Crazyhen Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 This is a Manchurochelys from Liaoning. Do you think it’s genuine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indominus rex Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Seems a bit suspicious, there are too many of these that are faked. I would skip it. 1 Life started in the ocean. And so did my interest in fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantoraptor Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Especially the legs and foot bones look very suspicious, the fingers seem like one bone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilshale Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 I'm not sure. The number of pleural shields left and right I think is different. 1 Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes (Confucius, 551 BC - 479 BC). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 I'm inclined to believe its real but very weary about it. There is detail in the skull and symmetry. The digits and tail have detail. I don't see the disparity in the pleural shields but its needs closer eximination. Definitely would pass on it because it really requires a first hand inspection which is not possible. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Actually looks purty good to me. A very bad prep job though. I have almost no experience working on turtles and it would be really nice to have this in the hand with my glasses on and my #10 opti-visor, then i would know for sure. RB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 I think it is a bad prep on a partial fossil with parts added to make it look whole. I would also avoid it. 2 Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SULLY Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 One thing that would help is the price. If it is too good to be true, well, you know the rest. But it is a very cool looking specimen! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 from just photos, I am willing to bet it is real, and as other have said... badly prepped. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seguidora-de-Isis Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 I agree with everyone. Fake fossil turtles are getting better every year and it is increasingly difficult to identify what is real and what is not real with just photos. So just analyzing in hands still remains the best method. Only through these photos you sent, I could not distinguish any apparent difference in pleural shields and there is excellent symmetry! But unfortunately I have seen many parts that have no texture. So I'm strongly inclined to think it's a compound, meaning a fossil that was "make-up". For the purpose of comparison, I place below the photo of a legitimate fossil of Manchurochelys liaoxiensis that is deposited in my private collection: 1 Is It real, or it's not real, that's the question! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Andy- Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 The fossil looks pretty good, especially the body. But the finger/toe bones seem... carved. I have a hard time believing all the limbs were so perfectly preserved. 2 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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