Huge dinosaur discovery in China: state media

December 30, 2008 A Museum worker cleans fossils in Hohhot

A Museum worker cleans fossils in Hohhot. Paleontologists in east China have dug up what they believe is one of the world's largest group of dinosaur fossils including the remains of an enormous "platypus"

Paleontologists in east China have dug up what they believe is one of the world's largest group of fossilised dinosaur bones, including the remains of an enormous "platypus," state press said Tuesday.

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TJ_alberta - Dec 30, 2008
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"...with a wingspan wider than 16 metres,"

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Sonhouse - Dec 30, 2008
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Well it IS a duck isn't it:)
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DGBEACH - Dec 30, 2008
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Holy flying platypii Batman!
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