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Alfred S. Romer, professor of Zoology, emeritus, may ask the State Department to help him regain two tons of valuable fossils that are according to Romer, being held illegally in Argentina...
...fossils were seized last year by officials of the Argentinian province La Rioja from an expedition which Romer headed. They are valuable, Romer said, because they are all "new animals"--genera and species not know before. They are fossils of small reptiles from the Early Triasic Period, 200-250 million years...
...national government of Argentina had officially sanctioned Romer's expedition, jointly sponsored by Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology and the Natural History Museum of the University of La Planta, Argentina. Romer received permission to bring back to Harvard most of the fossils discovered...
...Romer said that several Argentinian papers subsequently criticized the governor's action, "a national scandal." The governor remained adamant until two months ago when he agreed to release the fossils for five years' study. However, the fossils are still in La Rioja. Romer said he expects to get them eventually...
This year's team hasn't the likes of the Romer Holleran, Terry Robinson, Al Terell, and Bill morris -- a foursome which was never bettered in a team contest. But along with Captain Dinny Adams, Barnaby has the nation's two outstanding sophomores, Joe Gonzalez and Rick Sterne, to fill the top positions...