
Nebraska

Photos 5-8:
Camel Poebrotherium labiatum
Brule Formation
Oligocene-Whiteriverian
Converse County, Wyoming

 

75-1Merycoidodon culbertsoni.JPG

75-2Merycoidodon culbertsoni.JPG

75-3Merycoidodon culbertsoni.JPG

75-4Merycoidodon culbertsoni.JPG

75-B1Poebrotherium libiatum.JPG

75-B2Poebrotherium libiatum.JPG

75-B3Poebrotherium libiatum.JPG

75Poebrotherium libiatum.JPG

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One tooth on the Oreodont is a little out of position but that’s probably a result of the fossilation other then that they look good to me.of course that’s just going by the pictures.

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From the photos, I see no reason to believe that the pieces are not authentic. I recognize the paper labels and I dealt with that company years ago, before the Internet revolutionized the purchase of fossils. I found them (at that time) to be knowledgeable and dependable. 

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Many Thanks for the help!

 

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As @snolly50 said these are authentic and the id’s are correct. The Oreodont skull will look nice with some prepping to expose the teeth.

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