Re: 'Fossils for sale' seized in US

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Alan Johnson wrote:
> 
> Evenin' all. What's general opinion on this kind of thing? Naughty,
> don't care, good for business and punters?
> 
> "US customs agents say they have seized eight tonnes of prehistoric
> fossils - including dinosaur eggs - which they suspect were smuggled
> from Argentina.

There is no easy answer Alan.
IMO, it depends on the fossil.  Where I grew up the limestone gravel used in
driveways was full of Devonian Mucrospirifer prolificus fossils.  Those I would
not mind selling to the public.  Dino eggs and T-Rex legs are different.