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Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications

This forum is devoted to illuminating the pitfalls to be avoided when considering the purchase of fossils. From fabrications to restorations, this is the section to discuss.

For our educational purposes, the sellers' identity and pricing are immaterial; this is all about the specimens. 
Please do not post links to websites, nor identify or incriminate a seller in any way. Do not post prices.

Please read and follow the guidelines found in the Pinned topic below.

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  1. Yet another Keichousaurus

    By Vertebrate,   
    • 5 replies
    • 535 views

  2. Hyphalosaurus

    By Mousehead,   
    • 3 replies
    • 1.3k views

  3. Oviraptor eggs x 2

    By jg1990,   
    • 5 replies
    • 545 views

  4. Triceratops frill ankylosaurus scute, raptor claw fossils

    By Dinobot,   
    • 6 replies
    • 789 views

  5. Rooted carcharodontosaurus teeth

    By Fotsirk,   
    • 13 replies
    • 777 views

  6. Sabertooth smilodon skull fossil

    By Dinobot,   
    • 4 replies
    • 574 views

  7. Hadrosaur egg

    By FF7_Yuffie,   
    • 6 replies
    • 770 views

  8. A pair of eggs

    By FF7_Yuffie,   
    • 5 replies
    • 689 views

  9. Real oviraptor Egg ?

    By GregOzi,   
    • 4 replies
    • 561 views

  10. Another hadrosaur egg thread - fake?

    By Bethshine83,   
    • 22 replies
    • 608 views

  11. Skull of mosasaur

    By Froth,   
    • 11 replies
    • 1.3k views

  12. Are Prognathodon skulls rare and is this a real skull?

    By heZZ,   
    • 8 replies
    • 2.1k views

  13. Feline skull from Miocene of Gansu (China), Composite?

    By ziggycardon,   
    • 6 replies
    • 993 views

  14. Diplodocus caudal vertebra

    By Froth,   
    • 6 replies
    • 618 views

  15. Keichousaurus real or fake ?

    By Froth,   
    • 9 replies
    • 710 views

  16. Trilobite from Sichuan

    By Crazyhen,   
    • 3 replies
    • 470 views

  17. Is this Spinosaurus claw real?

    By joeride95,   
    • 11 replies
    • 869 views

  18. Partial Pleistocene Pika skull from unknown flourescent French formation

    By Top Trilo,   
    • 3 replies
    • 404 views

  19. Dinosaur fossil from China?

    By Crazyhen,   
    • 5 replies
    • 680 views

  20. Is this a real gastrolite? Urgent!

    By ssimo,   
    • 5 replies
    • 865 views
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    Authenticity of megalodon tooth

    By Noah Loiselle,   
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    • 6 replies
    • 706 views

  22. Restored meg

    By patrickhudson,   
    • 16 replies
    • 1k views

  23. Fossil Crab from Indonesia

    By CEP,   
    • 5 replies
    • 1.5k views

  24. Stegalodon hahaha

    By mikeymig,   
    • 15 replies
    • 1.5k views

  25. Psittachosaurus Skull

    By Crazyhen,   
    • 6 replies
    • 551 views
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