SCIENCE BRIEFING
Scientists in China said they have discovered the world’s largest dinosaur fossil site in the eastern province of Shandong, state media reported.
Scientists have recovered about 7,600 fossils from a 980-foot-long pit near Zhucheng city over the last seven months, the state news agency, Xinhua, said Tuesday. The finds included remains of a 65-foot hadrosaurus, which could be a record size for the duck-billed dinosaur, Xinhua said.
Zhucheng, known locally as China’s “Dinosaur City,” has produced dinosaur fossils in some 30 sites, according to local media.
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