fossils

Aerial photos reveal large sections of the cliffs, famed for their fossils, have collapsed.

The Times reported that the original project cost was $650 million, which rose after a yearlong delay precipitated by the discovery of fossils and tar under the construction site.

Normally nonconfrontational paleontologists were so wowed by their fossils that they sued to try to protect the land.

Dr Smith’s colleagues found the fossil in a pile of “prehistoric grit” during a study of half-billion-year-old rock deposits in the north of China known to contain microscopic fossils.

A team of technicians at Yunnan University spent years sifting through the material and picking fossils out of the dust.