Dinosaur fossils bound for Mongolia

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The heads of two Gallimimus dinosaur skeletons on display during a repatriation ceremony at the United States Attorney's Office of Southern District in New York. US authorities agreed to ship the remains of 18 dinosaurs back to Mongolia after finding the smuggled fossils during a criminal investigation. The dinosaur remains, all between 68 million and 80 million years old, were looted from sites in the Gobi desert. Photograph: Eduardo Munoz/Reuters

Fri Jul 11 2014 - 14:28

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