John Kahane (jkahane) wrote,
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Tarbosaurus on Trial

Remember the business with the Heritage Auctions Tarbosaurus business that I blogged about here? Well, there's more stuff on this business...

In more Tyrannosaur auction drama, Christie's was set to auction a Tarbosaurus leg today. But where did it come from?

Tyrannosaur Auctioned Despite Protests From Mongolia

Well, according to @NHMdinolab (see their Twitter feed), Christie's decided to postpone the sale of the Tarbosaurus leg pending further enquiries into provenance.

See Brian Switek's Dinosaur Tracking blog entry for more on this:

Tarbosaurus on Trial
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