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2017. Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian ) Mongolia. The first ornithomimosaur named from a dry desert environment. Agilisaurus. 1990. Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bathonian to Callovian ) China. The holotype specimen was discovered during the construction of the museum where it is now housed.
Parasaurolophus ( / ˌpærəsɔːˈrɒləfəs, - ˌsɔːrəˈloʊfəs /; meaning "beside crested lizard" in reference to Saurolophus) [2] is a genus of hadrosaurid "duck-billed" dinosaur that lived in what is now western North America and possibly Asia during the Late Cretaceous period, about 76.5–66 million years ago. [3]
Heihe–Tengchong Line dividing Mainland China into eastern (area in red) and western (area in yellow) halves Population density in the year 2000. The Heihe–Tengchong Line (simplified Chinese: 黑河–腾冲线; traditional Chinese: 黑河–騰衝線; pinyin: Hēihé–Téngchōng xiàn), also called the Aihui-Tengchong Line (and internationally as the Hu line), is an imaginary line that ...
Psittacosaurus ( / ˌsɪtəkəˈsɔːrəs / SIT-ə-kə-SOR-əs; " parrot lizard ") [1] is a genus of extinct ceratopsian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of what is now Asia, existing between 125 and 105 million years ago. It is notable for being the most species -rich non-avian dinosaur genus.
Microraptor ( Greek, μικρός, mīkros: "small"; Latin, raptor: "one who seizes") is a genus of small, four-winged dromaeosaurid dinosaurs. Numerous well-preserved fossil specimens have been recovered from Liaoning, China. They date from the early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation ( Aptian stage), 125 to 120 million years ago.
Cultural depictions of dinosaurs have been numerous since the word dinosaur was coined in 1842. The non-avian dinosaurs featured in books, films, television programs, artwork, and other media have been used for both education and entertainment. The depictions range from the realistic, as in the television documentaries from the 1990s into the ...
The nearly complete fossilized remains of a stegosaurus fetched $44.6 million at auction Wednesday, Sotheby's said. The fossil, dubbed “Apex,” is considered to be among the most complete ever ...
Near the end of the 20th century, the opening of China to systematic exploration for fossils has yielded a wealth of material on dinosaurs and the origin of birds and mammals. [82] Also study of the Chengjiang fauna , a Cambrian fossil site in China, during the 1990s has provided important clues to the origin of vertebrates.