Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Tyrannosaur skeleton

  • Paleontologists and Mongolian officials have maintained that the skeleton, which belongs to a type of tyrannosaur called aTarbosaurus bataar, was taken illegally from their country.
  • (The Christian Science Monitor)
  • Federal attorneys today filed a civil lawsuit that seeks to wrest a tyrannosaur skeleton valued at more than $1 million away from its sellers and return it to the Mongolian government.
  • (MSNBC Cosmiclog)
  • It is not yet clear how this conclusion will affect the sale of the specimen, the 75 percent complete skeleton of a type of tyrannosaur called Tarbosaurus that was sold May 20 to an anonymous bidder for $1.
  • (FOX News)
  • The government of Mongolia and the auction house that conditionally sold a tyrannosaur skeleton are collaborating on an investigation into whether or not the fossils were taken illegally from that country.
  • (msnbc.com)

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