Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have located what they believe to be the largest single site for dinosaur fossils in the world.The city of Zhucheng in Shandong Province, known locally as "Dinosaur City," is the site of a large fossil field under research since the 1960s. Since March 2008, more than 7600 fossil bones have been excavated from this site alone, with many more found in nearby locations.
These fossils date from the late Cretaceous period, around the time when paleontologists believe dinosaurs became extinct. The bones include many specimens from ankylosaurus to tyrannosaurus, including what may be the largest hadrosaur ("duck-billed" dinosaur) ever found.
Full results are yet to be published.
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