Tokushima, Mar 29 (News On Japan) –
A fossilized decrease jaw tooth of an iguanodontian dinosaur, courting again roughly 130 million years, has been found in Tokushima Prefecture and is now on show at a neighborhood museum.
The fossil, exhibited on the Tokushima Prefectural Museum, was recognized as a part of the decrease jaw of an iguanodontian dinosaur.
It was unearthed from a geological layer in Katsura Town courting to the Early Cretaceous interval, round 130 million years in the past.
This marks the primary time a decrease jaw tooth of this sort has been found within the prefecture, with the specimen measuring 29.5 millimeters in size and 20 millimeters in width, making it one of many largest dinosaur tooth discovered within the space.
A vacationer visiting from Kobe mentioned, “It’s amazing to think that dinosaurs once lived in Tokushima. I’d love to learn more about that ancient time.”
Researchers say additional investigations could result in the invention of further jaw fossils sooner or later.
Source: KTV NEWS