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Scientists discover 125 million-year-old dinosaur buried by volcanic eruption in China – The Independent
The burrowing animal was found perfectly preserved
Palaeontologists have discovered a new species of dinosaur estimated to be up to 125 million years old.
The fossils were found perfectly preserved in the Lujiatun Beds, in north-eastern China, after being buried by a Pompeii-like volcanic eruption.
Scientists believe the eruption would have trapped the creatures at the bottom of their burrows.
“These animals were quickly covered by fine sediment while they were still alive or just after their death,” Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Scien…
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