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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.

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  1. Hand Claw Pterosaur

    By caimano,   
    • 6 replies
    • 473 views

  2. rhino jaw piece indonesia

    By MarcoX,   
    • 10 replies
    • 852 views

  3. Stegosaurus Neck Armor Plate

    By killer2906,
    • 7 replies
    • 3.5k views

  4. Is there has any real Spinosaurus teeth, please?

    By Cris Tang,   
    • 4 replies
    • 323 views

  5. Is this real amber?

    By Jack Smith,   
    • 3 replies
    • 277 views

  6. Is this a radius bone, please?

    By Cris Tang,   
    • 3 replies
    • 292 views

  7. Croc. bone / Spinosaurus phalanges / Unidentified bone?

    By Cris Tang,   
    • 4 replies
    • 287 views

  8. How’s the quality of the vertebral？

    By Cris Tang,   
    • 9 replies
    • 297 views

  9. Another Spinosaurus Aegyptiacus hand claw ?

    By caimano,   
    • 4 replies
    • 302 views

  10. What kind of creature does this jaw belong to?

    By Cris Tang,   
    • 5 replies
    • 357 views

  11. Real or Fake: Nanotyrannus

    By Mt_Splashmore,   
    • 8 replies
    • 519 views

  12. Suspicious auction tooth

    By Johnfossilhunter,   
    • 6 replies
    • 359 views

  13. Real Spinosaurus jaw? Or fake?

    By Cris Tang,   
    • 4 replies
    • 479 views

  14. Trilobite real?

    By Danielb,   
    • 2 replies
    • 245 views

  15. Is this real: Spinosaurus Tooth

    By Mt_Splashmore,   
    • 7 replies
    • 295 views

  16. "Titanosaur eggshell."

    By FossilSniper,   
    • 8 replies
    • 694 views

  17. This carcharodontosaurus rooted tooth is a composite?

    By Anchiornis_huxleyi,   
    • 5 replies
    • 491 views

  18. Spinosaurid Rooted Tooth (Composite root?)

    By Meatasaurus93,   
    • 4 replies
    • 320 views

  19. Suchomimus tooth?

    By Dino1,   
    • 15 replies
    • 1.1k views

  20. How’s the quality of these claw, phalanges, premaxilla

    By Cris Tang,   
    • 4 replies
    • 372 views

  21. Real, Reconstructed Composite, or Plaster Castings of Ancyloceras sp. From Morocco? 1 2

    By Pedro64,   
    • 28 replies
    • 1.2k views

  22. Real Megalodon tooth?

    By S.B,   
    • 11 replies
    • 383 views

  23. Is that all Spinosaurus’s bone?

    By Cris Tang,   
    • 10 replies
    • 454 views

  24. Original piece of Mosasaurus skull

    By Cris Tang,   
    • 6 replies
    • 448 views

  25. Jaw of Mosasaurus

    By Cris Tang,   
    • 3 replies
    • 410 views
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