Dinosaur village offers new body of evidence (3)

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(China Daily)

"The most significant paleontological finds in the recent decade were carried out on the fossil sites in Liaoning province," Wang said.

Wang led a scientific research team in west Liaoning for 15 years excavating large quantities of amphibian, dinosaur, pterosaur, bird and mammal fossils.

Yet Wang was always attracted by Laiyang, a site of huge potential.

"Geological records show the excavation at Jingangkou was not finished, and the fossils were in a relatively small area, and covered a host of dinosaur species," Wang said.

"When I saw the geological fault in the mountains and the valley, I knew that this type of landscape preserves fossils."

The problem was, where to start.

The exact places where Tan Xichou and Yang Zhongjian excavated had been long forgotten.

Wang's team carried out extensive geological surveys and interviewed elderly residents hoping they would still remember Tan's excavation 90 years ago.

During the search, the team found a site full of broken dinosaur bones - which they call the second site - and they started the excavation.

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