NY judge: US can seize dinosaur skeleton

image from documents released from the U.S. Attorney's office, Monday, June 18, 2012 shows the fossil of a Tyrannosaurus bataar dinosaur at the center of a lawsuit demanding its return to Mongolia. A lawsuit brought by the U.S. government demanded Monday June 18, 2012, the fossil be turned over to the United States by an auction house so that it can be returned to its home in Mongolia.Photo: U.S Attorney...

NY judge orders US to seize dinosaur skeleton

authorities have been granted permission to seize the fossil of a dinosaur they say was illegally brought to thesigned an order Tuesday after finding there was "probable cause to believe" that the nearly completelaws. U.S. authorities sued Monday. They said they want to return the skeleton to Mongolia, where it was believed to have been unearthed in the last two decades. An executive for the Dalla...