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Tyrannosaurus bataar skeleton

FILE - A fossil of a Microraptor on display in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Man Pleads Guilty To Smuggling Dinosaur Skeletons Into U.S.

Eric Prokopi, 38, of Gainesville admitted he lied to U.S. Customs agents when he brought a 70 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus bataar skeleton into the country from Mongolia and China.

2012/12/27

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