Man charged over dinosaurs

A FLORIDA man has been charged with smuggling dinosaur fossils into the US, including a nearly complete Tyrannosaurus Bataar skeleton from Mongolia, federal prosecutors say. Eric Prokopi, a self-described ‘‘commercial paleontologist’’ who buys and sells whole and partial dinosaur skeletons, was arrested at his home in Gainesville. He was charged with smuggling goods into the US and interstate sale and receipt of stolen goods. If convicted on all of the charges, he could face up to 35 years in prison.