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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. Hadrosaur skin impression?

    By BonuFrailman,   
    • 9 replies
    • 843 views

  2. “Raptor” claw?

    By Dino1,   
    • 4 replies
    • 1.1k views

  3. Strange bones on psittacosaurus fossil

    By Jacobloven,   
    • 4 replies
    • 645 views

  4. ID on Chinese claw fossil

    By BonuFrailman,   
    • 12 replies
    • 1k views

  5. Spinosaurus claw and bones - real?

    By Twinsen,   
    • 5 replies
    • 655 views

  6. Mosasaur tooth and Edaphosaur toe bone. Are they real?

    By Sickle_Claw,   
    • 2 replies
    • 577 views

  7. Mosasaur Skull in matrix (Real?)

    By MaxC,   
    • 12 replies
    • 1k views

  8. Mosasaur vertebrae (real?)

    By MaxC,   
    • 6 replies
    • 716 views

  9. Dinosaur egg

    By Fotsirk,   
    • 12 replies
    • 892 views

  10. Ornithopod footprint?

    By Dino1,   
    • 9 replies
    • 1.1k views

  11. Tarbosaurus claw?

    By BonuFrailman,   
    • 4 replies
    • 816 views

  12. Another trilobite for your opinions

    By Archiveit,   
    • 21 replies
    • 1.9k views

  13. Is this Tooth real?

    By Phil84,   
    • 2 replies
    • 553 views

  14. juvenile triceratops pelvic bone???

    By Compy,   
    • 6 replies
    • 636 views

  15. Hello all I'm very new to collecting

    By Nimblewoodzy89,   
    • 17 replies
    • 702 views

  16. Dinosaurs eggs

    By klanguage,   
    • 6 replies
    • 675 views

  17. Does this Spinosaurus aegyptiacus tooth seem real?

    By fabiobrasilc,   
    • 5 replies
    • 681 views

  18. Dinosaur embryo with dinosaur inside?

    By Dino1,   
    • 10 replies
    • 662 views

  19. Fossil whale tooth?

    By Dino1,   
    • 4 replies
    • 982 views

  20. Is it real? Composite? Spinosaurus tooth

    By Andrea marotta,   
    • 8 replies
    • 713 views

  21. Oviraptor egg?

    By Dino1,   
    • 11 replies
    • 691 views

  22. Dimetrodon tooth?

    By thelivingdead531,   
    • 18 replies
    • 1.6k views

  23. Fossil skull?

    By Dino1,   
    • 10 replies
    • 762 views

  24. Is this Kettneraspis trilobites real or not ? Thanks

    By Wafique,   
    • 5 replies
    • 632 views

  25. Possible rib fragment of Einiosaurus?

    By Compy,   
    • 6 replies
    • 716 views
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