Manchurochelys manchoukuoensis fossil turtle

[Blubby the blobfish]

Hi everyone! Its been a while since I posted.

 

I was waiting for this new piece, arguably the most stunning and most certainly the rarest fossil in my collection.

Here we have a Manchurochelys manchoukuoensis fossil from China, acquired from one of my good friends and fellow collectors here in the Netherlands. Now its extremely hard to certify the authenticity of a piece like this, however I can 100% say that all the bones are original. There has been some restoration done, these fossils never come out of the ground in one piece so it doesn't bother me.

 

I tried to show you the minimal restoration on the last 2 photo's, its not noticeable with the naked eye, but I put it under the microscope to look at all the restored areas. I also looked at it under a good UV light to make sure it all matched up. I can confidently say that all the bones, and the entire turtle is authentic. I will have my geologist friend check it out one of these days to fully confirm authenticity, and the fact that restoration was done only where needed, and none of the bones are forged.

 

Does anyone else here have one of these? Let me know!

 

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Yes, the hind limbs and maybe the tail look decidedly dodgy to me. 

And it is Manchurochelys manchoukuoensis, the species name is never capitalized. 

[Blubby the blobfish]

11 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Yes, the hind limbs and maybe the tail look decidedly dodgy to me. 

And it is Manchurochelys manchoukuoensis, the species name is never capitalized. 

Thank you for the correction. Nothing dodgy on this one luckily, its authentic only bad thing is the slight restaurations