Dinosaur village offers new body of evidence (5)

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(China Daily)

When Wang arrived at the site, the fossilized bones exposed to air had cracked and they had become fragile and powdery.

After spending a harsh winter in Laiyang with the fossils, Wang found that the fossilized bones cracked due to the change of temperature.

"So, if we can keep the fossils from freezing, they will be preserved in better shape."

In 2009, the city government of Laiyang became involved in protection of the site and its fossils and provided facilities and personnel support for the team.

So why not just move the fossils away to preserve them in a laboratory?

"It depends on your purpose," Wang said.

If researchers need to dig the fossils out for scientific study it is better to ship them to the laboratory.

But for research purposes, it is better to keep them at the original site, he said.

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