Bird fossil (with feathers)

[Crazyhen]

This bird fossil is amazing, if genuine, that it has the imprints of feathers.  Is it painted? The fossil is from Liaoning Province, China.

 

                  

 

         

[Ludwigia]

I'm no expert, but in my opinion, it's difficult for most people, even experts, to tell for certain just from a few photos. If this is what it claims to be, then it's probably very expensive and I would think that anyone who wants to buy it would need to be able to hold it in his hands and have an expert assess it directly before deciding to buy.

[Phos_01]

Hello, you need high quality photos to see if its good or not. They appear to be a bit blurry 

Always be carefull .

 

The head is missing ? 

[Troodon]

Very difficult to properly authenticate Chinese birds off of photos like Ludwigia indicated.    These need to be hand examined under magnification.  Interesting that the legs are a darker color black than the rest of the bird.

[Crazyhen]

12 hours ago, Phos_01 said:

Hello, you need high quality photos to see if its good or not. They appear to be a bit blurry 

Always be carefull .

 

The head is missing ? 

The head is under the wing.

[Mark Kmiecik]

13 hours ago, Troodon said:

Interesting that the legs are a darker color black than the rest of the bird.

 

It appears to be under glass, which would also explain why the "darker" area is rectangular in one of the photos.