CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-FOSSIL (CN)

CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-FOSSIL (CN)

(231008) -- SONID LEFT BANNER, Oct. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members check a fossilized piece of a humerus belonging to a Platybelodon in Sonid Left Banner of Xilin Gol League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. TO GO WITH "Humerus fossil of 15-mln-year-old herbivore to be displayed in China's Inner Mongolia" (Xinhua)

85 mil.-year-old dinosaur skull found in Kumamoto Pref.

85 mil.-year-old dinosaur skull found in Kumamoto Pref.

KUMAMOTO, Japan - A dinosaur skull dating back about 85 million years ago has been unearthed in a mountain in the town of Mifune, Kumamoto Prefecture, the Mifune Dinosaur Museum said Oct. 13. The museum said the fossilized skull belonging to a herbivore named hadrosaurid is from the early phase of the Late Cretaceous Period and that it is probably one of the oldest of its kind in Japan.

85 mil.-year-old dinosaur skull found in Kumamoto Pref.

85 mil.-year-old dinosaur skull found in Kumamoto Pref.

KUMAMOTO, Japan - A dinosaur skull (front) dating back to about 85 million years ago has been unearthed in a mountain in the town of Mifune, Kumamoto Prefecture, the Mifune Dinosaur Museum said Oct. 13. The museum said the fossilized skull belonging to a herbivore named hadrosaurid is from the early phase of the Late Cretaceous Period and that it is probably one of the oldest of its kind in Japan. In back is a replica.

85 mil.-year-old dinosaur skull found in Kumamoto Pref.

85 mil.-year-old dinosaur skull found in Kumamoto Pref.

KUMAMOTO, Japan - A dinosaur skull (front) dating back to about 85 million years ago has been unearthed in a mountain in the town of Mifune, Kumamoto Prefecture, the Mifune Dinosaur Museum said Oct. 13. The museum said the fossilized skull belonging to a herbivore named hadrosaurid is from the early phase of the Late Cretaceous Period and that it is probably one of the oldest of its kind in Japan. In back is a replica. (Kyodo)

85 mil.-year-old dinosaur skull found in Kumamoto Pref.

85 mil.-year-old dinosaur skull found in Kumamoto Pref.

KUMAMOTO, Japan - A dinosaur skull dating back about 85 million years ago has been unearthed in a mountain in the town of Mifune, Kumamoto Prefecture, the Mifune Dinosaur Museum said Oct. 13. The museum said the fossilized skull belonging to a herbivore named hadrosaurid is from the early phase of the Late Cretaceous Period and that it is probably one of the oldest of its kind in Japan. (Kyodo)

Dinosaur fossil teeth unearthed in southwestern Japan

Dinosaur fossil teeth unearthed in southwestern Japan

Fossil teeth of a plant-eating dinosaur are shown at Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum in Japan on July 10, 2017. Thirty-five fossil teeth, believed to be from a herbivore similar to the hadrosaur, or duck-billed dinosaur, have been unearthed from a geological layer of the late Cretaceous period on the west bank of Nagasaki Peninsula in southwestern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Dinosaur fossil teeth unearthed in southwestern Japan

Dinosaur fossil teeth unearthed in southwestern Japan

A fossil tooth of a plant-eating dinosaur is shown at the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum in Japan on July 10, 2017. Thirty-five fossil teeth, believed to be of a herbivore similar to the hadrosaur, or duck-billed dinosaur, have been unearthed from a geological layer of the late Cretaceous period on the west bank of Nagasaki Peninsula in southwestern Japan, according to the museum and the city of Nagasaki. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo