Notes : Auctioned fossil is almost certainly from Mongolia , paleontologist says . Sunday 's $ 1 million sale of a Tarbosaurus bataar skeleton is contingent on court case . Mongolia 's president says selling his country 's fossils is illegal . Sales of fossils , other relics have long been controversial .
NEW : Auctioned fossil is almost certainly from Mongolia , paleontologist says . Sunday 's $ 1 million sale of a Tarbosaurus bataar skeleton is contingent on court case . Mongolia 's president says selling his country 's fossils is illegal . Sales of fossils , other relics have long been controversial .