JOURNAL OF DINOSAUR PALEONTOLOGY ARCHAEOPTERYX, ANCIENT BIRDS, AND DINOSAUR-BIRD RELATIONSHIPS Archaeopteryx's Relationship With Modern Birds. The characteristics that link Archaeopteryx to modern birds. Archaeopteryx and the Solnhofen Lagoon. Discussion about the conditions of the Solnhofen Lagoon. Avian hands Bird metacarpal homology. Article critiquing claims that avian digits are 2, 3, 4.

Tyrannosaurus, Sue, raised questions about who owns the dinosaur fossils.

Editorials by Marian Zenker, regarding Fossil and Collecting Legislation ...

Florida Fossil Permit FLORIDA STATUTES 240.516 sets forth the State of Florida's declared intent to protect and preserve vertebrate fossils and vertebrate paleontology sites. All vertebrate fossils found on lands owned or leased by the state belong to the state with title thereto vested in the Florida Museum of Natural History. Field collection of vertebrate fossils may be conducted under the ...

Facts concerning United States vs. Alan VanArsdale and Daniel VanArsdale, photograph of microvertebrate fossils ...

Analysis of the SAFE poll on fossil collecting Jeff Poling INTRODUCTION Late last year a poll was taken by MKTG, Inc., on behalf of the paleontological community, regarding public opinion ostensibly about commercial collecting of fossils on public lands. The poll is available on the Society of Vertebrate Paleontologists website under the auspices of Save America's Fossils for Everyone (SAFE).

Vertebrate Paleontological Resources Protection Act ( Baucus Bill ) 103rd Congress, 1st Session, S. ... In the Senate of the United States Mr. Baucus introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on ... A BILL To provide for the protection of vertebrate paleontological resources on Federal lands, and for other purposes: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of ...