1. Dinotopia.
- Author
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Hecht, Jeff
- Subjects
DINOSAURS ,ZOOARCHAEOLOGY ,PSITTACOSAURUS ,FOSSIL reptiles - Abstract
This article presents information on Mei long dinosaur. It is also called the "soundly sleeping dragon," and is small enough to hold in two hands. Its head is tucked under its forelimb, like a sleeping bird with its head under a wing. Mei long is just the latest in a string of stunning finds to come out of a rock formation called Yixian in the Liaoning Sheng province of north-eastern China. The Yixian formation is stuffed full of dinosaurs, as well as birds, mammals, lizards, fish, turtles, insects and plants, all preserved in great detail. The single most common small dinosaur in the Yixian formation is psittacosaurus, a parrot-beaked plant-eater that walked on two legs.
- Published
- 2005