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US returns more Mongolian dinosaur bones

Agence France-PresseMay 10, 2013 22:01

Mongolia may need to rustle up some more glass cases for its first dinosaur museum after US authorities announced Friday they will hand back a large new collection of stolen fossils. At a ceremony on Monday, officials had turned over the nearly complete skeleton of a 70-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus bataar, a cousin of the fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex. It had been found in the Gobi desert and illegally sold at auction for $1.05 million in the United States last year, before authorities intervened.

US gives dinosaur skeleton back to Mongolia

Agence France-PresseMay 6, 2013 16:16

The United States on Monday gave back to Mongolia the remains of a 70-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus skeleton stolen from the Gobi desert and sold at auction in New York. The nearly complete skeleton of the Tyrannosaurus bataar, a cousin of the fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex, had been put up for sale and went for $1.05 million last year before US authorities intervened at Mongolia's request.

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Thomson ReutersFebruary 15, 2013 17:15

Following is a summary of current science news briefs. Aquarium fights to get disabled turtle swimming again

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Thomson ReutersFebruary 15, 2013 09:15

Following is a summary of current science news briefs. Aquarium fights to get disabled turtle swimming again

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Thomson ReutersFebruary 15, 2013 01:45

Following is a summary of current science news briefs. Tycoons Slim, Gates open Mexico agricultural research center TEXCOCO (Reuters) - Carlos Slim and Bill Gates, the two richest men on the planet, inaugurated a new agricultural research center outside Mexico's capital, touting the millions they have donated to bolster global food security. The two tycoons participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for new laboratories at the headquarters of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, known by its Spanish acronym CIMMYT.

Tyrannosaurus at center of custody case going home to Mongolia

Thomson ReutersFebruary 14, 2013 21:46

By Chris Francescani NEW YORK, Feb 14 (Reuters) - A nearly complete 70-million-year-old tyrannosaurus bataar skeleton will be returned to Mongolia following the high-profile prosecution of a Florida paleontologist by federal authorities in New York, U.S. authorities said on Thursday. A New York federal judge ordered the skeleton and other fossils forfeited to the U.S. government this week after the paleontologist pled guilty in December to fraud and conspiracy.