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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 Ichthyosaurus real? 1 2 3

    By indominus rex,   
    • 53 replies
    • 4.1k views

  2. Dinosaur skulls on auction site.

    By Fossildude19,   
    • 16 replies
    • 777 views

  3. Enchodus tail

    By Bone guy,   
    • 11 replies
    • 703 views

  4. Double headed Keichousaurus?

    By Crazyhen,   
    • 23 replies
    • 1.1k views

  5. Mosasaur Tooth

    By Datguy,   
    • 8 replies
    • 674 views

  6. Dinosaur Red Flags

    By Troodon,   
    • 5 replies
    • 818 views

  7. Real or Fake Spinosaurus tooth

    By Patient113,   
    • 8 replies
    • 6k views

  8. are these fossil fish real?

    By MRfossilMISTER,   
    • 15 replies
    • 1.3k views

  9. Dinosaur Red Flags

    By Troodon,   
    • 9 replies
    • 959 views

  10. Spinosaurus Tooth, % restoration? fake? authentic?

    By palochris68,   
    • 17 replies
    • 1.3k views

  11. Teeth and Vertebra from Morocco

    By Abstraktum,   
    • 6 replies
    • 748 views

  12. Real juvenile Mosasaur jaw?

    By crumpet the ichthyosaur,   
    • 8 replies
    • 771 views

  13. Daspletosaurus Teeth Real?

    By TyBoy,   
    • 3 replies
    • 611 views

  14. Globidens tooth with strange repair...

    By Deinocheirusmaster!,   
    • 9 replies
    • 678 views

  15. Is this a Spinosaurus premax tooth?

    By Deinocheirusmaster!,   
    • 3 replies
    • 718 views

  16. T-Rex Bone Fragment

    By AJPW,   
    • 6 replies
    • 1.4k views

  17. Return of the (fake?) Hadrosaur eggs

    By palaeoguytn,   
    • 19 replies
    • 958 views

  18. Fake trilobites?

    By ThePrehistoricMaster,   
    • 19 replies
    • 1.5k views

  19. 3.5 Inch Spinosaurus Tooth Painted?

    By Ms.Fossil,   
    • 11 replies
    • 930 views

  20. Crinoid lily fossil

    By kirkjeremiah23,   
    • 10 replies
    • 968 views

  21. Legitimacy of bone fragment

    By OkoraAphra10,   
    • 3 replies
    • 618 views

  22. T-Rex Premax Tooth

    By pcptrade,   
    • 10 replies
    • 2.7k views

  23. Rebbachisaurus Tail Vert Correct ID

    By TyBoy,   
    • 12 replies
    • 2.1k views

  24. Marshosaurus Tooth for Sale

    By Troodon,   
    • 2 replies
    • 981 views

  25. 7 inch Megalodon Tooth Restored- Is Unrestored Tooth really 7 inches? 1 2

    By pcptrade,   
    • 34 replies
    • 4.1k views
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