Real Dragon Fossils on Display in China

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Some fossils, named the “China dragon fossils”, were recently exhibited in the Xinwei Ancient Life Fossils Museum in Anshun, Guizhou.

When archeologists first stripped the clay off the fossil, they found the dragon had a pair of horns above its head and the shape of the dragon was very like the legendary animal often described in books and stories.

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Dragons have often appeared in Chinese legends. The dragon with two horns on its head is regarded as a totem. The totem was first invented by Chinese ancestors and worshipped by the Chinese people. Therefore Chinese people are also called the “descendents of the dragon”.

For a long time, scientists thought that the dragon was a fictional animal existing only in stories.

The dragon fossil was found in Guanling County, Anshun City, in 1996, and has been kept in a good condition. It is measured 7.6 meters long. Its head is 76 centimeters long and the neck is 54 centimeters long. The body is 2.7 meters in length and 68 centimeters in width, and the tail is 3.7 meters long.

The dragon’s head is in a triangle shape. Its mouth is 43 centimeters long. The widest part of the head is 32 centimeters long. The horns project from the widest part of the head, and are symmetrical and 27 centimeters long. They are a little bit curved and tilted, which makes the fossil look very much like the legendary dragon.

The China dragon was a reptile animal living in the ocean in Triassic Period about 200 million years ago. It was an amphibian. It spent most of its time living in water, although sometimes it walked on land. It also laid eggs on land. The animal lived on fish and small reptile animals.

This is the first time that China found a dragon fossil with a pair of horns. Its discovery provides some evidence to prove that dragons might really have horns. The fossil provides important scientific information for people to trace the origin of the Chinese legendary dragon.

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DanBolivar
DanBolivar

I hate to break it to you folks but this is a model... a statue... a prop. From an artist known for monster and creature sculptures.

Rick Hand
Rick Hand

I can kind of see a connection between the spinasourous and the dragon I mean who knows maybe two of the spinasouras's eggs mutated or evoled to where the spine on there back turned to wings and that became the dragon I mean the r real close resemblance if u look at it I mean if u take the spinasourus's spine away and give him wings bam a dragon so tell me what u think.

Shreyash Govalkar
Shreyash Govalkar

the last real dragon was killed in europe around 3 to 4 hunred years ago. Dracorex hogwartsia - a known "dinosaur" on display in a couple museums. Check the Net.

Gary Navarre
Gary Navarre

Dracorex hogwartsia - a known "dinosaur" on display in a couple museums. Check the Net.

Caleb Fowler
Caleb Fowler

the last real dragon was killed in europe around 3 to 4 hunred years ago.

Pompey Junio Tripona
Pompey Junio Tripona

this is just another discovery of science.. its just like the topic that chickens are related to Trex xD.

Ken Zheng
Ken Zheng

All right, I'm not sure whatever that fossil is real or not but if it is, its getting my hopes up! Who here in face book thinks its real, others fake?

Pompey Junio Tripona
Pompey Junio Tripona

Yeap dragons are another form of dinosaurs It could be real but I think its not fire breathing eventhough it used to be like that..

Brandi Elizabeth Yates Nelson
Brandi Elizabeth Yates Nelson

there is actually a breed of lizard nicknamed "flying dragon" but is named draco volans. google it for yourself. oh, and komodo dragons also.

Brandi Elizabeth Yates Nelson
Brandi Elizabeth Yates Nelson

just saying thats what its called...they all kinda look like dinos so maybe dragons were real wayyyy back in the day, just a different breed of dinosaur

Sid Mute
Sid Mute

The Komodo "dragon" is a monitor lizard...these are nicknames, they aren't actual dragons. It's sad that this apparently needs to be explained..

Ronifel Honculada Lacierda
Ronifel Honculada Lacierda

We all know China expert in making Fake all ITEMS.. even some Chinese are fake, right? will that's impossible to them coz they all most copied things from various items on earth!

gadgets
gadgets

Remarkably well written post!!

Christopher Nino M. Arca
Christopher Nino M. Arca

What we find simply amazing is that both sides are saying that what they say is true. And nothing can be more further from the truth. History will tell who was right and who was wrong. Our idea about dragons mostly came from a mystical legend. Arthurian legends. But most of it came from the Orient, Asia, prior to the becoming of the Arthurian Legend. Why dragon? The term dragon is more of an adjective than a noun. It is an exaggerated term for gigantic, dangerous, evilish. What the people call dragons in the ancient times we now call dinosaurs, lizards, crocodiles. Our dragons in the modern times are the large crocs caught in tv. The metaphysical dragon that we are most familiar of, is the flying reptile, is just a personification of qualities and ideas elevated into something surreal that we come to derive as not ours. Those metaphysical dragons are attributes of the human condition which now is no longer applicable, come the age of rationalization. Children's dreams are filled with fantasy which we have to admit have their own sense of reality. Those fantasies of children actually do come in touch with the reality we live in now.

seth111
seth111

doesnt annyone think that maybe they could become 1 with the earth

lesly
lesly

yeah .........right dragons are NOT real

Mahmud Pakistani
Mahmud Pakistani

Yeah Chinese are idiots. This fossile was declared an composite of various other fossils and an complete FAKE. But they wont listen.

wolflover
wolflover

Er is it just me or can you see the CASTING MOLDS behind it? pretty good fake I'd say. Not everything is true on the internet

Naves
Naves

And what if dragons are only tales ! or if there were really real dragons in ancient times...Who knows the answer? Unless we dont see a real dragon no one will believe on one side of the answer.

santy
santy

well, if dragons lived millions of year ago, then dragons and dinosour's fossils would be the same, it's like we call them dinosaurs here and they call them dragons there in china!!!

dragion man
dragion man

if dinosaurs were real why not dragons?

Anthony Ash
Anthony Ash

The above 2 statements were not known to the people of the ancient past. This lack of information caused them to wildly turn to more magical properties, to find explanations for things that they couldn't understand. 5) Humans seek to understand as much as possible, unless they have determination not to. That determination, however, is not a natural part of human behavior. Knowledge-seeking is. In trying to understand the world, the lack of science set no boundry to the levels of imagination the people were left to. 6) Human personalities are not manipulated by pure and mystical essences such as "souls". Whether or not there is a soul is not relative. Your personality is born entirely from your environment, and the reactions you give to the environment, the experiences building up to create a being that has, at most, one view of the world. It is a fact that the environment is what influences your beliefs, because your environment consists of friends, family, etc. that manipulate you by telling you stories of mystical things and whatnot. That is how the legend of dragons is passed down.

Anthony Ash
Anthony Ash

Dragons are similar to dinosaurs? Why? Because someone dug up dino bones and put on wings, horns, etc. without performing anatomical analysis? They looked at a lizard, and made them out to be the descendants, long lost cousin, or whatever relation to a mystical and great being? No matter how much you try to keep it away, logic is the purest form of the universe. Everything has a formula, it just has to be discovered. THAT is my OPINION, not PROVEN to be FACT. Quarks, hadrons, atoms, molecules, cells, tissue, organs, organ systems, organisms. This is what we're made of. Oxygen, nitrogen, other sets of perfectly normal chemical gases. This is what we breathe.

josh22311
josh22311

so for those of you who have doubt about if dragons are or were ever real or not then think of modern times. think of all the strange animals we have found that were said to be extinct. so everyone who believes in the theory of evolution and are denying the fact that dragons may exist, where did snakes jesus lizards winged lizards and many many other reptiles evolve from? you all think that birds evolved from lizards but how is that possible if the dna structures are so far off? im just saying that i agree with ashy dont coment or speculate until you have done some seriouse exstensive reaserch that is real not just on the internet cuz google is probably not the best resource for all you redneck scientists. its all good ashy i got your back. think smart, not hard all you people in denial. when you can show proof that they never have or could have exsisted then i will believe thats true.

Sun Tzu's daddy
Sun Tzu's daddy

So if I show you proof that dragons never existed, thats the only way you'll believe me. I understand where your coming from, but lack of evidence to the contrary is not proof of dragons' existence. Hence the saying goes "proof positive" not "proof negative". I don't think it's very productive to call people redneck scientists just because they disagree with you. You don't have to insult people to make a point and it makes you come off as someone who just wants to argue.

lol
lol

fake fake fakity fake FAKE

i love DRAGONS
i love DRAGONS

i love dragons and in my opinion thats real! iv seen all the dragon movies made and like everyone of then tells that dragons are extremly smart.

blooddragon32
blooddragon32

HAHAHAHA by Sun Tzu for those that dont know who sun tzu he was the author of the art of war. as amazing as this would be the simple fact that they put by Sun Tzu makes it ineligible.

Zoe
Zoe

Dragons are real because here is a website that YOU will love honestly here http://www.angelfire.com/falcon/enchanted-moon/dr... there you go read it all and it has to contact your own dragon so YOU can ride it ITS TRUE but DONT TYPE IN GOOGLE type it in the search bar the 1 up the top k HAVE FUN ON YOUR OWN DRAGON!!!

NO.1
NO.1

the guy found a dinoursour and called it a dragon.no prof it still has organs muscelsn ect. in it. look at the picture: its hollow if it was found on somthing like animal planet its gotta be REAL

daniel han
daniel han

if dragons really existed, that's nice, but if they still existed until the present day, that would be great. but i'm not sure if this thing is real. actually, im a very-not-sure-of-things guy. theres a bunch of dudes and dudates out there that thinks that they, themselves, are some kind of genetic mutation that allows them to mutate into a dragon and turn back into their human for at will. theres a bunch of forums from other websites that says about that, and while reading them forum threads, i was like "O.o what the-" and "...wow..." and sometimes "what the f--- is a merlin's staff?"

Dillon
Dillon

What the ???? I absolutely loooooooooooooove dragons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How the hell did u find 1.