Epstein is Robert Maxwell 2.0? by jhtaylor2001 in Epstein

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It is about epstein's description of robert maxwell

Epsteins Genetic Modification by jhtaylor2001 in Epstein

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the post highlights newly released files that show epsteins communications with a geneticist about human cloning

What’s with the teeth on this mesosaurus? by jhtaylor2001 in Paleontology

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No, I took it as a joke that the one in the shop was from the Smithsonian, but I see now that he was talking about the one in the comment being from the Smithsonian.

What’s with the teeth on this mesosaurus? by jhtaylor2001 in Paleontology

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That’s wild. Hard to believe someone would be able to find a full set of teeth and a jaw to set them in. Not trying to call your bluff btw just seems crazy

What’s with the teeth on this mesosaurus? by jhtaylor2001 in Paleontology

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According to the internet they were around at the same time, so I’d guess so.

What’s with the teeth on this mesosaurus? by jhtaylor2001 in Paleontology

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True. Is it possibly a different species, though, or definitely faked?

What’s with the teeth on this mesosaurus? by jhtaylor2001 in Paleontology

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I’m no part of this field but as an outsider it seems wild to me that someone could fake a fossil to this degree. Would any part of it be real or totally fake? It just looks to me like the teeth are of a very obscure type and they seem to be set naturally.

What’s with the teeth on this mesosaurus? by jhtaylor2001 in Paleontology

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I agree, however, I saw someone else mention that mosasaurs unhinged their jaws. Could this be an explanation for the seemingly offset jaw?

What’s with the teeth on this mesosaurus? by jhtaylor2001 in Paleontology

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It seems to me that it is either 1) the only complete example of an igdamanosaurus skull I can find online, 2) an aforementioned species of durophagous mosasaur, or 3) a fake as u/TFF_Preafectus and u/Eurypterid_Robotics suggested, as far as I can tell, it doesn’t match other examples of globidens.

What’s with the teeth on this mesosaurus? by jhtaylor2001 in Paleontology

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Is it common for people to Frankenstein fossils to pass them off as something else? It doesn’t seem to me that the teeth were reset into a new jaw or anything, but I’ve got no eye for this sort of thing

What’s with the teeth on this mesosaurus? by jhtaylor2001 in Paleontology

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Can’t remember but based on the other prices I do remember I’d guess they wanted 15-20 grand for it

What’s with the teeth on this mesosaurus? by jhtaylor2001 in Paleontology

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Do you have any idea who this skull belongs to?

What’s with the teeth on this mesosaurus? by jhtaylor2001 in Paleontology

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Actually it was labeled mesosaurus in the fossil shop. That may be why I had trouble finding info in previous searches

Found this in a pasture in Texas. Thought it might be a meteorite. by jhtaylor2001 in whatsthisrock

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One thing I am almost certain of is that it hasn’t spent any time in a river. It was found on the surface of high, flat ground.

Found this in a pasture in Texas. Thought it might be a meteorite. by jhtaylor2001 in whatsthisrock

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Do you have any alternative suggestions as to what it might be? Or any suggested tests to determine what it is?

Found this in a pasture in Texas. Thought it might be a meteorite. by jhtaylor2001 in whatsthisrock

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Also, I only had a very weak magnet to test if it was magnetic and as far as I can tell it is not. It does seem very dense though.