Hong Kong Unearths Ancient Dinosaur Fossils, Providing Insights into Palaeontology
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Hong Kong Unearths Ancient Dinosaur Fossils, Providing Insights into Palaeontology

The Hindu  

Hong Kong's first dinosaur fossils, likely from a large dinosaur, have been discovered on a small, uninhabited outlying island. The fossils, dated to the Cretaceous period some 145 million to 66 million years ago, need further study to confirm the dinosaur species, but it was clear they were large vertebrate animals.

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

CNN  

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 …

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