Bayannur Nature Museum of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region reported on the 14th that the staff of the museum found a relatively complete dinosaur fossil during their daily inspection in the chulumiao area of the local wulathou banner. According to the study of bone morphology, it was preliminarily determined to be an avian dinosaur. Officials said that the newly discovered dinosaur fossils in Ulat Houqi belong to dinosaurs produced in the early Cretaceous about 125 million years ago.
From the fossil bones found, dinosaur fossil individuals are large and close to adult individuals. According to the exposed fossils, the preservation integrity of fossils is high.
The dinosaur fossils were buried in the museum, and the dinosaur fossils were protected at the site.
The picture shows workers cleaning up dinosaur fossils. Photo by Jiang Li
Dai Ruiming, head of Bayannur Nature Museum, said that the number of Iguanodon fossils found in Ulat Houqi 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.
Ulatehou banner enjoys the reputation of "hometown of dinosaurs". The geological relics of Bayin manduhu dinosaur fossils in the area belong to the nature reserve of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. It is a world-famous dinosaur fossil producing area. So far, 19 kinds of dinosaur fossils belonging to 16 genera have been found, ranking first in Inner Mongolia.