Starfish is it real?

[Hisairness45]

Hello. I'm right now in Morocco, leaving tomorrow from Marrakech. I have a chance to buy this one... is it a real starfish?

I bet 85% it is a real s**t but I'm sort of new member of fossil collector. Please tell me if early morning time, before I leave 'Kesh should I buy this thing?

[rocket]

really not easy to decide. The hugher ones does not look bad, but there are several starfishes on the market that had been carved

I would assume it is original because of the position of one arm, overlaying the starfish. The "selfcreated ones" normally look too perfect to be real. But, some are real, too...

[Coco]

Hi,

 

This wants to represent brittle stars and not starfish (but same family).

 

For me, I doubt that it is real, even with the arm over the others, because they are constantly improving to make them look more like real fossils.

 

I think that when they run aground and die, they often have their arms in the same direction, because of the movement of the water, but I can be wrong.

That said, the photos are not good enough to be able to say more for me.

 

Coco

Edited April 19 by Coco

[Yoda]

1 hour ago, Coco said:

For me, I doubt that it is real, even with the arm over the others, because they are constantly improving to make them look more like real fossils.

 

I think that when they run aground and die, they often have their arms in the same direction, because of the movement of the water, but I can be wrong.

That said, the photos are not good enough to be able to say more for me.

 

I am not an expert.

But I agree. Something looks off with the arms.