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Is This A Real Chinese Lobster Fossil?


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Too hard to tell from the pictures provided.

Not enough detail to tell - too blurry.

Take the pictures outside, in daylight, and please get a view from directly about the fossil.

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Hard to tell from those photos. Doesn't look quite right? Appears to have been colored?

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I cannot determine the authenticity, but I think paint is involved as an enhancement at least. This is not in and of itself a terrible thing, though some like their fossils unembellished. Now, if it is a carved and painted work of artifice, that's another thing. Really close examination is needed.

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Like the others have said its hard to tell from the photos. Is the item in your possession? I would be very cautious unless you know the sellers expertise and creditability.

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Attached for comparison is an authentic example of a prolific crayfish from the Yixian Formation: Cricoidoscelosus aethus

 

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Chang, M., Chen, P., Wang, Y., Wang, Y., & Miao, D. (2003)
The Jehol Biota: The emergence of feathered dinosaurs, beaked birds and flowering plants.
Shanghai Scientific & Technical Publishers, 208 pp.
 
 
 
 

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I'll echo what everyone has said; the color looks a tad too good.

Mind you, if it comes with good details like lines on the feelers or "grains" on the pincers, then a deep, dark color is okay.

I've had both two good and poorly preserved lobsters from Yinxuan formation of China. I'm just assuming based off the photo, but yours look like it has poor details but was enhanced with paint. It's best to see this specimen upclose to get a better diagnosis.

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Like the others have said its hard to tell from the photos. Is the item in your possession? I would be very cautious unless you know the sellers expertise and creditability.

Nope its not in my possession

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