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All fossils in Brazil are protected national heritage. Commercial collection and export are illegal.
Bottom line: Do not buy Brazilian fossils. Any dinosaur, pterosaur, or vertebrate fossil said to come from Brazil without official government export authorization is almost certainly illegal and subject to seizure and repatriation.
Brazilian law (Federal Constitution + specific heritage statutes) classifies fossils as cultural and scientific heritage of the nation. Collection, trade, and export require authorization from the National Mining Agency (ANM — Agência Nacional de Mineração, which replaced the former DNPM in 2017) and often the Ministry of Culture/Environment. In practice, commercial permits for vertebrate fossils are not granted.
Brazilian fossils (especially from the Crato and Santana Formations) are regularly smuggled through neighboring countries or mislabeled as Moroccan or Argentine material. Buyers are warned that high-quality pterosaurs, fish, and insects from Brazil appearing on international markets are almost always illegal.
Seizure by customs, civil forfeiture, possible criminal charges in Brazil and in the buyer's country under cultural property laws. Museums and serious institutions will not accept repatriated Brazilian material without proper provenance.
Jurassic Depot scores every listing for provenance, authenticity, and documentation. The best way to avoid fakes is to demand proof — and to know what to ask for.