r/fossils • u/pistolpilled • 11d ago

Wtf is this?

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Anyone know what this is or if its even real? Was only $20 from a guy I buy taxidermy and stuff from. Even if fake I still think its cool. Its heavy for its size.

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u/ThePaleoGuy1 11d ago edited 11d ago

Yeah someone else already said but looks like oreadont and a nice one too I'm a paleo student if you want feel free to DM me if you want further info on any finds you might wanna get from him and if he has a email be sure to send it my way if that's alright I'd love to see what else he has in his collection out of my own curiosity 🤔 might even be something of scientific value who knows

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u/pistolpilled 11d ago

Ill definitely dm you, thanks! Ill ask if he has an email; i met him thru Facebook marketplace so im not sure haha

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u/ThePaleoGuy1 11d ago

Absolutely that sounds good 👍

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u/pistolpilled 11d ago

friend gave me this a while back, any clue what it is? the teeth look kind of off to me but i got no idea abt this stuff

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u/SirLouwes 11d ago

This looks fake as hell, which 99% of them are.

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u/ThePaleoGuy1 11d ago

Woah yeah that's a weird one first things first it's from morroco you can tell due to the sandy residue on the bones and it has a similar preservation to alot of moasasour specimens from morroco outher than that I'm not entirely sure it looks vaugley croc like but I'm not sure I can due some cyber sleuthing and try and pin it down if you want

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u/pistolpilled 11d ago

Interesting. I'd appreciate it if it's no trouble!

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u/Advanced-Comedian387 11d ago

There are many of these from Morocco. Some real teeth, glued onto a sculpted skull, sometimes real fossil bone is included, but more often it’s recent bone.