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Dinosaur
A fossilised dinosaur egg has been stolen from Otago Museum.
Staff noticed the fossil missing from the Dunedin museum's ground-floor shop early on Tuesday, and the Otago Daily Times reported the alleged thief had been caught on the museum's security cameras.
Museum development and planning director Clare Wilson said when people stole from a public institution they were stealing from the whole community.
The exact age of the fossil was unknown, but it was a hadrosaur egg from the Cretaceous period, from 145 million to 65 million years ago and was collected in the Henan province in China.
It was priced at $1700.
The egg was on display inside the store's entrance and Wilson said the thief walked straight up to it, looked to see no-one was watching, put it in his bag and walked out.
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