Wire›2026 05 02›German Museum To Return Rare Irritator Dinosaur Skull To Brazil

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German museum to return rare Irritator dinosaur skull to Brazil

<p>Spinosaurid fossil bought by Stuttgart institution in 1991 has been the subject of a long restitution campaign</p><p>It is a 113-million-year-old bone of contention.</p><p>After Stuttgart’s museum of natural history bought a fossilised dinosaur skull in 1991, researchers found

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German museum to return rare Irritator dinosaur skull to Brazil<p>Spinosaurid fossil bought by Stuttgart institution in 1991 has been the subject of a long restitution campaign</p><p>It is a 113-million-year-old bone of contention.</p><p>After Stuttgart’s museum of natural history bought a fossilised dinosaur skull in 1991, researchers found
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