Dinosaur hunters reach deal to settle western South Dakota fossil theft dispute
Paleontologist accused of stealing triceratops found in Harding County agrees to $300,000 settlement
A paleontologist accused of stealing a dinosaur skull from western South Dakota will pay $300,000 to end a years-long saga over the whereabouts of a fossil that could be worth millions.
In return, Montana-based fossil hunter Forest Rush agreed to drop a counterclaim he filed in response to a 2023 lawsuit by a Texas-based company that hired him nearly a decade ago to lead digs for prehistoric remains in Harding County.
