A sleeping treasure in a university collection has turned out to be Japan’s iconic extinct mammal
Monday, July 30, 2018 - 14:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
After more than 60 years, the bone of an iconic extinct Japanese mammal has been rediscovered. With the help of an old label and local knowledge, two equally possible sites in the town of Tsuchiyu Onsen were identified. The 'dinosaur' bone was discovered during construction of a debris dam and identified as the 15.9-million-year-old femur of Paleoparadoxia, a genus of marine mammals.