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Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications

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  1. Pseudofossils, Pareidolia, And Other Rorschachery

    By Pilobolus,   
    • 237 replies
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  2. Guide to reporting fake fossils on our favorite auction site

    By -Andy-,   
    • 24 replies
    • 4,209 views

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

    By Auspex,   
    • 4 replies
    • 3,289 views

  4. Examples of Commonly Faked Dino Eggs

    By HamptonsDoc,   
    • 123 replies
    • 16,283 views

  5. Fossil Fakes and Their Recognition

    By Oxytropidoceras,
    • 3 replies
    • 4,120 views

  6. Crocodile Vertebra?

    By justawee,   
    • 5 replies
    • 101 views

  7. Is this real Spinosaurus claw?

    By heZZ,   
    • 16 replies
    • 266 views

  8. Silurian Eurypterid Balteurypterus head cephalon: Real?

    By Georgemckenzie,   
    • 5 replies
    • 152 views

  9. Large Trilobite

    By ColeFossilFinder,   
    • 2 replies
    • 164 views

  10. Cave bear paw

    By heZZ,   
    • 6 replies
    • 112 views

  11. is this juvenile t rex skeleton real?

    By Josesaurus rex,   
    • 25 replies
    • 699 views

  12. Brazil Insects - 100% natural

    By Hollie Bird,   
    • 9 replies
    • 259 views

  13. Carcharodon hastalis - Chile

    By BellamyBlake,   
    • 3 replies
    • 137 views

  14. Real Meg Tooth?

    By FossilsandScience,   
    • 8 replies
    • 162 views

  15. Real or fake? rare fish from the US Eocene.

    By mardopa,   
    • 35 replies
    • 465 views

  16. Fun with Fakes- Moroccan Mosasaur

    By LabRatKing,   
    • 2 replies
    • 118 views

  17. Spinosaur Tooth - Comoposite?

    By BellamyBlake,   
    • 12 replies
    • 196 views

  18. Are these real mosasaur teeth?

    By Getthesalt,   
    • 5 replies
    • 153 views

  19. Real dinosaur egg??

    By Guns,   
    • 6 replies
    • 163 views

  20. Mastodonsaurus Rib Bones, Real?

    By King Butler,   
    • 5 replies
    • 141 views

  21. Jeholosaurus Limb?

    By Crazyhen,   
    • 3 replies
    • 165 views

  22. Green River Fish question

    By fossilguy312,   
    • 13 replies
    • 224 views

  23. Psittacosaurus bone?

    By ziggycardon,   
    • 6 replies
    • 133 views

  24. Dinosaur fossil

    By Josesaurus rex,   
    • 4 replies
    • 264 views

  25. Are these real?

    By RickCulleton,   
    • 6 replies
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