On the morning of Saturday, November 19, 2022, Mrs. Sambor Sophea, Director of the Department of Culture and Fine Arts of Koh Kong Province, and two officials inspected the dinosaur foѕѕіɩѕ. Wildlife Sanctuary, Koh Por Village, Pak Klang Commune, Mondul Seima District, Koh Kong Province, to prepare for excavation and storage at the Ministry of Environment.
“The first dinosaur fossil was found on Koh Por island in Cambodia ,” Khmer Times newspaper quoted Mr. Samal.
Dinosaur foѕѕіɩѕ found in Cambodia
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT OF CAMBODIA
This fossil was discovered in March 2021, is 70cm long, 20cm wide and located in a geological stratum that shows its age ranges from 65 to 190 million years..
Mr. Hun Marady, director of Koh Kong province’s environment department, said on October 27 that researchers spent about a year studying the fossil and based on the eⱱіdeпсe concluded that this is the fossil of a dinosaur.
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