Feds push dinosaur rules

The Obama administration is looking to regulate dinosaur fossils.

The Interior Department proposed Tuesday new paleontology regulations to preserve fossils found on federal lands, such as those belonging to dinosaurs.

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The paleontology rules would apply to federal lands managed by the Interior Department’s National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management and Bureau of Reclamation to “ensure that these federally-owned resources are available for current and future generations to enjoy as part of America’s national heritage,” the agency said.

“Paleontological resources would mean any fossilized remains, traces, or imprints of organisms preserved in or on the Earth’s crust,” the Interior Department said in the Federal Register.

“They are still of paleontological interest and provide information about the history of life on earth,” the agency added.

The public has 60 days to comment.