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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. Real saber tooth skull? 1 2

    By flashy,   
    • 48 replies
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  2. Trilobite Replicas 1 2

    By xonenine,
    • 48 replies
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  3. Is it impossible to get Giganotosaurus teeth? 1 2

    By Oxalaia,   
    • 47 replies
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  4. Real or fake: Insect from Wyoming 1 2

    By FrostbyteFossils,   
    • 46 replies
    • 2.6k views

  5. Cro Magnon bone? 1 2

    By FF7_Yuffie,   
    • 45 replies
    • 2k views

  6. The Curse of the Moroccan Fossils 1 2

    By lolman1c,   
    • 45 replies
    • 9.4k views

  7. Buying a Sauropod Foot Claw? 1 2

    By Troodon,   
    • 45 replies
    • 6k views

  8. Dinosaur Eggs, Genuine or Not? 1 2

    By Crazyhen,   
    • 45 replies
    • 3k views

  9. Moroccan Trilobites- Fakes and Junk - Who buys this stuff? 1 2

    By aeon.rocks,   
    • 45 replies
    • 10.2k views

  10. Rhinoceros Tooth Fossil? 1 2

    By Seguidora-de-Isis,   
    • 41 replies
    • 4.3k views

  11. Carcharodontosaurus Tooth from Morocco 1 2

    By Kaiju Slayer333,   
    • 41 replies
    • 2.5k views

  12. Red Flag on Kem Kem Vertebrae 1 2

    By Troodon,   
    • 41 replies
    • 2.7k views

  13. Dinosaur Egg 1 2

    By Crazyhen,   
    • 40 replies
    • 2.2k views

  14. Is it a real Keichousaurus? 1 2

    By Anngottesman,   
    • 40 replies
    • 2.3k views

  15. Hadrosaur Egg 1 2

    By mudbug,
    • 40 replies
    • 10.9k views

  16. 6 inch Carcharodontosaurus Tooth- Real or fake? 1 2

    By pcptrade,   
    • 39 replies
    • 4.4k views

  17. Real Scorpion fossil? 1 2

    By felino96,
    • 39 replies
    • 8.5k views

  18. Amber fossils and authenticity 1 2

    By VlkCherokee,   
    • 39 replies
    • 2.9k views

  19. Oviraptor Egg - Is This Real 1 2

    By mnnt75,
    • 39 replies
    • 4k views

  20. Is this fossil legit? 1 2

    By Sauroniops,   
    • 38 replies
    • 3k views

  21. Oddly preserved Tyrannosaurus tooth 1 2

    By AJ the Tyrant,   
    • 38 replies
    • 2.2k views

  22. Real Hollardops mesocristata? 1 2

    By xDiamondX,   
    • 37 replies
    • 3k views

  23. Cliche classic is it real keich 1 2

    By Haravex,   
    • 37 replies
    • 2.2k views

  24. Fake Cretaceous Insect Fossils from China are now on sale at a show near you 1 2

    By Biotalker,   
    • 37 replies
    • 3.3k views

  25. Keichousaurus Help please 1 2

    By RobFallen,   
    • 37 replies
    • 1.7k views
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