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Fossil Seahorse Fake or Heavily Doctored?
Flashlight posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Extremely skeptical of this piece. No information from seller available other than a “seahorse” label that has since been torn off. Looks super fake to me and the research I was able to comb through on my own makes me even more suspicious, but my fossil journey has only just begun and figured I’d leave the collection purging to the experts. Not sure if entirely fake or simply heavily doctored.- 6 replies
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Hello all, I am considering buying this specimen but I know that fossil seahorses are often conflated with fossil pipe fish, which are more common and less valuable. Can anyone weigh in on the authenticity of this identification and whether or not the specimen appears to have been altered? Thanks!
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Greetings! I am not an experienced fossil collector and have no practical knowledge of the hobby. However, I am hoping someone can offer their opinions on what I have here. I believe it to be a Seahorse but cannot be certain. I confess total ignorance to the proper terminology to use here and apologize for any errors in advance. I found this rock on the shores of the Arctic Ocean in the town of Barrow, Alaska in the summer/fall of 2014. I lived and worked in Barrow that year and would spend my spare time walking the shores of the Arctic Ocean near my home. I found lots of bones and other interesting items during my walks. I spotted this rock on the shore and picked it up. It appeared to be a fossilized seahorse in the rock but that does not make sense as the seahorse is a tropical creature as I understand it and the Arctic Ocean in nothing even remotely similar to tropical. I assume that migrating whales could have transported the seahorse and deposited it in the Arctic Ocean. Please see the attached pictures. I have several other pictures but am limited to the max size of 3.95MB. I would appreciate any insights as to what exactly it is that I have here. Any information you may be able to provide would be greatly appreciated.
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Hi, Are seahorse fossils considered rare and what is the smallest seahorse ever discovered??? Thanks
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The seahorses from Fiume Marecchia were determined by L. Sorbini as Hippocampus ramulosus Leach, 1814, a recent species. H. ramulosus is according to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) a synonym of H. guttulatus Cuvier, 1829. References: SORBINI, Lorenzo (1987) BIOGEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATOLOGY OF PLIOCENE AND MESSINIAN FOSSIL FISH OF EASTERN-CENTRAL ITALY. Boll. Mus. Civ. St. Nat. Verona", 14, pp. 1-85
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