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    • Caudipteryx zoui
    • Huayangosaurus taibaii
    • Lufengosaurus huenei
    • Mamenchisaurus jingyanensis
    • Mamenchisaurus youngi
    • Omeisaurus tianfuensis
    • Pliosaur
    • Psittacosaurus sinensis
    • Sinosauropteryx prima
    • Shunosaurus lii
    • Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus
    • Velociraptor mongoliensis
    • Yangchuanosaurus huopingensis
    • Yangchuanosaurus shangyouensis
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Image Gallery: Chinese dinosaurs

How did modern birds evolve from small feathered dinosaurs about 140 million years ago? In fact, modern birds are so closely related to dinosaurs that many scientists are now saying that dinosaurs are not extinct - they are alive and well and singing in your neighbourhood! Chinese dinosaur fossils tell an amazing story - view some reconstructions of these finds in this photo gallery.

Caudipteryx

Huayangosaurus

Lufengosaurus

Mamenchisaurus

Omeisaurus

Pliosaur

Shunosaurus

Sinosauropteryx

Tsintaosaurus

Velociraptor

Yangchuanosaurus