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Nature 431, 496 (30 September 2004) | doi:10.1038/431496b; Published online 29 September 2004
Feathers fly as China cracks down on illegal fossil sales
Rex Dalton
Officials are taking a hard line on the illicit trade in dinosaur fossils in China, leaving palaeontologists worried that valuable specimens will be lost or destroyed.This summer, fossil-rich quarries have been blasted, some 75 people threatened with arrest, and a potentially important new specimen apparently run over with a tractor — all in conflicts over fossils that could fetch a high price on the black market.
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