Jawbone of tyrannosaurid dinosaur found for 1st time in Japan

Jawbone of tyrannosaurid dinosaur found for 1st time in Japan

Photo taken in Amakusa in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 15, 2024, shows a lower jawbone fossil from a tyrannosaurid dinosaur discovered in a roughly 74-million-year-old layer of earth in Reihoku in the same prefecture in 2014. It is the first time a jawbone fragment of the family has been found in Japan.

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