Brazil recovers fossils from over 100 million years old that were in the United Kingdom

Brazil has recovered 25 insect fossils from Chapada do Araripe, a paleontological site in Ceará, which were smuggled to the United Kingdom. The material was advertised for sale on a website specializing in the sale of rocks and fossils. The items arrived at the PGR (Attorney General's Office) in Brasília last week. The fossils, which date back approximately 100 million years, will be kept at the Plácido Cidade Nuvens Paleontology Museum in Santa…

Brazil was able to recover 25 insect fossils from Chapada do Araripe, located in Ceará, which were being illegally taken to the United Kingdom. The material, which is over 100 million years old and was sold on a website, was forwarded last week to the Attorney General's Office (PGR), in Brasilia, and will be transferred to the Plácido Cidade Nuvens Paleontology Museum, located in Santana do Cariri, in Ceará. The return to the country was possibl…

Material was located in Chapada do Araripe, in Ceará