Legal Issues Fossil Collecting Paleontology

Legal Issues

The issue of who owns fossil resources has been the subject of debate in recent years, especially with very valuable vertebrate fossils. This category is for websites dealing with fossil collecting laws, discussions of cases, and related legal issues.

• - Brief summary concerning fossil collecting in the Canadian province.
  
• - Short articles on legal issues of dinosaur collection, dinosaur law, and the case of Sue.
  
• - Summary of the legal fight over Sue, the T. rex, and the questions raised about who owns the dinosaur fossils.
  
• - Article summarizing the issue from Geotimes by Lawrence J. Flynn.
  
• - Information about collection laws and permits.
  
• - The text of the Baucus Bill.
  
• - Criticism of the poll results from Save America's Fossils for Everyone (SAFE), which was used to make U.S. Federal and state fossil collecting laws.
  
• - Facts concerning United States vs. Alan Van Arsdale and Daniel Van Arsdale, a civil suit over microvertebrate fossils.
  
• - Permit needed to collect vertebrate fossils in Florida.
  
• - Links to resources on fossil collecting laws from Kuban's Paleo Place.
  
• - Newsletter published by the American Association of Paleontological Suppliers, addressing the issue of collecting and preserving fossils found on public land.
  
  

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