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Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications

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  1. Buying A Spinosaurus Claw

    By Phos_01,   
    • 9 replies
    • 368 views

  2. Pseudofossils, Pareidolia, And Other Rorschachery 1 2 3 4 12

    By Pilobolus,   
    • 277 replies
    • 28.3k views

  3. Tips in Purchasing a Spinosaurid Hand Claw

    By Troodon,   
    • 13 replies
    • 2.8k views

  4. Guide to reporting fake fossils on our favorite auction site 1 2

    By -Andy-,   
    • 31 replies
    • 7k views

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

    By HamptonsDoc,   
    • 125 replies
    • 27.2k views

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

    By Auspex,   
    • 4 replies
    • 4.9k views

  7. Did I Just Make A Huge Mistake Buying A Keichousaurus 1 2 3

    By SmallYeti,   
    • 52 replies
    • 19.2k views

  8. Fossil Fakes and Their Recognition

    By Oxytropidoceras,
    • 3 replies
    • 5.7k views

  9. real oviraptor egg?

    By Maxaurus,   
    • 3 replies
    • 99 views

  10. Dromaeosaur tooth: Fake, restored, real? Novice considering purchase

    By ChhK,   
    • 4 replies
    • 245 views

  11. Dyrosaurous?

    By Gigantopithicness,   
    • 12 replies
    • 443 views

  12. How composite is this composite mosasaurus skull?

    By LordWampa,   
    • 5 replies
    • 201 views

  13. Is this Spinosaurus tooth real ? (need advice for purchase)

    By Niranjan,   
    • 5 replies
    • 171 views

  14. A fake fossil fish 1 2

    By nala,   
    • 27 replies
    • 590 views

  15. Is there anything odd about this Saurichthys?

    By quam_fossilium,   
    • 3 replies
    • 226 views

  16. Is it a T-rex tooth?

    By LordWampa,   
    • 13 replies
    • 278 views

  17. Grallator footprint

    By JBkansas,   
    • 2 replies
    • 151 views

  18. Real spinosaurus tooth

    By Brutus,   
    • 5 replies
    • 180 views

  19. Keichousaurus Fossil, is it real? Restorations?

    By OneLastSift,   
    • 5 replies
    • 150 views

  20. How’s the quality of he Spinosaurus teeth

    By Cris Tang,   
    • 2 replies
    • 141 views

  21. A well prepped keich? Must be fake.

    By JBkansas,   
    • 6 replies
    • 158 views

  22. Megalodon Tooth 100% Natural or Not?

    By Mulatto_Zack,   
    • 11 replies
    • 312 views

  23. Is it suchomimus teeth?

    By LordWampa,   
    • 2 replies
    • 138 views

  24. Real Mosasaurus jaw

    By Brutus,   
    • 5 replies
    • 173 views

  25. Never seen something like this "Trilobite" (?)

    By AchillesWF,   
    • 5 replies
    • 199 views
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