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Gotta love these stories. Dinosaur egg seized by Italian customs and authenticated by the Superintendency of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape. Oh it had a Certificate of authenticity and ID to a specific species Shunosaurus. Problem is that this looks to be one of those very fake Malaysian eggs. Check out the putty looking matrix. Hopefully a paleontologist will soon point that out and a Superintendent will have egg in their face https://www.vice.com/en/article/akgkba/italian-customs-authorities-seized-a-dinosaur-egg-hidden-in-a-package
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Any help with identification is deeply appreciated, thank you.
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Dino Egg authenticity - real?
BrettCo124 posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hey everyone! I posted this on a Facebook group and had some great responses. My question is, I recently purchased a segnosaur egg from a reputable dealer who has been selling Dino fossils for a long time now. I have read how some Dino eggs might be fake, and I figured I’d just ask the question and get your professional opinions. Because of the reputation of the dealer, I do believe it’s authentic. It’s not like I bought it off of online from a random person, but I still wanted to ask the question. What do you think? I appreciate your feedback. IMG_9607.MOV
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Hi I have had this supposedly dinosaur egg said to be from the Nanchao Formation in Henan China for quite sometimes and I have never really been sure of it's identity whether if it's just concretion and would like to have some experts and third party opinion on this. Any help IDing this specimen would be appreciated. This is the specimen in question: I have also put the specimen under microscope and tried taking picture of the supposedly shell surface texture but am still not quite sure what to make of it whether if this is a texture of a dinosaur egg specimen? I have also taken a picture of the specimen around the edge of what seems to be a shell as well for a closer look in case it helps: Thanks!!
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Examples of Commonly Faked Dino Eggs
HamptonsDoc posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Every day I look through a collection of websites and online auctions for any good deals on dinosaur fossils. Occasionally a real steal of a deal is found, but when it comes to eggs most of what I see is fake. Counterfeit dinosaur eggs are continually found, mostly being sold by the same sellers from China and Malaysia. I personally fell for this trap last year and spent a lot of money on "eggs" that were man made. This is a topic that is brought up every few months on this thread to warn fellow collectors and I think its time again to repost what many others have posted before. There was a good short article that was written by Bill Merz and distributed at last year's Tucson Gem and Mineral Show in the EZ-Guide where he points out some of the most common examples of mass manufactured fake eggs.- 125 replies
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Real or Fake Oviraptor Egg?
Charlotte787 posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hi guys, I was considering buying the attached egg from a trusted dealer, but I’m aware that there is an awful lot of fakes out there and some can even fool the experienced dealer. Any input with regard to its authenticity would be much appreciated!
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Hi i came across this Egg label as oviraptor egg from China look quite real to me( but not quite sure tho) what do you think about this? thank in advance!
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Can you tell me if this is a dinosaur egg or not and if so what kind.
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Hey guys, I saw this listed as a therizinosaurus egg, I have very little experience with Dino eggs but I think it’s real. What do you guys think?
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Hey guys, I saw this listed on online, the seller said she thinks this is an oviraptor egg, what do you guys think?
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Hadrosaur egg is it real?
Dinobot posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hi everyone, I was recently on this website to ask about a couple eggs I bought and I found the input soo helpful! Thank you all for taking the time to help amateur collectors from getting doped:) I am looking at purchasing a second set of eggs, these ones hadrosaur. The seller has stated they are from Asia, China, Henan Province and were purchased prior to 2005. They admit that the matrix was broken and the two eggs believed to be from the same nest (based on the break line) put back together. they are from Provenance: ex-Donald B. Saxman collection, Tomball, Texas, USA. It also comes with a COA from a paleontologist in a Texas. any input on authenticity, amount of repair and if this is a good piece to have it my collection would be greatly appreciated. unfortunately these are the only photos I have
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Hi, I grew up in Nebraska and somewhere or another I found this stone. We used to find lots of Mastodon Teeth, Camel teeth etc. in the Platte River Valley. And I know Nebraska was an ocean a long long time ago so occasionally we'd come across Megalodon teeth as well. I found this though. The backside is very smooth and round, it has what looks to be a well defined yolk like interior and what looks to my untrained eye to be a cross section of a small skull/cranium with beak like end. I would like to know if this is what I think it is.
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https://nextshark.com/boy-discovers-dinosaur-eggs/ http://www.ladbible.com/news/interesting-boy-finds-11-dinosaur-eggs-in-china-20190726
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One of my favorite fossil types. Dinosaur eggs come in all shapes and sizes — from an oval as small as a thumb, to a sphere as big as a basketball. These fossils are often faked by the hundreds, if not thousands, in Chinese factories (China is also the world's richest source of true dinosaur eggs). However, there are also many natural-occurring objects mistaken as dinosaur eggs such as concretions or even fortuitously-shaped rocks. Despite these hurdles, dinosaur eggs remain one of the most desirable of all fossils. NOTE: Dinosaur egg and eggshells, by their nature as an ichnofossil, are challenging for private collectors to identify. None of the IDs I provide here are acceptable on a scientific level as I lack the tools to examine the cross section slices of my eggshells. However, for the sake of documentation I will still provide accurate names and locality here to the best of my ability. First up are my Oviraptorid eggs "Common" Name: Oviraptor egg Elongatoolithus sp. 71 - 66 mya | late Cretaceous Nanxiong Basin, Guangdong "Common" Name: Citipati egg Macroolithus yaotunensis 71 - 66 mya | late Cretaceous Nanxiong Basin, Guangdong Length: 8.78 inches (Note: Has composited eggshells) "Common" Name: Oviraptorid(small type) Nest Elongatoolithus sp. 71 - 66 mya | late Cretaceous Nanxiong Formation Guangdong
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Eggs of which species of dinosaurs, reptiles, birds are found at the present time
MiseriKing posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
Hello dear members of the forum. Very interested in the question of the eggs of which species of dinosaurs are currently found? I mean fossils of course And why not found eggs suppose stegosaurs or pterosaurs? Thank you very much. -
Hello! I'm interested in buying a dinosaur egg. I found this egg from China. Do you think it's authentic? It's good quality? Thank you so much https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xLYvrS5sKyDwF64b48ziMeRmB5o_n-Ig/view?usp=drivesdk
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Can anyone advise if this egg looks fake or real, I'm thinking of purchasing it.
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Dinosaur Eggs, Genuine or Not?
Crazyhen posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
These two eggs are from Henan Province, China. Are they genuine or not? Egg X : Photo 1-4 Egg Y: Photo 5-7
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I know a lot of people have posted like this but,... this really has me and a couple geologists here in TX perplexed. My dad found this in Oregon in the 1960's. It was not anywhere near a riverbank but rather, was sticking out of a sidehill. It is translucent almost like quartz, has indentations where it appears it was once soft (see close up) and I recently took it to my vet who x-rayed it and it appears to have a uniform inner density different from the exterior see x ray. Are there better x rays out there? Thanks Much
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9 Dinosaur eggs nest fossils. Found in Nanxiong Formation, Jiangxi, China. Size 46 × 35cm Weight 21kg.
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From the album: Dinosaur Eggs
71 - 66 mya, Nanxiong Formation, Guangdong Province, China, 8.78 inches, (Note: Has composited eggshells) -
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A Segnosaur egg from Henan Province of China - one of the finest egg in my collection -
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A partial sauropod egg from Djadokhta formation of the Gobi Desert, prepped by Mike Holmes -
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My Lowell-prepped Oviraptor egg. Crushed but still lovable!
