Oxytropidoceras Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 (edited) Corbacho, J., and C. Sendino, 2015, Fossil Fakes and Their Recognition. Deposits Magazine. https://depositsmag.com/2015/12/19/fossil-fakes-and-their-recognition/ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265208436_Fossil_fakes_and_their_recognition http://www.elfosil.com/DICRAN3HT.htm Related papers: Corbacho, J., J. A. Vela, and J. A. Cuevas, 2007, Falsificación de trilobites del Norte de África. Batallería. vol. 13, pp. 29-36. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265168347_FALSIFICACION_DE_TRILOBITES_DEL_NORTE_DE_AFRICA https://portal.uah.es/portal/page/portal/universidad_mayores/descarga_material_docente/material_ciencias_naturales/documentos/falsos_fosiles.pdf Corbacho, J., and J. A. Vela, 2009, Fossils Falsificación of N. of Africa. (non trilobites) Batallería. vol. 14, pp. 53-56. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265168516_FALSIFICACION_DE_FOSILES_DEL_N_DE_AFRICA_NO_TRILOBITES Corbacho, J., C. Sendino, and M.Tahiri, 2011, Palaeontological fakes, Batalleria. vol. 16, pp. 37-45 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265168169_Palaeontological_fakes_Falsificaciones_paleontologicas https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joan_Corbacho/publication/265168169_Palaeontological_fakes_Falsificaciones_paleontologicas/links/54038f9d0cf23d9765a5cf37.pdf Corbacho, J., I. Corbacho, S, Morrison, and M. Valent, 2015, Latest techniques detected in the falsification of fossils Batallería. vol. 22, pp. 22-27. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284737545_Latest_techniques_detected_in_the_falsification_of_fossils Paper by Mats E. Eriksson and George O. Poinar Eriksson, M. E., and G. O. Poinar, 2015, Fake it till you make it-the uncanny art of forging amber. Geology Today. vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 21-27. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273287099_Fake_it_till_you_make_it-the_uncanny_art_of_forging_amber Figure 11: An exceptionally well-preserved trilobite (measuring 8 cm in length) in Baltic amber. Figure from above article. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/273287099_fig12_Figure-11-An-exceptionally-well-preserved-trilobite-measuring-8-cm-in-length-in-Baltic Yours, Paul H. Edited April 16, 2016 by Oxytropidoceras 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Moved to "How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications" and pinned. Great addition! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Great post. My one concern is that they recommend dunking a potential fake fossil in acetone overnight to see if the paint dissolves away.This sounds great, but if the fossil turns out to be real and had some parts glued back together, they glue will likely fail in acetone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 I regularly use a UV flashlight with short and long wavelength options to look for reconstructions. It usually does well to point out the unnatural bits. 1 Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincentB Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Interesting links. Thanks for posting Vincent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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