Paleontologists in China have discovered the skeletal remains of a remarkable new genus and species of huge-sized mamenchisaurid dinosaur from the Late Jurassic epoch. Fossil remains of Tongnanlong zhimingi. Image credit: Wei et al., doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-09796-0. The newly-described species lived in what is now southwestern China some 147 million years ago (Late Jurassic epoch). Scientifically…
About 30 more rocks containing dinosaur fossils have been found on a remote island off the northern part of Hong Kong, just two months after the first such discovery was revealed. Authorities also said that Port Island, where the fossils were found, would reopen to the public on Thursday. But the government warned visitors against…
About 30 more rocks containing dinosaur fossils have been found on a remote island off the northern part of Hong Kong, just two months after the first such discovery was made. Authorities also announced that Port Island, where the fossils were found, would reopen to the public on Thursday. But the government warned visitors against…
Hong Kong authorities announced in October that dinosaur bone fossils had been discovered on Port Island, a remote, uninhabited island off the northeastern part of the special administrative region. Palaeoecological experts believe that the small bone fragments date back to the Cretaceous period (145-66 million years ago), and could be the remains of larger types…