Tag Archive for 'Mukawaryu'

Life reconstruction of Kamuysaurus japonicus with a carcass of a mosasaur (Phosphorosaurus ponpetelegans), a sea turtle (Mesodermochelys undulates), and shells of ammonoids (Patagiosites compressus and Gaudryceras hobetsense) and bivalves (Nannonavis elongatus) on the beach. Image credit: Kobayashi et al, doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-48607-1.

New Duck-Billed Dinosaur Unveiled: Kamuysaurus japonicus

Sep 6, 2019 by Natali Anderson

A new genus and species of hadrosaurid (duck-billed) dinosaur has been identified from bones discovered six years ago in Japan. Life reconstruction of...

A nearly-complete skeleton of the duck-billed dinosaur Mukawaryu. Image credit: Hobetsu Musem / Hokkaido University Museum.

Japanese Paleontologists Unearth Nearly Complete Skeleton of Duck-Billed Dinosaur

Jun 6, 2017 by News Staff

In a stunning fossil discovery in Japan, paleontologists unearthed a nearly complete skeleton of a duck-billed dinosaur that lived approximately 72 million...