7600 dinosaur bones were found in Shandong province since March. In China, Zhucheng in Shandong province is known locally as "dinosaur city". Researchers and scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences hope the find will help to explain why the creatures went extinct.
However, the researchers say a new fossil field discovered during mining explorations earlier this year appears to be even more important. About 3000 dinosaur bones have been dug up from a single pit just a few hundred metres long and thousands of others have been unearthed at a number of sites nearby. Excavations are currently suspended for the winter but will resume when the weather gets warmer. The scientists say they're expecting to find even more dinosaur remains. The local authorities in Shandong are making plans to set up a fossil park in the area
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