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.

Human jawbone found on N. Korean spy ship on display

Human jawbone found on N. Korean spy ship on display

TOKYO, Japan - An object that appears to be part of a lower human jawbone was found on the salvaged North Korean spy ship on display at a Tokyo museum and may have belonged to one of the crewmembers, the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) said on Dec. 17. The item was found by a staff member who was doing anticorrosion work on the ship that sank just about two years ago in the East China Sea off Japan after a shoot-out with JCG patrol vessels.

World's oldest fossil of sea lion found in Nagano Pref.

World's oldest fossil of sea lion found in Nagano Pref.

NAGANO, Japan - A fossil (in photo) discovered four years ago in a stratum 12-13 million years old in Nagano Prefecture has been found to a part of the jawbone of a sea lion, making it the world's oldest fossil of the mammal, researchers at the Shinshushinmachi Fossil Museum said June 20. The oldest fossil of a sea lion up until now has been a fossil roughly 7 million years old found in California, they said.

World's oldest fossil of sea lion found in Nagano Pref.

World's oldest fossil of sea lion found in Nagano Pref.

NAGANO, Japan - A fossil (in photo) discovered four years ago in a stratum 12-13 million years old in Nagano Prefecture has been found to a part of the jawbone of a sea lion, making it the world's oldest fossil of the mammal, researchers at the Shinshushinmachi Fossil Museum said June 20. The oldest fossil of a sea lion up until now has been a fossil roughly 7 million years old found in California, they said. (Kyodo)

Fossilized jawbone judged as that of newly discovered lizard species

Fossilized jawbone judged as that of newly discovered lizard species

A fossilized lower jawbone unearthed in 2007 from a geological layer of the Lower Cretaceous (some 110 million years ago) in Sasayama, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, is shown to the press at the Museum of Nature and Human Activities in nearby Sanda on Feb. 4, 2015. It has proved to be that of a newly discovered lizard species. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Human jawbone found on N. Korean spy ship on display

Human jawbone found on N. Korean spy ship on display

TOKYO, Japan - An object that appears to be part of a lower human jawbone was found on the salvaged North Korean spy ship on display at a Tokyo museum and may have belonged to one of the crewmembers, the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) said on Dec. 17. The item was found by a staff member who was doing anticorrosion work on the ship that sank just about two years ago in the East China Sea off Japan after a shoot-out with JCG patrol vessels. (Kyodo)