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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. Is this Real T.Rex tooth?

    By heZZ,   
    • 2 replies
    • 921 views

  2. Dinosaur tooth?

    By Dino1,   
    • 3 replies
    • 502 views

  3. Dinosaur claw?

    By Dino1,   
    • 6 replies
    • 543 views

  4. Is this a fake trilobite fossil?

    By Ekuzo,   
    • 6 replies
    • 537 views

  5. This raptor claw, what do you think?

    By heZZ,   
    • 3 replies
    • 705 views

  6. Question about my fossil

    By acron611,   
    • 4 replies
    • 567 views

  7. Spinosaur hand and foot claw

    By Fotsirk,   
    • 13 replies
    • 771 views

  8. Oviraptor egg 1 2

    By Haravex,   
    • 28 replies
    • 4.1k views

  9. KemKem Vertebra

    By Abstraktum,   
    • 5 replies
    • 695 views

  10. Blue Petrified Wood Real?

    By Aceofspades,   
    • 16 replies
    • 1.5k views

  11. Hyphalosaurus (H. Lingyuanensis)?

    By DawnOfADream,   
    • 14 replies
    • 1.1k views

  12. Spinosaurus jaw or croc?

    By Dinobot,   
    • 3 replies
    • 604 views

  13. T-rex tooth?

    By dinosaur man,   
    • 15 replies
    • 881 views

  14. Psittacosaurus fossils real or fake?

    By komica3886,   
    • 3 replies
    • 1k views

  15. Spinosaurus bone, is that real?

    By Cris Tang,   
    • 2 replies
    • 416 views

  16. Real or fake Spinosaurus tooth

    By PrehistoricWonders,   
    • 6 replies
    • 658 views

  17. Mososaur jaw, grasshopper + footprints

    By DawnOfADream,   
    • 8 replies
    • 985 views

  18. Another Spinosaurus Claw, fake or real, Please

    By Cris Tang,   
    • 11 replies
    • 1.3k views

  19. Supposed Spinosaurus Jaw

    By Spinodude,   
    • 6 replies
    • 1.1k views

  20. Unknown large trilobite- fake, or just badly prepped?

    By Parthicus,   
    • 4 replies
    • 688 views

  21. Help! Meg tooth real or fake?

    By Kiros,   
    • 4 replies
    • 642 views

  22. Help! Cretaceous Dragonfly (Cordulagomphus) Fossil

    By KyCollector,   
    • 19 replies
    • 1.6k views

  23. Enchodus jaws section?

    By DawnOfADream,   
    • 7 replies
    • 645 views

  24. Fossil of Spinosaurus arm, real or not

    By Cris Tang,   
    • 7 replies
    • 1.3k views

  25. Spinosaurus Claw l, fake or not

    By Cris Tang,   
    • 9 replies
    • 843 views
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