Brazil wins legal fight over 100M-year-old fossil bounty

Rodrigues contacted the Brazilian Public Prosecutor’s Office, which launched an investigation into the fossil auction and requested legal help from French authorities. Brazilian authorities have already requested permission to inspect the fossils in France as they develop a plan for shipping them to a museum run by the Regional University of Cariri, in Ceará, Brazil, he says. Rayol expects the French court to order the return of the 46th fossil, the pterosaur, to Brazil at the conclusion of the forthcoming trial.

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