A property to question to ponder on your day off: Who owns a dinosaur fossil –those who
discover it or the owner of the land on which it is found? And what if the land in question had been put in
trust with the federal government?
These are the facts at issue in the documentary that kicked
off this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Dinosaur 13. The film,
directed by Ohioan Todd Miller, features
a dispute over the ownership of a Tyrannosaurus Rex
fossil discovered in South Dakota, as explained by the Columbus Dispatch.
Read the last in the line of court cases here.
To learn more, check out Tyrannosaurus Sue: the extraordinary saga of the largest, most fought over T. Rex ever found or this BLM guide to paleontological laws and policies.