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The 2010 Regulation on the Protection of Fossils has limited the production of dragon bones to fossils determined to have no archeological value, typically badly preserved ones. [22] In TCM practice, oyster shells (ostreae concha) are considered to have a similar function and may be used in place of or together with dragon bones. [22]
The skeleton of an extinct prehistoric reptile predator, known as a sea dragon, is the largest and most complete ever discovered in the U.K., researchers said Monday.
The Yuanyanglong fossil material, was discovered in 2021 in sediments of the Miaogou Formation (Maortu locality) in the Gobi Desert of Chilantai, Inner Mongolia, China.Two incomplete skeletons were found in association on the same block, which are assumed to represent the same species based on comparable anatomy and body size.
Its generic name means "dragon of death" in Greek, while its specific name is a Quechuan word meaning "flying serpent" and refers to the Incan deity Amaru. Thanatosdrakon is known from two specimens, the holotype , consisting of a partial postcranial skeleton, and the paratype , consisting of a left humerus .
Newly-discovered fossils have allowed scientists to reveal a 240-million-year-old “dragon” in its entirety for the first ever time, National Museums Scotland (NMS) said in a statement on Friday.
A “dragon”-like creature climbed near the top of a rocky peak in Laos. The animal’s coloring blended seamlessly into the surrounding patchwork of sunlight and shadows.
Most of the fossil remains of Cryodrakon belong to either young or subadult individuals, from which a wingspan of about 5 m (16 ft) could be estimated. However, much larger fossils have been unearthed, including an incomplete fifth cervical (neck) vertebra that measures 40 cm (1 ft 4 in). If complete, it could have measured at least 50 cm (1 ft ...
The genus name refers to the Bakony Mountains and to Latin draco, "dragon". The specific epithet galaczi honors Professor András Galácz, who helped the authors in the Iharkút Research Program, where fossils are since 2000 found in open-pit mining of bauxite, among them the remains of pterosaurs, the first ever discovered in Hungary.