U.S. turns fossils seized in China
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U.S. Customs officials have confiscated fossils in China, dating back to the previous 100 million years, including the bones of a saber-tooth cat and a partial skull of a dinosaur named lujiatunesis Psittacosaurus past.
The relics without papers were delivered in two batches and were seized by customs in Chicago, Illinois, and Richmond, Virginia, the Department of Homeland Security said.
An ad service said that the fossils were found during routine inspection of incoming products.
John Morton, an assistant secretary of Homeland Security, said, “the attempt to remove them from China, ran a network of national and international laws and customs are in place to protect against the theft of cultural property.
“We are delighted to return to their rightful owners, the people in China.”
Experts at Chicago ’s Field Museum, said that the fossils of dinosaurs come from it seized from 100 million years.
Psittacosaurus was a small two-legged dinosaur along less than two meters, with a distinctive skull that had a parrot and open the nose up.
They were also among the fossils of dinosaur fossils have seized 24 eggs, experts of the Virginia Museum of Natural History have been previously authenticated by about 60 million years.
The fossils have been smuggled into China in a ceremony at the Chinese Embassy in Washington.
The message ’s deputy chief of mission, Xie Feng, thanked the Government of the United States.
“In recent years, China and the United States for close cooperation on law enforcement and the continued development progress and achievements, important, particularly in the fight against terrorism, drug trafficking and the fight against the d other transnational crimes, “said Xie.
Homeland Security, said U.S. Customs officials discovered the first cache of fossils in three parcels Chicago O ‘Hare International Mail Facility in December 2006 and October 2007.
The packages are not just after X-ray images captured with the contents said.
The Chinese consulate in Chicago, determined the fossils were of cultural relics, which have not been performed.
Asked the Department of land resources and China, once again, and goods were seized.
Chinese officials will accompany the United States have sent the fossils to China.
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