Crouching over a snow-dusted quarry that moonlights as a fossil hunting ground, Peter Larson pointed to a weathered 4-inch slab peeking out from a blanket of white. A commonplace rock to the untrained eye, but an obvious dinosaur bone to Larson.
Fossils are fetching millions at auction, inspiring legal disputes and introducing intellectual property rights, trademarks and nondisclosure agreements to the world of paleontology.
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This is one of the most complete T-rex skulls ever found. It includes the tooth bearing jaw elements and most of the external bones on both right and left sides. The live auction is set for December 9.
Thousands of people flocked to a theater in Singapore to view a massive T-rex set for auction in Hong Kong next month, but experts are up in arms over this big-money bone trade.