May 8, 2013

BBC News - US returns stolen Tyrannosaurus dinosaur to Mongolia

BBC News - US returns stolen Tyrannosaurus dinosaur to Mongolia: "The US has returned a 70-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton which was smuggled from Mongolia.

The near-complete skeleton of the Tyrannosaurus bataar was handed over to Mongolian officials at a ceremony in New York on Monday.

A Florida fossils dealer in December admitted smuggling the bones, which sold at auction for more than $1m (£643,000).

US officials seized the bones last year after Mongolia said they were stolen."

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