German museum to return rare Irritator dinosaur skull to Brazil

wccwcc
May 2, 2026 - 10:45
 0  1
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...

What's Your Reaction?

like like 0
dislike dislike 0
love love 0
funny funny 0
angry angry 0
sad sad 0
wow wow 0