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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. Salamander from China

    By britishcanuk,   
    • 3 replies
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  2. Trilobite and fish

    By unknownmg,   
    • 4 replies
    • 642 views
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    Shark tooth

    By PrehistoricWonders,   
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    • 7 replies
    • 843 views

  4. Confirm Ankylosaur Tooth Aguja Fm

    By TyBoy,   
    • 2 replies
    • 686 views

  5. Real or Fake: Rhacolepis

    By Erika,   
    • 5 replies
    • 714 views

  6. Yet another Mosasaur jaw

    By snolly50,   
    • 8 replies
    • 978 views

  7. UV wavelength to detect restorations?

    By Owl_Roker,   
    • 9 replies
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  8. Megalodon

    By LiamL,   
    • 3 replies
    • 715 views

  9. Consensus on plant fossils (and repaired cracks, in general)?

    By Owl_Roker,   
    • 6 replies
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  10. My First Purchase—Green River Diplomystus with Knightia

    By Owl_Roker,   
    • 10 replies
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    Nanotyrannus teeth

    By PrehistoricWonders,   
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    • 5 replies
    • 644 views

  12. Moroccan Crocodile Fossil?

    By CateM,   
    • 6 replies
    • 1.4k views

  13. Elk? Astragalus

    By Willylock,   
    • 4 replies
    • 859 views

  14. Is this tooth real?

    By Nutella1447,   
    • 8 replies
    • 759 views

  15. Crab dinner??? 1 2 3

    By Ruger9a,   
    • 57 replies
    • 2.8k views

  16. Hadrosaur Eggs restored?

    By EJ Dee,   
    • 5 replies
    • 696 views

  17. Mosasaur skull? 1 2

    By FF7_Yuffie,   
    • 28 replies
    • 1.7k views

  18. Red Flags on Madagascar Dinosaur Teeth

    By Troodon,   
    • 12 replies
    • 2.4k views

  19. Spinosaurus Tooth

    By GarnettsGallery,   
    • 6 replies
    • 751 views

  20. Fossil egg?

    By FF7_Yuffie,   
    • 15 replies
    • 1.2k views

  21. Spanish dinosaur eggshells?

    By dinosaur man,   
    • 11 replies
    • 845 views

  22. Dinosaur egg with forming dinosaur?

    By Dino1,   
    • 5 replies
    • 663 views

  23. Oreodont Merycoidodon Teeth

    By JulianoLPD,   
    • 5 replies
    • 1.2k views

  24. Fossilized Mosasaur Limb Bone?

    By EJ Dee,   
    • 3 replies
    • 500 views

  25. Dinosaur skin -- edmontosaurus

    By FF7_Yuffie,   
    • 2 replies
    • 600 views
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