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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. Is This Genuine

    By Postman4u,   
    • 6 replies
    • 673 views

  2. Is this a real dinosaur bone?

    By Raptor9468,   
    • 6 replies
    • 580 views

  3. petrified shrunken human heart? animal? seed?

    By Phishwood,   
    • 6 replies
    • 998 views

  4. Anyone Seen A Fake Like This?

    By CryptBHR,   
    • 17 replies
    • 977 views

  5. Real or fake ammonite

    By Charlotte787,   
    • 3 replies
    • 653 views

  6. Is this real?

    By Carboniferous320,   
    • 11 replies
    • 933 views

  7. Large dotops, fake or bad prep?

    By MarielleK,   
    • 4 replies
    • 606 views

  8. Raptor claw

    By Aurelius,   
    • 8 replies
    • 1.4k views

  9. Real or Fake Trilobite (Pos & Neg Trilobite)

    By anhlatuan,   
    • 11 replies
    • 776 views

  10. Theropod footprint

    By Raulsaurus,   
    • 15 replies
    • 866 views

  11. Is this a fossil or modern?

    By Joe_17,   
    • 7 replies
    • 1k views

  12. Carcharodontossaurus tooth - real or fake?

    By fabio,   
    • 6 replies
    • 748 views

  13. Ammonite real or not

    By JOE123,   
    • 6 replies
    • 855 views

  14. Keichousaurus

    By MarcoX,   
    • 4 replies
    • 634 views

  15. Oreodont and Camel: Real or Fabricated?

    By RaideReX,   
    • 4 replies
    • 680 views

  16. Dino Track

    By fossilguy312,   
    • 12 replies
    • 839 views

  17. Dunkleosteus Plate?

    By Kikokuryu,   
    • 3 replies
    • 959 views

  18. Crushed Dinosaur Egg

    By RaideReX,   
    • 7 replies
    • 918 views

  19. I bought this eggshell fragment, but how do I tell if they are real

    By Evancarstedt,   
    • 10 replies
    • 870 views

  20. This is real or fake egg fossil?

    By anhlatuan,   
    • 7 replies
    • 615 views

  21. Large Yongshunensis, Rough Prep or Partially Faked?

    By Kurufossils,   
    • 3 replies
    • 703 views

  22. What do you think of this dinosaur egg

    By Wowbnjijdat,   
    • 9 replies
    • 1.3k views

  23. Real or fabrication?

    By Carboniferous320,   
    • 4 replies
    • 671 views

  24. Is it real? Spinosaurus, Knightia, Lycoptera, Elrathia, Hyracodon, Ferns

    By RaideReX,   
    • 2 replies
    • 578 views

  25. Keichousaurus, real or fake?

    By AkerCS,   
    • 19 replies
    • 1.2k views
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