Hong Kong Uncovers First Dinosaur Fossils in Over 145 Million-Year-Old Locality

First-ever dinosaur fossils discovered in Hong Kong, on a remote island in the financial capital’s countryside, have been found. The fossils were found on Port Island, an uninhabitable expanse of rocks in the northeastern waters of the city, by Hong Kong’s Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department in March. Researchers have determined that the bone fossils likely originated from a “large aged dinosaur” from the Cretaceous period –– an era more than 145 million to 66 million years ago that followed the Jurassic period. The discovery is of great significance and provides new evidence for research on palaeoecology in Hong Kong.