Lufengosaurus found near a road construction site

[pylraster]

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-12/08/c_134896242.htm

Not sure if this has been posted but it's awesome. Finding a skeleton in that condition must have been a paleontologist's dream.

Everything Dinosaur also shared this earlier (thanks Mike!)

[laticauda]

I could be wrong, but isn't Lufengosaurus Huenei a junior synonym for Lufengosaurus Magnus.  If that is the case, why does the article state that they found both Lufengosaurus H. and Lufengosaurus M.?  Anyways, the pictures in the article are cool.

[amargasaurus cazaui]

maybe they got hit by a car....

[pylraster]

Mesozoic roadkill! What surprised me more was the decision to build a museum around it.

[laticauda]

maybe they got hit by a car....

They probably froze like deer in headlights. 

I wonder if there anymore in the vicinity that might be found as they re-route the road building?

[LophoLeeVT]

hmmm.. maybe the two types of lufengosaurus are one adult and its baby?

[Tyto_Theropod]

What an amazing find! The preservation here is excellent. Perhaps these specimens will shed new light on Lufengosaurus and its relatives?

[Everything_Dinosaur]

You are most welcome, we had sat on the press release for a few days, but the images we got sent were fantastic so we just had to publish.  Big debate at the moment with regards to the stratigraphic distribution of Lufengosaurus genera.  We are still sticking to a Hettangian/Sinemurian age but accurately dating strata from Yunnan province a nightmare.

[allosaurusrock]

I let out a gasp when I saw the fossils. What annoys me is the "archaeologist" on the first page.