RARE COLLECTION OF PTERODACTYL LIMB BONES FROM A LARGE PTEROSAUR OF NORTH AFRICA *DBX024

Product Description

ID

Siroccopteryx moroccoensis ?

FOUND

Kem Kem Beds - 
 (NW Sahara Desert), Morocco

AGE

EARLY CRETACEOUS:
  113 - 100 million years ago

SIZE

9", 5" and 2.5" in lengths

CONDITION

LARGEST AND SMALLEST 
LIMB BONES ARE UNBROKEN.
MIDDLE LENGTH HAS SINGLE
BREAK IN MIDDLE.  

NO RESTORATION.

NOTE

PTEROSAUR BONES ARE 
EXTREMELY RARE EVEN IN 
FRAGMENTARY FORM.

THESE ARE FULLY PETRIFIED
AND ARE SOLID STONE SO
THE HOLLOW CHAMBER
HAS BEEN FILLED WITH 
STONE.

INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX

Comes with a certificate of
authenticity / information sheet

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Because of the fragile nature of pterosaur skeletons when they were alive, rarely do any fossil remains survive other than teeth.  Even fragments of bones are extremely rare.  This is a rare set of three limb bone fragments of a large North African pterosaur that comprises the past 20 years of collecting.  They normally would have been hollow with the flying reptile was alive but these are solid stone and so the interior cavity has filled completely with mineral.  Still, you can see the outer wall of the formerly hollow bone, on a couple ends when examined closely.  With only limited scientific work published regarding North African pterosaurs, it is hard to say with certainty what part of the limb these are from but based on the size, they are most likely is Siroccopteryx moroccoensis.  They compare favorably to other anhanguerid skeletal features.  For the dinosaur fossil bone collector who seeks the rare and hard to find specimens, this is a highly recommended set! 

The state of preservation on these pterosaur limb bones is impeccable with total petrification and preserved surface detail.

Pterosaur fossils were only recently attributed to a species in 1999 from the Cretaceous deposits of the southern border of Morocco.  To date, the only pterosaur species named from Morocco is Siroccopteryx moroccoensis.  With an estimated wingspan of nearly 20 feet, this anhanguerid pterodactyl ranks amongst the largest pterosaurs known.  There have been comparisons of this creature to other anhanguerid species known from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil.  Only jaw fragments and teeth have been discovered from Morocco and much has yet to be learned about this fascinating and giant flying reptile from prehistory.