The crates holding the Tyrannosaurus bataar fossil were held at a Queens storage facility. The seizure was carried out Friday A Florida man, Eric Prokopi (proh-KAHP'-ee), says he legitimately obtained the specimen he refers to as "Ty."
Prokopi says he put it together at great expense before it was sold at auction for more than $1 million.
The sale is contingent on the outcome of litigation. The government sued earlier this week to seize the dinosaur for a return to Mongolia.
The head paleontologist with New York's American Museum of Natural History, Mark Norell, said Friday that the fossil should be returned quickly to Mongolia.
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