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We're comcast. the only isp legally bound by full net neutrality rules. thursday night at 9:00, tune in at 9:00 eastern, we'll premier an all new cnn film "dinosaur 13." the movie focuses on the most famous dinosaur discovery, the finding of the most complete t-rex ever. >> we're up on the cliff face and i see three articulated vertebrae. from that point on i'm absolutely certain this is going to be the best thing we ever found and it's going to be a complete t-rex. >> he called up and said "neil, i need you to bring a lot of plaster and 2 x 4s.

Then you watch this this is south dakota. i couldn't help but wonder. i guess, you know, in googling lots of fossils are found in the west. but was finding this in south dakota, how much of a shock was that? >> it's not so much a shock to find a dinosaur in south dakota. there's northern south dakota, western south dakota the hell creek formation and there's a lot of fossils are found there. so the finding of a fossil isn't so unusual, it's how complete that fossil was. it was really unprecedented. just amazing dinosaur. >> so here this was and this was federal land. and so i'm wondering with ...

Dinosaur 13 really tells that part of the story very well that they made an incredible discovery and they lost that discovery and if you think of anyone who has made an incredible discovery and had it taken away, that part is real. i mean, i think it's easy for any of us to empathize with that. it came down to a case law. and came down to administrative law. and where this dinosaur went and who owned the dinosaur. >> and prison time. i've never heard of a story like this at all. it's called dinosaur 13. scott, thank you so much for helping us understand some of the ins and occupants of all of ...

This fascinating story, the senior paleontologists with the u.s. bureau of land management. scott, welcome. >> hi, brooke. nice to meet you. >> when you watch this film two story lines diverge. you have the discovery of this t-rex and then the fall out. let me begin at the top with the discovery. put this in perspective for all of us who love going to museums. how significant is this t-rex discovery in all of history? >> as far as dinosaurs go this is one of the most amazing fossil ever found. it's an amazing discovery. i think that starts to distract from other parts of the story too where we...

>> how dare they? >> unconscionable. i can't imagine anybody being able to do this, here in the united states in america in a free country. >> in order to ensure that this dinosaur can be carefully packed up, we helped. >> it was pretty clear that hay didn't know what they were doing. these people didn't know anything. i mean, most of these guys hardly go out in the field at all. what do they know about preparing a fossil or packing it or anything? >> the larsons were trying to do a little bit of negotiating, put sue under lock and key at our place to prevent damage. >> i said to kevin schieff...