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Nature 403, 690 (17 February 2000) | doi:10.1038/35001727
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The biggest, wildest fossil market in the west
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The Gem, Mineral and Fossil Showcase of Tucson, a city-wide street fair of international artefacts, is a major marketplace for fossils, many of which, some claim, have been smuggled out of China and other countries.Chinese bird fossils from the early Cretaceous that have yet to be described, ancient skulls of rhino and ivory-tusked elephant, and dinosaur eggs were all on sale at the annual two-week event that ended last week.
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