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[DinoFan83]

Quote:So many skulls in private collection are overly restored if not fake. Has there ever been a report authenticating that specimen? Looks almost too good to be truly complete since excavation.

Unfortunately, I don't think there has been a report on that skull yet. However, if thefossilforum's take on the criteria of this is anything to go by, I think it is most likely unrestored given that we can actually see the individual skull bones unlike the very uniform framework of skulls we know are composites. IMO, the similarity of the skull in the new model from Ibrahim and colleagues supports this as well as it's very unlikely that they would be using a reconstructed skull put together from who knows what over the actual material (for example, an unpublished but well preserved skull that they themselves found). Reply