Sue was found in 1990 by some commercial fossil dealers on a ranch in South Dakota.

The genus is based on holotype GMV2128, a fossil originally discovered around 1995 and obtained by science from illegal fossil dealers who first prepared it.

In contrast, the Association of Applied Paleontological Sciences, an association of commercial fossil dealers, opposed the measure.

Money for field research today is so limited that some museum collectors and academic paleontologists complain that only commercial fossil dealers can afford large-scale dinosaur expeditions.

The seizure ignited a struggle involving the Justice Department, Indian leaders, scientists, a large fossil dealer and many dinosaur enthusiasts.

The provenance of the Scansoriopteryx type specimen is uncertain, as it was obtained from private fossil dealers who did not record exact geologic data.

The exact discovery site of the Irritator fossil skull is unknown; the fossil was collected by illegal fossil dealers.

He had acquired the specimen from a Moroccan fossil dealer, who again had bought the piece from local fossil hunters near Taouz.

They argued that the Black Hills case offered an opportunity for the Government to administer a painful object lesson to fossil dealers everywhere.

A local fossil dealer had assembled the about fifty pieces, described by him as a "great consarn of bites and boanes".