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Article: Dinosaur fossils dating back 120 mn yrs unearthed in SW China.
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- PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
- Article date:
- February 23, 2006
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Dinosaur fossils dating back 120 mn yrs unearthed in SW China
Beijing, Feb 23 (PTI) A group of dinosaur fossils, dating back 120 million years, has been excavated in the Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Yunnan Province, the state press reported today.
Archaeologists in the province found an almost intact set of dinosaur fossil which is more than 10 metres long and 2.3 metres high. Also found were dozens of fossils of dinosaur limb bones, claws and backbones in Anlongbao Town of Shuangbai County in the past two months.
Based on initial research, these herbivorous dinosaurs were believed to live in the late Trias or early ...