Feds seek recovery of rare dinosaur fossil they say was looted from Gobi Desert
The feds filed a lawsuit Monday to seize a rare dinosaur fossil that was auctioned last month for $1.05 million, claiming that the specimen was looted from the Gobi Desert in Mongolia.
The lawsuit filed by the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s office seeks recovery of the 8-foot-tall, 24-foot-long nearly complete Tyrannosaurus bataar skeleton on behalf of the Mongolian government.
The bataar is an Asian cousin of the North American T-Rex. The dinosaur roamed Central Asia in the Cretaceous period, around 75 million years ago.
The fossil was sold May 20 by Heritage Auctions in Manhattan to an unidentified phone buyer.
The lawsuit filed by the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s office seeks recovery of the 8-foot-tall, 24-foot-long nearly complete Tyrannosaurus bataar skeleton on behalf of the Mongolian government.
The bataar is an Asian cousin of the North American T-Rex. The dinosaur roamed Central Asia in the Cretaceous period, around 75 million years ago.
The fossil was sold May 20 by Heritage Auctions in Manhattan to an unidentified phone buyer.
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