福建省上杭縣發(fā)現(xiàn)了"恐龍舞池"

A team of Chinese researchers have found a massive concentration of dinosaur footprints, scientifically termed as "dinosaur dance floor," in Shanghang county, east China's Fujian province.

我國科考團(tuán)隊在福建省上杭縣發(fā)現(xiàn)了大量同時期恐龍足跡化石，即業(yè)內(nèi)所稱的"恐龍舞池"。

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The "dance floor" is an excavation site measuring 100 square meters and approximately 200 dinosaur tracks have been identified there, said Xing Lida, a paleontologist at the China University of Geosciences and a member of the research team.

據(jù)中國地質(zhì)大學(xué)古生物學(xué)者、該科考團(tuán)隊成員邢立達(dá)介紹，科考團(tuán)隊在一處100平方米的清理現(xiàn)場發(fā)現(xiàn)了約200枚恐龍足跡。

The concentration of dinosaur footprints indicates that it could have been a pathway for dinosaurs roaming the area in a relatively short period of time during the Late Cretaceous, he added.

邢立達(dá)說，這個區(qū)域恐龍足跡非常多，意味著該區(qū)域可能是晚白堊世恐龍日?；顒拥囊粋€通道，當(dāng)時在比較短的時間內(nèi)有很多恐龍在此來回走動。