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| Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Friday, November 16, 2001 |
Complete Ankylosaur Fossil Found in China |
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A set of ankylosaur skeleton fossil was recently found in Alxa Left Banner, north China's InnerMongolia Autonomous Region.
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A set of ankylosaur skeleton fossil was recently found in Alxa Left Banner, north China's InnerMongolia Autonomous Region.
Experts from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, concluded, after thorough examination on the findings, that it is the most completely collected ankylosaur fossil in Asia.
The fossil includes a complete skull, a pair of thighbones, an ulna, a scapula, two shinbones, vertebrae, ribs and shells in various forms.
IVPP professor Zhao Xijin believes that the ankylosaur was about nine meters long and two meters high, with a big, flat head and shells covering its body.
Experts said that the ankylosaur, temporarily named as Hanwulosaurus, probably belongs to a new category, which is still subject to further research.
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