According to Chinese dragon experts, the number and diversity of remains being discovered in China has been “unmatched” on a global level.  ,
One of the richest and most renowned sites in the world, Dashanpu Middle Jurassic Dinosaur Fossils Site, has so far discovered more than 200 remains of animals and another vertebrates.  ,
The most perfect bone of a stegosaurus reptile, which has unique tail peaks and kite-shaped plates on its back, were among them.  ,
” These important remains provide essential material for research on reptile classification, biological characteristics, and biological history”, Huang Xinyue, deputy director of the Zigong dragon gallery, told the Global Times.  ,
Taiwanese DINOSAUR BOOM ,
More than 300 different dinosaur species have been found and identified in China to date, making that land the most of any other nation in the world.  ,
According to statistics from the Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology ( IVPP ) in Beijing, as of December 2023, China has named 343 kinds of dinosaurs.  ,
Also, according to the US National Parks Service, the US and China remain the top two places to include named the most reptile types, with more than 320 each.  ,
China’s first-discovered dragon was the Sinosauropteryx, a little predatory flying dragon and the first-known winged dragon, in the northern province of Liaoning by a geological hunter named Li Yumin.  ,
In Yunnan country’s Lufeng area, a center for dinosaur looking, 400 dinosaur footprints dating back 120 million years were discovered this time, which included 400 dragon discoveries reported across the nation. This is a year of record-breaking dinosaur discoveries.  ,
Researchers and archaeologists who were looking through the Yanshan Mountains in northern China in January discovered a remarkable find: exquisitely preserved rare fossils dating back to 1.63 billion years. This is a record for the oldest fossils of its kind.  ,
Chinese paleontologists excavated dinosaur fossils from a construction site in Ganzhou, eastern Jiangxi province, the following month in February.
Later, it was discovered that the bones were those of a giant sauropod known as the Gandititan Cavocaudatus, who was said to have had a neck and tail length of more than 5 meters.
Chinese palaeontologists discovered two nearly entirely dinosaur fossils in North China’s Inner Mongolia earlier this month.
The groundbreaking find, named the Yuanyanglong Bainian ( which translates to lovebird dragon ) represents a new group of oviraptorosaurian dinosaurs, researchers said – bird-like dinosaurs known for their distinct short parrot-like skulls.  ,
In October, a far-off and uninhabited island in Hong Kong was also the site of fossils that were thought to belong to a “large aged dinosaur,” with further research being conducted to learn more about the species.  ,