Two (2) nearly complete skeletons of a new species of burrowing dinosaur have been recently found in the Lower Cretaceous Lujiatun Beds of western Liaoning Province of China. The intact fossils of the said new species of dinosaur are of the Changmiania liaoningensis, the most primitive ornithopod dinosaur to date. Ornithopods are a group of herbivorous dinosaurs that flourished in the Cretaceous period. Tentatively, it was hypothesized the two Changmiania liaoningensis specimens were trapped by a volcanic eruption at the bottom of their burrows while they were resting. In Chinese, Changmian means “eternal sleep.” “…certain characteristics of the skeleton suggest … Continue reading Perfectly Intact Fossils of Dinosaurs Trapped by Volcanic Eruption 125 Million Years Ago, Discovered