Resist_Hoarding Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Part 2 of my Fathers basement I have 2 crocodile skulls and one turtle. I believe they are Replicas? but the teeth on the crocodile are Fossils? once again I believe these are out of Morocco in the 70s or 80s? Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Please keep in mind, per our guidelines, we do not allow valuations or sales references (outside of the Sales forum). The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resist_Hoarding Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 JohnJ Sorry if the wording was poor. I am just trying to understand what I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 No problem. Help should arrive soon. You might upload some closeups that reveal surface texture. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilcrazy Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Whether they are Real, Composites or Fakes; I think they are excellent collectibles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 The first one looks mostly real. It might have some slight tampering but I'm not seeing anything major. Only the matrix around it looks a little suspect around the back of the skull. The second one looks horrible. Definitely a composite of croc and mosasaur parts. It looks like 10% of a croc skull was added on to, to make a "complete" skull. Only they used a bunch of random bone pieces as well as mosasaur teeth. If I had this I would carefully prep away the random stuff and see if there's any original material in it to see what's salvageable. But as is it's a horrid monstrosity imo. The third one could go either way. The carapace and skull look real enough. But there is a darker area around the skull so I don't think the skull originally belongs to the carapace. But overall it looks okay. 1 Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnoun11 Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 hi the first 3 pictures are crocodile dyrosaurus its ypresian not too bad and real, the second picture the pictures 4 to 6 is just a monster fake nothing real the pictures 7 to 9 is turtle plastron and skull, the skull is perhaps repositioned on matrix , look couche 1 ypresian. not too bad and real. The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. Terry Pratchett ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhiggi Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Random question; if specimen two was all genuine, would the teeth all be a similar colour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resist_Hoarding Posted July 13, 2020 Author Share Posted July 13, 2020 Thank you I appreciate you taking the time for the responses! One more quick possible silly question? when you say "real" you're refuring to the skull being a "real" copy of an original fossil and not an actual "real" fossil? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 When I say real, I mean real fossil. A copy or cast is something different. The nr. 1 and 3 are at least mostly authentic. Nr. 2 is made from some real fossil material. But it's a composite made from random pieces. So nr. 2 is fake in the sense that it is not actually a skull. It's a sculpture made from real bone fragments and real teeth. Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resist_Hoarding Posted July 15, 2020 Author Share Posted July 15, 2020 thank you LordTrilobite for the clarification! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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