A ‘DINOSAUR fossil wall’ has been discovered in Southwest China.
A ‘dinosaur fossil wall’ has been discovered in Southwest China
The Chongqing municipality announced that the fossils were found in a wall almost 500 feet long, 5.6 feet deep and just over 26 feet tall.
They were found in Laojun village, Pu’an township, close to a branch of the Yangtze River.
More than 5,000 fossils have been excavated from the wall since October last year.
The fossils were found in an almost 500 feet long wall. The Jurassic ‘wall’ at Pu’an is the largest in the world
Li Shichuan, spokesman and vice director for Chongqing Bureau of land and Housing Administration, stated that there are still more dinosaur fossils buried within the wall, according to Xinhua News Agency.
The fossils are believed to belong to five different groups of dinosaurs including Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Theropoda, Ornithopoda and Stegosauria.
According to Global Times China, their ages span from approximately 160 million to 180 million years ago.
The fossils are believed to belong to five different groups of dinosaurs
It is estimated that there are a large number of dinosaur fossils buried 65 feet under ground.
Professor Xu Xing from the Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Paleoanthropology said that the discovery in Pu’an will help the wider research into the evolution of the dinosaurs.
It is estimated that there are a large number of dinosaur fossils buried under ground
Most of the fossils at Pu’an belong to the middle Jurassic period, and dinosaur fossils from that time are scarce, said Professor Xu.
He added: “The Jurassic ‘wall’ at Pu’an is the largest in the world.”