In 1969, a fossil hunter named Rod Wells came to Naracoorte in South Australia to explore what was then known as Victoria Cave.

1969年，一位名叫罗德·威尔斯的化石猎人来到南澳大利亚的那拉科特，探索当时被称为维多利亚洞穴的地方。

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An experienced fossil hunter, li split the slab and beheld a creature unlike any he had seen.

身为一位经验老到的化石猎手，李应方小心翼翼的敲开石板之后，便发现了一种以前他从未见过的生物骨骼化石。

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A couple of days later near the same spot, fossil hunter Alemayehu Asfaw found a piece of a child's jaw with a first molar tooth.

几天以后，在该目击地的附近，化石猎手阿勒迈耶胡·阿斯范(Alemayehu Asfaw)有又发现了一片带有第一臼齿的儿童颌骨化石。

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Sue was found in 1990 in South Dakota by the seasoned fossil hunter Peter Larson and his then companion Susan Hendrickson (for whom Sue was named) on private land belonging to a farmer named Maurice Williams.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Today in the United States, only approved researchers may collect vertebrates on public land, but a hunter who finds a fossil on his property, or on private land where he has permission to dig, can sell it, exhibit it, export it whatever.

NEWYORKER: Bones of Contention

At the Denver fossil show, in September, I stopped by the booth of Mike Triebold, a veteran Colorado hunter who has been working with the Society of Vertebrate Paleontologists to find a way for academics and legitimate commercial hunters to collaborate.

NEWYORKER: Bones of Contention