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of the beastly (legal) battles They called the Tyrannosaurus rex "Sue," after her discoverer. Nothing else was simple about the stunningly complete fossil skeleton discovered in South Dakota in 1990. One paleontologist is in prison, and university scientists and private collectors are wrangling over who owns the bones -- fossils, actually -- found on federal lands. |
| What's so great about Sue? At stake are the countless fossils erosion brings to the surface every year. Does the future of paleontology also hang in the balance? What exactly are dinosaurs, anyway? Fossils are not just old bones. Mission to Hell Creek: the dirty, dangerous diary of a journalist who dug dinos. Excavate the Why Files. These fossil humanoids unearthed this Why File. |
 Sue's famous (and priceless) toothy grin. © Ed Gerken/Black Hills Institute. |
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