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Dinosaur hunters reach deal to settle western South Dakota fossil theft dispute

Photo by Richard Martin on UnsplashA 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 C…
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thedakotascout.com broke the news in on Thursday, October 23, 2025.
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