30 more rocks containing dinosaur fossils found on Hong Kong’s Port Island
Remote island will reopen to public on Thursday, but visitors warned against exploring area on their own due to safety concerns
About 30 more rocks containing dinosaur fossils have been found on a remote island off the northern part of Hong Kong, just two months after the first such discovery was revealed.
Authorities also said that Port Island, where the fossils were found, would reopen to the public on Thursday. But the government warned visitors against exploring the area on their own, citing safety concerns.
A Development Bureau spokesman said experts from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences had excavated about 30 rocks containing dinosaur fossils since late October.
“The actual quantity of dinosaur fossils could only be confirmed after the fossil preparation was completed,” he said on Wednesday.
“After thorough inspections by the IVPP experts and local palaeontologists at the fossil discovery site, it was confirmed that all exposed fossils have been removed.”
The team of experts, alongside the city’s Antiquities and Monuments Office (AMO) and the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, will work on preparing the fossils and identifying the species of dinosaur found on Port Island.
