On October 23, 2024, the
Development Bureau announced that experts discovered
dinosaur skeletons
fossils in Chek Chau, which was the first time dinosaur fossils were discovered in
Hong Kong. According to expert estimates, the
fossil belongs to the
Cretaceous period, about 145 million to 66 million years ago; the
dinosaur may have been buried under
sand and
gravel after death, then washed out of the surface by
floods, and then buried again until its fossilized form was discovered. The
Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department later admitted that the fossils were discovered back in 2013 but the department has to prioritize other work and so the fossils were stuck in identification for 11 years. ==Conservation==