The Disappearing Dinosaur Fossils of the Gobi Desert

[Oxytropidoceras]

Mongolia seeks to crush fossil black market

Ben Dooley, AFP, January 9, 2017: 2

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mongolia-seeks-crush-fossil-black-market-042416206.html

http://phys.org/news/2017-01-mongolia-fossil-black.html

 

Smugglers Ravage Gobi Desert Dinosaur Treasures

Transitions Online, January 12, 2017

http://www.tol.org/client/article/26616-smugglers-ravage-gobi-desert-dinosaur-treasures.html

 

Disappearing dinosaur fossils in the Gobi desert

Matt Bracken, The Baltimore Sun

http://darkroom.baltimoresun.com/2017/01/disappearing-dinosaur-fossils-gobi-desert/

 

U.S. Returns Stolen Dinosaur Eggs and Fossils to

Mongolia. Newsweek, April 6, 2016.

http://www.newsweek.com/dinosaur-eggs-fossils-smuggling-mongolia-444427

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35975018

 

Yours,

 

Paul

Edited January 13, 2017 by Oxytropidoceras
removed URL to off topic article

[Ridgehiker]

Good to see this.

 

 Its a positive to have full provenance of any fossil one is acquiring.

 

Who found it?

Where 'specifically' was it found?

 

Otherwise it is just a nice ornament and perhaps feeding illegal trade.

[Carcharodontosaurus]

If Mongolia simply legalised and regulated their fossil trade the black market would disappear overnight.

[jpc]

9 hours ago, Carcharodontosaurus said:

If Mongolia simply legalised and regulated their fossil trade the black market would disappear ofernight.

I think you missed the point.  Like it or not Mongolia, wants Mongolian fossils to stay in Mongolia.  

[Carcharodontosaurus]

29 minutes ago, jpc said:

I think you missed the point.  Like it or not Mongolia, wants Mongolian fossils to stay in Mongolia.  

Do you mean that the laws are generally supported by the Mongolian public? Fair enough, but they shouldn't complain about an illegal trade they brought upon themselves.

[Ridgehiker]

Meantime, next door in China.

 

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canada-returns-two-200-million-year-old-marine-fossils-smuggled-from-china

 

Fortunately Alberta has a knowledgeable fossil community and its unlikely that illegally obtained fossils from Mongolia or China will find a market here. With the internet, its easier for this plundering of a heritage to be discovered. Also, buyers and traders are not going to be so casual in turning a blind eye to a fossil's murky origin.