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[quote]A Florida fossils dealer has admitted smuggling dinosaur bones into the US, including those of a 70-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus bataar from Mongolia.
A court in New York heard that Eric Prokopi sold the skeleton at auction in May for more than $1m (£600,000).
In June, US officials seized the bones after Mongolia said they were stolen.
In a plea bargain, Prokopi gave up any claim to the skeleton as well as to others seized by authorities which included remains from China.
He also admitted illegally importing a Chinese flying dinosaur, two oviraptors and a duckbilled creature known as a Saurolophus.
The court heard that Prokopi, 38, was arrested in October as a lorry arrived at his home loaded with fossils.
He faces a maximum of 17 years imprisonment when he is sentenced in April.
Shopping list
US Attorney Preet Bharara said authorities would now begin the process of returning the fossils to their countries of origin.
"Fossils and ancient skeletal remains are part of the fabric of a country's natural history and cultural heritage, and black marketers like Prokopi who illegally export and sell these wonders, steal a slice of that history," he said.
Mongolia has been seeking the return of the Tyrannosaurus skeleton - which it says was stolen from the Gobi desert - through the US courts.
In court on Thursday, Assistant US Attorney Martin Bell read out a list of the dinosaurs that he said Prokopi had illegally imported.
"It's among the larger dinosaur shopping lists you'll see today," he told Magistrate Judge Ronald Ellis.
He said a second, almost complete, Tyrannosaurus skeleton had been found at Prokopi's home in Gainsville, Florida.
Mr Bell said one oviraptor skeleton was found at Prokopi's home and the other at another residential dwelling in Florida.
One of the Saurolophus skeletons was sold at an auction in California for $75,000 but later confiscated by authorities.
Prokopi admitted illegally importing skeletons from Mongolia and China.
Heritage Auctions in New York, which sold the Tyrannosaurus skeleton in May, said Prokopi had spent a year restoring and remounting what had been a loose collection of bones.
Prokopi was described as a commercial palaeontologist who sold coral, fossils and other items over the internet.[/quote]
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Well, at least this time it didn't affects InGen's plans.
Edited: ...Fucking typos...
Dinosair
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Might want to change that while you can.
[QUOTE=Reds;39003468]Dinosair
[editline]28th December 2012[/editline]
Might want to change that while you can.[/QUOTE]
Maybe it's a flying T-Rex..
[QUOTE=Tomberry;39003487]Maybe it's a flying T-Rex..[/QUOTE]
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?
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?[/QUOTE]
Needs pirates and samurai
[QUOTE=Irkalla;39003521]Needs pirates and samurai[/QUOTE]
Needs to fight polar bears, I say.
[video=youtube;8THGqrjUDGI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8THGqrjUDGI[/video]
[quote]Tyrannosaurus bataar[/quote]
Those not from the fossil world, those things are practically non-existant when it comes to being in the hands of western museums. Tarbosaurus, to be exact.
How do you hide a T-Rex skeleton in your home?
[QUOTE=_Kent_;39005240]How do you hide a T-Rex skeleton in your home?[/QUOTE]
Very carefully.
Ah ah ah
[QUOTE=Shugo;39005399]Very carefully.[/QUOTE]
Getting a bit tired of these.
[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;39004489]Those not from the fossil world, those things are practically non-existant when it comes to being in the hands of western museums. Tarbosaurus, to be exact.[/QUOTE]
Shut up, nerd
WE GOT DODGESON HERE
[QUOTE=mac338;39003976]Needs to fight polar bears, I say.
[video=youtube;8THGqrjUDGI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8THGqrjUDGI[/video][/QUOTE]
That is potentially the coolest polar bear themed thing ever.
[i]Polar Bears: The Documentary[/i]
[i]Directed by Michael Bay[/i]
[QUOTE=Shugo;39005399]Very carefully.[/QUOTE]
What's it like being a smartass?
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Someone hasn't seen Jurassic park
Wasn't there a thread awhile back ago where someone had managed to steal a T-Rex skeleton from Mongolia?
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God damnit! I hate this hacker crap.
[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;39004489]Those not from the fossil world, those things are practically non-existant when it comes to being in the hands of western museums. Tarbosaurus, to be exact.[/QUOTE]
Hard to blame em though, the Mongolians have a long sad history of being taken advantage of when it comes to fossils, they consider these animals to be their national heritage so they're quite protective of them.
[QUOTE=Key_in_skillee;39016587]I admit to dinosaur snuggling[/QUOTE]
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:v:
[QUOTE=Key_in_skillee;39016587]I admit to dinosaur snuggling[/QUOTE]
yeah dude we get it
you really fucking like dinosaurs
Admit it – it would be awesome to have a dinosaur skeleton. Most are in museums or at universities, but willing buyers are out there, hence fossil smuggling. According to National Geographic, a number of people tread into the wilderness in countries all over the world, finding dinosaur and other fossils to sell to collectors as a profession. Collectors have included Bill Gates and Charlie Sheen. Many farmers keep an eye out for anything good on their property worldwide, in case they find something to sell. Source for this article: [URL="http://personalmoneynetwork.com/moneyblog/2013/01/01/fossil-smuggling/"]Fossil Smuggling[/URL].
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