New genus, species of titanosaur found in Hyogo

New genus, species of titanosaur found in Hyogo

KOBE, Japan - Haruo Saegusa, chief researcher at the Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo in Sanda, Hyogo Prefecture, holds fossil remains on Aug. 7, 2014, of a partial skeleton of a titanosaur dating from the Lower Cretaceous period that were unearthed in the prefecture. The dinosaur represents a new genus and species of titanosauriform sauropods.

Ex-world boxing champ Tokuyama

Ex-world boxing champ Tokuyama

KOBE, Japan - Former world boxing champion Masamori Tokuyama meets the press in Sanda, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 24, 2013, after being released from a police cell. Tokuyama was arrested the previous day on suspicion of attacking and injuring two men on a street.

Farm for abandoned animals

Farm for abandoned animals

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Seiji Taniguchi, operator of "Sankyu Bokujo" (Thank You Farm) for abandoned animals, feeds a goat at the farm in Sanda, Hyogo Prefecture, on Oct. 18, 2012.

Farm for abandoned animals

Farm for abandoned animals

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Seiji Taniguchi, operator of "Sankyu Bokujo" (Thank You Farm) for abandoned animals, bends down to pet a male Japanese Shiba dog named Haru at the farm in Sanda, Hyogo Prefecture, on Oct. 18, 2012.

Newly-found dinosaur in western Japan

Newly-found dinosaur in western Japan

KOBE, Japan - Photo shows a model of the imagined figure of a species of Deinonychosauria. The Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo, in the city of Sanda, Hyogo Prefecture, announced on July 15, 2011, that the fossil of the dinosaur was discovered in Sasayama in the western Japan prefecture in September 2010. The model was created by Hirokazu Tokugawa.

Newly-found dinosaur in western Japan

Newly-found dinosaur in western Japan

KOBE, Japan - Kaoru Matsubara (L) looks at the fossil of a species of Deinonychosauria displayed at the Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo, in the city of Sanda, Hyogo Prefecture, on July 15, 2011. Matsubara found the fossil in Sasayama in the western Japan prefecture in September 2010.

Newly-found dinosaur in western Japan

Newly-found dinosaur in western Japan

KOBE, Japan - Photo shows the fossil of a species of Deinonychosauria. The Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo, in the city of Sanda, Hyogo Prefecture, announced on July 15, 2011, that the fossil was discovered in Sasayama in the western Japan prefecture in September 2010.