Saturated-Sam Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 I am looking into buying the fossil shown below and I was wondering if any one can tell if it’s real or fake. I am leaning more towards real, but I would enjoy some second opinions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Why is there a row of teeth at the top on the other side? Looks like a carving to me. ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturated-Sam Posted April 23, 2019 Author Share Posted April 23, 2019 I though about that, however you can see the upper jaw is already displaced which can be see in the front picture of the fossil and I believe that is why the teeth of the upper jaw lay unorthodoxly on the back of the fossil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Real teeth in a fake skull 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connorp Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Is that supposed to be a mosasaur ... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantoraptor Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Real Mosasaur teeth from the phosphate mines around Khouribga in a skull where nothing is real. Compared to a (mostly) original mosasaur skull (picture found online). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Breakin' Rocks Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Definitely real teeth in a fake/fabricated skull ... a badly fabricated skull. Whooo wee ... that's a stinker, the type of amateur art project that we see quite often on the forum unfortunately. Cheers, Brett 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Very badly carved fake with glued in teeth from different individuals. No bone. Just stone. 2 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReptileTooth Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 It's a fake crocodile skull with real mosasaur teeth. They often make such composite fossils in Morocco. "The baneful Dragons, O Seas, are gone: Fiends, 0 Earth, have filled thee with the bones of Defeat and Death." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abstraktum Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Real teeth glued to a carved bone or rock. What is this even supposed to be? A Mosasaur? A croc? Well, I had to make this meme 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 @Saturated-Sam you did the best thing posting here first. I agree with the others and I think the market and the fossil shows are full of fabricated stone crocodiles skulls with real mosasaur teeth. My advice is keep looking and post here. If you look at some museum examples in detail online, you will start to see bone structure and textures where tendons have been attached and so on . All theses features are not present as this sand stone carved skull. Good luck at the show . Bobby 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pemphix Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 As already said: FAKE (except the teeth..)! And a very bad one, too... I would stay away ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrian Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 That seller has five of them up for auction along with some other fake items! WOW! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- John I had a friend once, but the wheels fell off. Sad, very sad. - Nightwing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelhead9 Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Just....wow! Still Life Fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Well, at least the stand and the tape measure are real. 3 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilsAnonymous Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 1 minute ago, Kane said: Well, at least the stand and the tape measure are real. Sometimes you have to look for the best, right? 2 On The Hunt For The Trophy Otodus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Typical example of a very fake sculpture that is modeled on a crocodile skull but these are often sold as Mosasaur skulls. The teeth are real as the others have said and are all likely mosasaur teeth. So yeah, stay away from this monstrosity. 1 Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 7 hours ago, steelhead9 said: Just....wow! Everyone else already answered the question quite well, so I will simply agree with steelhead9.... Just... Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pemphix Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 21 hours ago, Kane said: Well, at least the stand and the tape measure are real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 On 4/25/2019 at 6:25 AM, Kane said: Well, at least the stand and the tape measure are real. You forgot the table and the wall. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarielleK Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 On 4/23/2019 at 4:32 AM, Abstraktum said: Real teeth glued to a carved bone or rock. What is this even supposed to be? A Mosasaur? A croc? Well, I had to make this meme I laughed way too hard at this! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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