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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. Fake trilobites?

    By ThePrehistoricMaster,   
    • 19 replies
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  2. Here's Some Trilobite In Denver, See If You Can Spot Some Real Ones

    By IonRocks,
    • 15 replies
    • 1.5k views

  3. Dinosaur Egg

    By kirkjeremiah23,   
    • 12 replies
    • 1.5k views

  4. T.rex tail caudal

    By Masp,   
    • 9 replies
    • 1.5k views

  5. Spino claw: real or fake?

    By Nerdy,
    • 12 replies
    • 1.5k views

  6. 3 dinosaur egg, which one is better?

    By Raulsaurus,   
    • 23 replies
    • 1.5k views

  7. Analyzing a Kem Kem Vertebra

    By Troodon,   
    • 3 replies
    • 1.5k views

  8. Hadrosaur Fossil Egg - Practice Identifying Fakes

    By Fossil Claw,
    • 6 replies
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  9. Trilobite real or fake?

    By addesij70,   
    • 8 replies
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  10. Red Flag on Kem Kem Material

    By Troodon,   
    • 22 replies
    • 1.5k views

  11. Real or fake tiger tooth

    By Stephen burge,   
    • 7 replies
    • 1.5k views

  12. Fake Mosasaurus

    By dashdillo,   
    • 20 replies
    • 1.5k views

  13. Real FOSSILS?! What kind are some of these?

    By Yasei,   
    • 19 replies
    • 1.5k views

  14. Carcharodontosaurus Tooth

    By joeride95,   
    • 17 replies
    • 1.5k views

  15. Siroccopteryx tooth

    By SpringGroveUK,
    • 10 replies
    • 1.5k views

  16. Dakotaraptor Tooth For Sale

    By Troodon,   
    • 6 replies
    • 1.5k views

  17. Blue Petrified Wood Real?

    By Aceofspades,   
    • 16 replies
    • 1.5k views

  18. Fake Hollardops Trilo ?

    By PainTheRosesRed,   
    • 4 replies
    • 1.5k views

  19. Red flags on "Fossils" being sold

    By Troodon,
    • 15 replies
    • 1.5k views

  20. Carcharodon hastalis - Chile

    By BellamyBlake,   
    • 5 replies
    • 1.5k views

  21. A Purty Darn Good Fake

    By RJB,
    • 15 replies
    • 1.5k views

  22. Trilobite

    By Raptor Lover,
    • 12 replies
    • 1.5k views

  23. Bought First Fossil, Questions

    By Scrambles,
    • 8 replies
    • 1.5k views

  24. Saber cat

    By kirkjeremiah23,   
    • 18 replies
    • 1.5k views

  25. Oviraptor egg, real? or fake?

    By Riollo,   
    • 11 replies
    • 1.5k views
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