Scientists discover Tyrannosauripus in East China

FUZHOU - Paleontologists from China and the US have found a Tyrannosauripus, a giant dinosaur footprint fossil in East China's Jiangxi province, marking the first discovery of Tyrannosauripus in China.

The fossil was unveiled on Monday to the public in Yingliang Stone Nature History Museum, located in the coastal city of Nan'an, East China's Fujian province.

The track, found in Jiangxi's Ganzhou during road construction, was identified as Tyrannosauripus by scholars including Xing Lida with China University of Geosciences, Beijing, Niu Kecheng with Yingliang Stone Nature History Museum, and Martin G. Lockley from the University of Colorado.