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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. online Psittacosaurus Foot

    By ConnorR,   
    • 1 reply
    • 509 views

  2. Strange Spinosaurus fossil.

    By ConnorR,   
    • 22 replies
    • 1.5k views

  3. Weird Spinosaurus tooth

    By JorisVV,   
    • 8 replies
    • 562 views

  4. Enormous Cheap Cheap Cheap Spinosaurus Tooth

    By Guest,   
    • 4 replies
    • 670 views

  5. Real Dino Egg Fossil?

    By Scuby109,   
    • 10 replies
    • 811 views

  6. Dino Egg? Or just a rock

    By Scuby109,   
    • 9 replies
    • 2.5k views

  7. Palaeocarpinus sp. plant with seeds?

    By Mochaccino,   
    • 4 replies
    • 499 views

  8. T-Rex Egg? Maybe? or Maybe not?

    By Scuby109,   
    • 9 replies
    • 747 views

  9. Thoughts on this Geode/Dino egg?

    By RobFallen,   
    • 6 replies
    • 788 views

  10. Hyphalosaurus. Real or fake

    By joel77520,
    • 14 replies
    • 3.1k views

  11. Please tell me if it's a dinosaur claw?

    By Cartoonfossil,   
    • 7 replies
    • 914 views

  12. Cupressocrinus?

    By Mochaccino,   
    • 0 replies
    • 405 views

  13. Fossil fish and trilobite under the microscope, ¿Are they real?

    By Granth,   
    • 2 replies
    • 567 views

  14. Kolihapeltis Trilobite?

    By Mochaccino,   
    • 4 replies
    • 669 views

  15. Keichousaurus and Psittacosaurus real or fake?

    By raptor2000,   
    • 7 replies
    • 698 views

  16. Amber Real?

    By Mochaccino,   
    • 11 replies
    • 1.1k views

  17. Fake or real ID request on angustidens tooth

    By OliverH,   
    • 4 replies
    • 554 views

  18. Sawfish rostrum? Kem Kem

    By Jurassicz1,   
    • 7 replies
    • 727 views

  19. Many Mosasaur Jaws

    By Mochaccino,   
    • 16 replies
    • 1.3k views

  20. Help Please!, Is It Real A Fossil?

    By Matt_,   
    • 3 replies
    • 487 views

  21. Brittle star (pink?) Real or not real?

    By MHAN,   
    • 12 replies
    • 813 views

  22. Fossil Fish?

    By Mochaccino,   
    • 9 replies
    • 763 views

  23. Dragonfly fossil plate

    By Mousehead,   
    • 6 replies
    • 1k views

  24. Need help identifying and knowing if its real or fake.

    By ShadowsofAzura,   
    • 9 replies
    • 525 views

  25. Theropod thai claw very rare

    By Cartoonfossil,   
    • 3 replies
    • 743 views
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