Dinobot Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 Hi this is posted online. I was hoping to get input on its authenticity. How can you tell new material and composite for older material? Stated it is from Hippareon layer Gansu province Would this be considered a good better or best specimen? Are the sabers all original? Thanks for the help! On a sperate note there are a few on a local auction house that come from China, Taiwan and Korea. Are these commonly fakes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 (edited) always hard to decide..., most of the skulls are done. You need to have close pics of the matrix between upper and lower jaw, uv-pics of the teeth and the bones. And, good pics in total. We have two skulls like this, one is perfect and great, the other one was really well done, but was from two different animals. On not great pics both looked "similar", so, check and, about the auction houses, some of the skulls are fantastic, some are o.k., some are..., depends. Everything on the market from full plaster up to 99% perfect Edited May 14, 2023 by rocket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinobot Posted May 14, 2023 Author Share Posted May 14, 2023 Yeah I can't seem to screenshot the auction site photos and upload on this with better quality? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 Cropped and brightened: Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinobot Posted May 14, 2023 Author Share Posted May 14, 2023 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 looks like some teeth have been replaced, might be lower jaw is a mix of two Otherwise, first view says to me, might be a good one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 This certainly was not dug up this way. Looks like lots of work has been done. Lower jaw looks added and all the front teeth have been added along with some other help in places. Looks like real bone and teeth though. To me that is. RB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinobot Posted May 25, 2023 Author Share Posted May 25, 2023 Thank you both for the input! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phos_01 Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Front upper and lower teeth look reasserted , looks off. There is definitely some work done to it skull looks real and big fangs also, but its hard to see what has been done to it. back teeth could also be re inserted . I would not trust it based on these photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Very risky to purchase a specimens like this without hand examination. Photo are not adequate to say much and just raise red flags without answers. A UV light is need to see if any resto has been done to the Canine teeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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