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The issue of who owns fossil resources has been the subject of debate in recent years, especially with very valuable vertebrate fossils. This category is for websites dealing with fossil collecting laws, discussions of cases, and related legal issues.

Resources in This Category

• Florida Fossil Permit

  http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/vertpaleo/vppermit.htm
  Permit needed to collect vertebrate fossils in Florida.

• King of the Beastly (Legal) Battles

  http://whyfiles.org/029dinos/
  Summary of the legal fight over Sue, the T. rex, and the questions raised about who owns the dinosaur fossils.

• Public Lands, Public Fossils

  http://www.agiweb.org/geotimes/scene896.html
  Article summarizing the issue from Geotimes by Lawrence J. Flynn.

 

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