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Feds Seizing Illegal $1M Dino Skeleton

Tyrannosaurus belongs to Mongolia, court decides

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 21, 2012 12:04 AM CDT | Updated Jun 21, 2012 2:00 AM CDT

(Newser) – The Department of Homeland Security has been ordered to detain a dead, 70 million-year-old, 24-foot-long illegal immigrant. The skeleton of the Tyrannosaurus Bataar—T. Rex's Mongolian cousin—was sold for $1 million at an auction in New York last month despite objections from the...   Read full story »

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