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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. 

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

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  2. Pseudofossils, Pareidolia, And Other Rorschachery 1 2 3 4 11

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  3. Guide to reporting fake fossils on our favorite auction site

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  4. NEW MEMBERS PLEASE READ - Guidelines For Posting In This Forum: Please Read!

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  5. Fossil Fakes and Their Recognition

    By Oxytropidoceras,
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  6. Fossil Fake ID: Mosasaur-Spino Composite?

    By Praefectus,   
    • 9 replies
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  7. Indo Meg real or fake

    By JorisVV,   
    • 3 replies
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  8. Dinosaur egg

    By Nickflemo,   
    • 12 replies
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  9. Help with this spiny trilobite purchase

    By Georgemckenzie,   
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  10. Is this Megalodon tooth real?

    By JorisVV,   
    • 7 replies
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  11. Trilobite - Is it real and what species is it?

    By GenXer,   
    • 2 replies
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  12. Russian Pliosaur Tooth?

    By Alston Gee,   
    • 16 replies
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  13. Raptor skull?

    By heZZ,   
    • 22 replies
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  14. Spinosaurus Tooth

    By Square Pickle,   
    • 2 replies
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  15. Triceratops Tooth

    By Square Pickle,   
    • 8 replies
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  16. Bivalve Shells

    By softiesongbird,   
    • 4 replies
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  17. Psittacosaurus brood

    By Crazyhen,   
    • 5 replies
    • 248 views

  18. Fake root at this carcharodontosaur tooth

    By Alvaro,   
    • 9 replies
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  19. Found this online, something feels off about it

    By KompsFossilsNMinerals,   
    • 11 replies
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  20. Dunkleosteus jaw: Is it real?

    By Praefectus,   
    • 11 replies
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  21. Otodus bought is it real?

    By Jurassicz,   
    • 1 reply
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  22. Carcharodontosaurus teeth - serrations

    By Vleuver,   
    • 2 replies
    • 165 views

  23. Indonesian Meg - Restorations?

    By BellamyBlake,   
    • 4 replies
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  24. Lobopyge trilobite is it real?

    By Georgemckenzie,   
    • 13 replies
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  25. Need help on id and on much is real

    By Fotsirk,   
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