Brazil's Smuggled Dinosaur Skull for More than 30 Years Can Return to the Country

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One of the most important dinosaur fossils ever found in Brazil may be close to returning to the country after more than three decades in Germany. The skull of the Irritator challenger, illegally removed from the Chapada do Araripe, in Ceará, and acquired in 1991 by a German museum, entered the center of a diplomatic negotiation between the Brazilian and German governments. During President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's visit to Germany, in April,…