It further shows that digit loss evolved independently in several two-legged dinosaur lineages. The discovery also suggests China’s Gobi Desert could be home to more diverse dinosaur fossils.

A simulated picture of the two dinosaurs walking, Sinosauropteryx lingyuanensis (right) and Huadanosaurus sinensis (left), found in Lingyuan, Liaoning province. [Photo by Zhao Chuang/For China ...

The discovery is also said to shed some light on the link between modern birds and dinosaurs. The perfectly preserved embryo retrieved in Ganzhou, a city in southern China, was preparing to be ...