U.S Government Throws Itself Into Battle Over Mongolian T-Rex Skeleton - iTech Post: "The U.S government has thrown its support behind Mongolia's plea to have a 70 million year old T-Rex skeleton returned to the country where it was unearthed.
The 75% complete Tyrannosaurus bataar skeleton was recently auctioned off in New York by Heritage Auctions to an unknown buyer for the tyrannosaurus-sized sum of $1 million.
Transfer of ownership to the unknown buyer was blocked by a State District judge in Dallas upon request by the Mongolian government however, until it could be determined whether the T-Rex had been illegally looted from Mongolia. Mongolia has had laws in place for 90 years claiming all dinosaur fossils excavated in the country to be property of the government."
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