A Beginner's Guide to Buying Fossils

  • Is your Megalodon Tooth Real?

    How do you know if the Megalodon teeth you buy are actually real? Alot of times when you find a Megalodon fossil it's an incomplete tooth. It's actually quite rare to find a whole one. People will take these incomplete teeth and have them restored to look whole. There's nothing wrong with that. The problem is that there are people who don't disclose if there's been any restoration done to it and sell them as if they were found whole and perfect. So I'm going to show you what to do to determine if there's any funny business going on.
  • How do you identify a Dakotaraptor tooth?

    How do you identify a Dakotaraptor tooth? Dakotaraptor is not quite as famous as Velociraptor or T-Rex. But, in the fossil world it is infamous for one of the most sought after and one of the most difficult to identify dinosaur fossils in the world.
  • Is your TRex tooth really from a TRex?

    How do you know if your TRex tooth is really from a TRex? There is 2 pieces of information you really need to positively identify a if a tooth is coming from TRex and that is Proximity and Morphology. Proximity is the location. In North America there are 5 pieces of Tyrannosaur and their teeth are very similar. They are found in different areas so you really need to know where a tooth is from to say it's TRex or another Tyrannosaur.