Hong Kong discovers dinosaur fossils for the first time

An expert from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Hong Kong’s Antiquities and Monuments Office/AP)

Officials in Hong Kong say they have discovered dinosaur fossils for the first time on a remote, uninhabited island which is part of a geo park.

Experts confirmed the fossils were part of a large dinosaur from the Cretaceous period, about 145 million to 66 million years ago, the government said in a statement.