A fossil thought for years to be a plant turned out to be a baby turtle, and puzzled researchers named it “Turtwig” after a Pokemon character who was half turtle and half plant.
Tag: Early Cretaceous period
Dinosaur footprints dating back 100 million years discovered in a Chinese restaurant
Dinosaur footprints stretching back 100 million years have been discovered in southwestern China by a keen-eyed diner in an outside courtyard of a restaurant.
Dinosaur fossil dating back 125 mln years discovered in north China
Researchers have discovered a nearly complete dinosaur fossil dating from about 125 million years ago in northern China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.