Dinosaur Wars in Smithsonian magazine

[Dan Chure <danchure@easilink.com>]

"Dinosaur Wars" is the cover story for the April 2009 issue of 
Smithsonian Magazine. This is a longer piece on commercial and illegal 
collecting of vertebrate fossils, Hollywood stars who are big collectors 
of fossils, etc.

Notable quote:
"The real action, however, is in the big vertebrates: dinosaurs that 
roamed the earth between 65 million and 220 million years ago. These are 
the specimens attracting the high rollers—serious collectors. Actors 
Harrison Ford and Nicolas Cage, for example, are rumored to have 
impressive collections."


It is available on-line at:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/41381902.html

Dan