Japan's discovery of the oldest animal fossils in the country is about 130 million years ago

Overseas Network, July 3rd. According to Japan's "Asahi Shimbun", the Tokushima Prefecture Museum of Japan announced on the 2nd that the fossils of large -scale herbivorous animal bird dragons were found near Shengpu Village, Tokushima Prefecture.The local dinosaur fossils have been unearthed many times in the local area. The poultry dragon stone discovered this time is about 130 million years ago. It is the oldest old animal fossil unearthed in Japan.

The fossils discovered by scientists in Tokushima Prefecture are the bones of poultry dragons, including the tail vertebrae and teeth at the front of the tail.According to the characteristics of the tail vertebrae, the poultry dragon is 6 or 7 meters in length.The researcher of the Tokushima County Museum said, "This discovery shows that in the early days of Baiji (140 million to 100 million years ago), this species spread throughout all corners of East Asia." (Overseas Wang Shanning)

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