Australia Returns Fossils to China
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Australia handed over to the Chinese government 10,000 fossils that had been illegally exported, including dinosaur eggs, ancient turtles and a saber-toothed cat, an official said.
Australian police and customs officials netted representing an “extraordinary” range of pieces valued at $3.8 million, including early elephant and rhinoceros bones and rare fossils of fish and reptiles, Environment and Heritage Minister Ian Campbell said.
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