Visitors view the skeleton
of s Huabeisaurus allcotus at the museum of earth sciences at
Shijiazhuang University of Economics on Sunday, December 30, 2007.
[Photo: Xinhua]
The skeleton of a Huabeisaurus allcotus, a kind of large
sauropod dinosaur from the late Cretaceous period was on Sunday put
on display to the public at the museum of earth sciences at
Shijiazhuang University of Economics in northern China's Hebei
Province.
Xinhua News Agency reported that the skeleton, assembled by the
Shijiazhuang University of Economics, is about 20 meters long and
five meters high. It is the largest sauropod dinosaur skeleton from
the late Cretaceous period ever found in Asia.
The Huabeisaurus allcotus skeleton was found in 1983 at the
border of Yangyuan County in northern China's Hebei Province and
Tianzhen County in Shanxi Province. It contains 70 percent real
bone.
Visitors view the skeleton
of s Huabeisaurus allcotus at the museum of earth sciences at
Shijiazhuang University of Economics on Sunday, December 30, 2007.
[Photo: Xinhua]
(CRI December 31, 2007)
