Hong Kong’s government said on Wednesday that scientists have found dinosaur fossils for the first time in the city, albeit the species is yet unclear.
According to a statement from the Development Bureau, experts from Hong Kong and mainland China determined that the remains belonged to a gigantic, ancient dinosaur that lived between 145 and 66 million years ago during the Cretaceous period.
It is estimated that the earliest people arrived on Earth approximately six million years ago.
According to the announcement, additional investigation will be carried out to verify the dinosaur’s species.
It also stated that the fossils will be on public exhibit starting on Friday.
They were found on the isolated northeastern Port Island of Hong Kong, where in March, probable vertebrate fossils were initially observed in sedimentary rock.
For additional excavations, the small, deserted outlying islet, which is a component of Hong Kong’s 150-square-kilometer (58-square-mile) UNESCO Global Geopark, has been closed as of Wednesday.
