Strangers have stolen the upper limbs of a dinosaur from an exhibit in Italy. The dinosaur lived more than 100 million years ago, it is a fossil specimen of Psittacosaurus. It was featured in the Lost Hangar, Dinosaurs Revealed exhibit in the northern Italian city of Padua. The theft was spotted by staff during an inspection shortly after closing.
The Psittacosaurus dinosaur in the 6,000-square-foot exhibit has had some finger bones detached from its right upper limb and removed from the metal installation that supports the animal’s entire fossil skeleton.
The claws were an original find and are of great value.
Management ‘surprised’ by theft
“This theft surprised us all, not least because it took place during the opening hours of the exhibition, although there are turnstiles to protect the exhibits, staff kept an eye on the flow of visitors and kept a constant eye on the installations” , reports the management. of the science exhibition. Investigations are underway.
“Unfortunately, the removed claws were easy to hide due to their small size. The risk of theft is the risk you take when you offer visitors the unique opportunity to see up close the traces of life from a time as fascinating as that of the dinosaurs,” explains the exhibition’s curator, Ilario De Biase, from.
Source: Krone
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