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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Sue has gone on the block in such a high-profile way that her price (not to mention her head) will inevitably go through the roof--and that's a problem for paleontologists, for whom a fossil this good is almost priceless. A nonprofit institution like the (currently Tyrannosaurus-less) Smithsonian, for example, will probably have to scrape up at least $1 million, and possibly more, to get this irreplaceable specimen--which is only partly mineralized and so offers scientists a rare chance to study actual dinosaur-bone tissue. "This will open the floodgates," says Don Wolberg, executive director...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DINOSAURS: WHO OWNS THE BONES? | 10/6/1997 | See Source »

This isn't the first time the word criminal has come up in reference to Sue. In fact, her history since discovery has been a twisted tale of lawsuits, FBI raids, felony prosecutions and one of the longest criminal trials in South Dakota history--culminating in an 18-month jail sentence for Peter Larson, the man who dug Sue out of a hillside in the state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DINOSAURS: WHO OWNS THE BONES? | 10/6/1997 | See Source »

...person who actually found the dinosaur was Susan Hendrickson, then Larson's girlfriend. After 17 days of excavating, they had what would turn out to be the most pristine T. rex specimen ever found. Larson named the monster (which he thinks might even be female) Sue, in honor of her discoverer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DINOSAURS: WHO OWNS THE BONES? | 10/6/1997 | See Source »

Larson then wrote Williams a check for $5,000 and shipped the bones to institute headquarters in Hill City, S.D., where he planned to catalog, prepare, mount and display the magnificent skeleton. Larson started giving public lectures and publishing popular articles on Sue. Tourists began streaming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DINOSAURS: WHO OWNS THE BONES? | 10/6/1997 | See Source »

Then, in May 1992, a different kind of visitor arrived: FBI agents and National Guard troops, among others, raided the Black Hills Institute, seizing Sue and other fossils, along with photos, business records and documents. In 1993 a federal grand jury indicted Larson and five colleagues on a total of 39 felony charges, including stealing fossils from government land...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DINOSAURS: WHO OWNS THE BONES? | 10/6/1997 | See Source »

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