On Wednesday, the city’s government announced that scientists had discovered dinosaur fossils in Hong Kong for the first time, adding that the species remains unknown.
The Development Bureau said that experts from Hong Kong and mainland China identified the fossils as belonging to a large, aged dinosaur from the Cretaceous period, around 145 million to 66 million years ago.
The first humans are believed to have appeared on Earth around six million years ago.
Further analysis will be conducted to confirm the dinosaur species, the statement said.
The fossils will be put on public display starting Friday, it added.
They were discovered on Hong Kong’s remote northeastern Port Island, where suspected vertebrate fossils were first spotted in sedimentary rock in March.
The small, uninhabited outlying islet—part of Hong Kong’s 150-square-kilometer (58-square-mile) UNESCO Global Geopark—has been closed since Wednesday for further excavations.
AFP
