ICYMI: #IrritatorBelongstoBR goes international! I'm hoping for many int'l and German media outlets to follow @science.org and @theguardian.com in reporting about this case.
I've done a few interviews (incl. with The Guardian) already, so if you're a journalist looking for a good story, hit me up!
Paul Stewens
German museum to return rare Irritator dinosaur skull to Brazil
Spinosaurid fossil bought by Stuttgart institution in 1991 has been the subject of a long restitution campaign
It is a 113-million-year-old bone of contention.
After Stuttgart’s museum of natural history bought a fossilised dinosaur skull in 1991, researchers found it was the most complete spinosaurid skull known to date, belonging to a previously unknown genus of the huge meat-eating dinosaurs. Continue reading...