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How much of this real? (Brazilian Vinctifer)

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Hi guys, in my city of Hamilton, Ontario, there is a shop just a walk away from my house that is selling Vinctifer comptoni specimens. One of the specimens being sold right now i will post pics now. How much of this fossil is tampered or repaired? Im asking as I am not familiar with the Cretaceous Santana formation fossils and I know these fish fossils are sought after. 

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Not a Vinctifer comptoni, but a Rhacolepis buccalis.

Obviously has been repaired. Crack in the middle was glued together.

The fish looks like it was opened with the ventral side of the fish showing. 
Nice fossil, otherwise.

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