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Farmer makes dinosaur discovery on mountain
(China Daily)
Updated: 2005-05-09 10:59
A farmer in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region has found several dinosaur
fossils, CCTV.com reports.
Meaning to catch hedgehogs on mountain, Ma Yun, a farmer in Lingwu of
Ningxia, found a big stone which he immediately believed was not ordinary and
could be a dinosaur fossil.
Though mocked by his fellow villagers, the man called the local cultural
department, which sent experts who confirmed the find was a fossil from a
creature that lived 140 million years ago.
Archaeologists have started excavating the spot, while Ma has been hired to
keep watch over the area.
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