Dinosaur fossils have been discovered in 9 different locations in southwest China’s Yunnan Province since the end of 2020, according to local authorities. An emergency excavation of three sets of dinosaur fossils has begun in the city of Lufeng, as they are all now exposed on the ground. The discovered fossils include a dinosaur’s relatively complete abdominal ribs.
“Now that we’ve found the peritoneal ribs, it’s very significant for understanding what life was like for these dinosaurs back then,” According to Hailu You, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.