福建省上杭县发现了"恐龙舞池"

A team of Chinese researchers have found a massive concentration of dinosaur footprints, scientifically termed as "dinosaur dance floor," in Shanghang county, east China's Fujian province.

我国科考团队在福建省上杭县发现了大量同时期恐龙足迹化石，即业内所称的"恐龙舞池"。

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The "dance floor" is an excavation site measuring 100 square meters and approximately 200 dinosaur tracks have been identified there, said Xing Lida, a paleontologist at the China University of Geosciences and a member of the research team.

据中国地质大学古生物学者、该科考团队成员邢立达介绍，科考团队在一处100平方米的清理现场发现了约200枚恐龙足迹。

The concentration of dinosaur footprints indicates that it could have been a pathway for dinosaurs roaming the area in a relatively short period of time during the Late Cretaceous, he added.

邢立达说，这个区域恐龙足迹非常多，意味着该区域可能是晚白垩世恐龙日常活动的一个通道，当时在比较短的时间内有很多恐龙在此来回走动。