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Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications

This forum is devoted to illuminating the pitfalls to be avoided when considering the purchase of fossils. From fabrications to restorations, this is the section to discuss.


For our educational purposes, the sellers' identity and pricing are immaterial; this is all about the specimens. 
Please do not post links to websites, nor identify or incriminate a seller in any way. Do not post prices.

Please read and follow the guidelines found in the Pinned topic below.


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  2. Buying A Spinosaurus Claw

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  3. Examples of Commonly Faked Dino Eggs 1 2 3 4 6

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  5. Real root on Moroccan Titanosaurid tooth ?

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  6. Is this a real spinosaurus foot claw?

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  7. Mosasaurus skull -- fake or real?

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  8. Spinosaurus toe bone real ?

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  9. Spino root real ?

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  10. Dino Eggs from Asia

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  11. Real Meg tooth ?

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  12. Mosasaur jaw with shark- and replacement tooth?

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  13. Opinion on Mammoth tooth

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  14. Mosasaurus skull from the Atlas Mountains, Morocco

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  15. Mosasaur vertebrae

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  16. Newbie impulse purchase.

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  17. Spinosaurus Tooth

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  18. Morrocan Brittles

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  19. Real or fake megalodon tooth

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  20. Indonesian Crab Fossils

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