Dinosaur footprints found at mine

A large area of fossilized dinosaur footprints has been found at a copper mine in Sichuan province.

The mine's owner has agreed to a request from Zhaojue county, in the Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture, to stop operations, Ebi Jiefang, former head of the Zhaojue cultural heritage administration, said on Thursday.

On the afternoon of Nov 28, Ebi was at his home in Xichang when he received a call from Zike Lage, Party secretary of Zhaojue county.