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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.

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  1. Megalodon Tooth

    By BellamyBlake,   
    • 5 replies
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  2. Real fish skull bone from the Kem Kem Beds?

    By msantix,   
    • 3 replies
    • 731 views

  3. Real Tooth

    By FossilHunterNYC,   
    • 10 replies
    • 1.1k views

  4. Mosasaur jaws?

    By FF7_Yuffie,   
    • 3 replies
    • 636 views

  5. Are these real?

    By Vleuver,   
    • 7 replies
    • 1.5k views

  6. Megalodon Tooth

    By BellamyBlake,   
    • 12 replies
    • 906 views
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    Lobster, real or fake?

    By PrehistoricWonders,   
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    • 9 replies
    • 804 views

  8. Mosasaur Jaw

    By BellamyBlake,   
    • 5 replies
    • 705 views

  9. Indonesian Meg

    By MarcoX,   
    • 6 replies
    • 1.3k views

  10. Is this a real spinosaurus tooth?

    By Belly,   
    • 3 replies
    • 513 views

  11. Indonesian megalodon teeth warning!

    By aeon.rocks,   
    • 14 replies
    • 5.8k views
    • Restricted Member

    Deer jaw, possibly a fossil

    By PrehistoricWonders,   
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    • 4 replies
    • 634 views
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    Crabs?

    By PrehistoricWonders,   
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    • 6 replies
    • 1.2k views

  14. Is this a real spinosaurus tooth?

    By Karuzai,   
    • 9 replies
    • 620 views
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    Megalodon Tooth

    By BellamyBlake,   
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    • 6 replies
    • 924 views

  16. Real Deltadromeus bone?

    By Guns,   
    • 5 replies
    • 812 views

  17. Real Halisaurus Arambourgi Premaxillary nose bone ?

    By Guns,   
    • 13 replies
    • 1.1k views

  18. Pliosaur rib/vert in matrix

    By FF7_Yuffie,   
    • 20 replies
    • 1.2k views

  19. A suspicious looking crocodile

    By FF7_Yuffie,   
    • 7 replies
    • 800 views

  20. Is This Claudiosaurus Skeleton Real?

    By OneLastSift,   
    • 6 replies
    • 768 views

  21. Can someone help tell me if this is a genuinely trilobite

    By Georgemckenzie,   
    • 11 replies
    • 818 views

  22. Yet another Mosasaur jaw for scrutiny

    By snolly50,   
    • 4 replies
    • 678 views

  23. Some eggs for identification

    By Fotsirk,   
    • 9 replies
    • 700 views

  24. Mosasaur tooth

    By Tanisha,   
    • 3 replies
    • 819 views

  25. Yet more Mosasaur jaw pieces

    By FF7_Yuffie,   
    • 3 replies
    • 772 views
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