Article: Rare fossils of enigmatic amphibian. (caecilians)

Article: Chinese Academics Say Laws Are Needed to Protect Rare ...
Xinhua English Newswire;  May 13, 1998 ;     456 words ... ... search for and protection and study of rare fossils. Thousands of fossilized dinosaur eggs ... Congress (NPC) improve the law on rare fossils and designate certain departments and ... institutes to handle digging permits for rare fossils. They also suggest that the Ministry ...

Article: STATE DEPT.: U.S. FEDERAL AGENTS SEIZE RARE FOSSILS ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 24, 2006 ;     689 words ... ... agents have seized nearly 8 tons of rare fossils that have significant scientific value ... 2006 ICE Seizes Nearly Eight Tons Of Rare Fossils Smuggled From Argentina Smuggled Specimens ... month, seizing nearly eight tons of rare fossils, including prehistoric pinecones and ...

Article: SA: Vineyard boom unearths rare fossils
AAP General News (Australia);  September 6, 1999 ;     482 words ... ... Australia) 09-06-1999 SA: Vineyard boom unearths rare fossils By Sherrill Nixon ADELAIDE, Sept 6 AAP - The vineyard boom ... not only great wine grapes - it's also turning up some rare fossils. Several deposits of fossils from rare and extinct Australian ...

Article: Rare Fossils Found Near Richmond
The Washington Post;  December 16, 1989 ;     337 words ...Researchers have discovered a 225-million-year-old collection of rare fossils, unique in North America, in a suburb of Richmond. The discovery, announced by the National Geographic Society, confirms speculation ...

Article: Protect rare fossils, experts say
China Daily;  April 20, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... a paleontologist from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). "The western part of Liaoning Province that yields many rare fossils is in great danger because of the rampant private fossil excavation and smuggling," said Wang Xiaolin, researcher from ...

Article: Solid find: Wisconsin quarry yields rare fossils
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  January 26, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Solid find: Wisconsin quarry yields rare fossils Jellyfish discovery dates from 520 million years ago By MARILYNN MARCHIONE of the Journal Sentinel staff Saturday, January 26 ...

Article: City Life: Moscow - Trade in rare fossils robs ...
The Independent - London;  July 23, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... fossils, whose owners have close connections with personnel in the Palaeontological Institute, obtain documents saying that rare fossils are scientifically valueless. This means they can be exported and sold on the fossil market where prices can be high. On ...