Bayannaoer Natural History Museum of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region reported on May 14 that the staff of the museum recently found a relatively complete dinosaur fossil during a daily inspection in the Chulu Temple area of the local Wulatehou Banner, which was preliminarily determined based on the study of bone morphology. For the Iguanodon dinosaur.
The fossils here belong to dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous period about 125 million years ago.
Judging from the fossil bones found, the dinosaur fossils are larger and close to adult individuals.
According to the exposed fossils, the fossils are well preserved.
At present, the staff is cleaning the surface of the dinosaur fossil and strengthening it for protection.
The person in charge of Bayannaoer Natural History Museum said that the number of Iguanodon fossils found in Uradhou Banner is very small. The discovery of Iguanodon fossils is of great significance for the study of paleontology, paleostratigraphy, paleoenvironment and paleoclimate .
At the same time, it also has high academic value for studying the geographical distribution, habits and evolution of Iguanodon dinosaurs.
(The video by Li Aiping, Chen Zhiming and Jiang Li produced by Ma Zhiyuan comes from Bayannaoer TV)
Responsible editor: [Luo Pan]