NEW : Auctioned fossil is almost certainly from Mongolia , paleontologist says . It 's no bloody , foot-stomping battle to the death , but a legal fight befitting a mighty dinosaur is playing out on two continents as Mongolia 's president tries to block the sale of a nearly complete skeleton of a 24-foot-long dinosaur that roamed Central Asia 80 million years ago . Comment: 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 . Comment: Mongolia 's president says selling his country 's fossils is illegal . Sales of fossils , other relics have long been controversial .