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Joined the Museum of Jurassic Lourinha, Octavio Mateus does not décolère. He sent an open letter to the classifieds site that publishes the "object" to sell and your picture in the section of "antiques" to denounce the sale of our paleontological heritage as if it were a car or a pair of shoes. "

"Portugal is a country rich in dinosaurs, the 7th in the world. But even so, these fossils are rare and are not so abundant that we can afford to sell them as a mere commodity, "says paleontologist.

A few years ago, this passionate, a researcher at the New University of Lisbon, had been contacted by the town of Cadaval (55 km north of Lisbon) for expertise fossils.