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      Russia: 120-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton found in Siberia00:53

      Russia: 120-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton found in Siberia

      Russian Federation, Kemerovo Oblast
      Science and Tech
      June 24, 2014 at 07:34 GMT +00:00 · Published

      Archaeologists at the Shestakovsky excavation site have made an impressive discovery of a 120-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton, identified as Psittacosaurus Sibiricus, in Siberia's Kemerovo Oblast on Tuesday.

      The remains will be transported to Kemerovo for further examination after they were carefully excavated from earth in a soil cube. Work to remove the entire skeleton may take several months. Russian paleontologists began work at the excavation site on May 24.

      Russia: 120-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton found in Siberia00:53
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      Archaeologists at the Shestakovsky excavation site have made an impressive discovery of a 120-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton, identified as Psittacosaurus Sibiricus, in Siberia's Kemerovo Oblast on Tuesday.

      The remains will be transported to Kemerovo for further examination after they were carefully excavated from earth in a soil cube. Work to remove the entire skeleton may take several months. Russian paleontologists began work at the excavation site on May 24.

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