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Hadrosaur Eggs Shell Texture Looks Fishy?


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I saw a clutch of eggs today in a local flea market and took a look at it and saw quite an interesting texture on it. I have seen pictures and handled a few Hadrosaur eggs before, and I am not familiar with this kind of texture and feel and so I took a few photos to share to ask some egg experts here if this is common for a Hadrosaur Egg to look like this? Or is the specimen possibly a fake?

Here are the pictures of the specimen:

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I am uploading more pictures of the same specimen since I couldn't fit them all in the first post:

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The texture looks to have been pecked-in by hand...

If it is not a total fabrication, it is a ruined fossil (and I suspect the former).

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looks like a total fake apart from a few possible shell fragments blended in on top.

check for`made in africa` sticker on the bottom

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Thx for the input and info guys. I had my suspicious when the texture of the shell just didn't feel right, it was interesting to find out more about it none the less.

In case anyone wants to know, the egg was put for sale at about $900

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  • 3 weeks later...

Feels fake to me.

The shells do not match.

Looking forward to meeting my fellow Singaporean collectors! Do PM me if you are a Singaporean, or an overseas fossil-collector coming here for a holiday!

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