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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.

Please read and follow the guidelines found in the Pinned topic below.


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  2. Indonesian Meg Teeth

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  3. Another Mosasaur jaw real or fake!? Or somewhere in-between?

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  4. Real sabertooth skull?

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  5. Mastodon Tusk from Java Indonesia

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  6. Carch tooth w Root

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  7. Pliosaur teeth

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  8. French dinosaur egg

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  9. Is this Discosauriscus real?

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  10. Is this claw athentic?

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  11. Real triceratops bones? Or not?

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  12. Real amber? Suspicious under black light?

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  13. Rooted Carcharodontosaurus tooth?

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  14. Suchomimus tooth

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  15. Real or fake Trilo

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  16. Is this real horn?

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  17. Crinoid

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  18. Spinosaurus tooth

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  19. Kolihapeltis and Scabriscutellum

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  20. My First, My Favorite

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  21. Keichousaurus

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