Ginger0412 Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 Recently, I learned that Chinese fossils are prohibited by law from being transported outside of China.I have a question. Can I buy fossils that have been transported outside China before a law banning transportation outside China is enacted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.C. Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 I believe the rule is if it was exported prior to X date then it is okay. Anything newer better have papers or is illegal to own. From my understanding though not all fossils fall into this category (I think it is mainly targeted to vertebrate fossils) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger0412 Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share Posted February 14, 2023 14 minutes ago, A.C. said: X日より前にエクスポートされた場合は問題ないと思います。新しいものは書類を持っているほうがよいか、所有するのは違法です。 私の理解では、すべての化石がこのカテゴリに分類されるわけではありません (主に脊椎動物の化石を対象としていると思います)。 Thank you for letting me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger0412 Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share Posted February 14, 2023 I want to hear everyone's opinion a little more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fissiletag Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 I think some fossils are allowed outside of China. Mainly invertabrates and plants are allowed. Vertabrate fossils have the strictest laws on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 Quite a few locations have issued bans on the export of fossils over the past decade. However, there are a lot of fossils in private collections and with dealers that were legally obtained before the bans and should be okay to resell. For example you see lots of shark teeth for sale from South America and dinosaur eggs from China. Unfortunately, my guess is that some fossils that are still being smuggled out of those countries and I don't know how you differentiate between the two. Keep in mind that Morocco and Niger have similar laws but it's unclear how the government is managing those laws with everything you see in the market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 (edited) some of you may find the following slightly informative( about 4,5 Mb): Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 90: 53ñ87, 2007 Geoheritage and geoconservation: history, definition, scope and scale M Brocx & V Semeniuk geoheritage_and_geoconservation.pdf Edited February 14, 2023 by doushantuo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger0412 Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 Thank you all for letting me know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBkansas Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 (edited) A good read on Chinese fossil regulations: https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article/113/3/694/2415805 Edited February 17, 2023 by JBkansas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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