KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 16 — Dinosaur fossils believed to be from the tooth of an Iguanodon have been unearthed by a 17-man geological expedition in Mount Gagau, Hulu Terengganu last month.
According to a news report by The Star Online today, the fossils comprising several footprints, bones and teeth were believed to be of three different dinosaur species.
“The teeth, measuring about 1.5 cm in length, and some of the footprints, belonged to an Iguanodon while two other different footprints were dinosaurs of the theropod and sauropod families.
“The dinosaur bones that were found in a rock is yet to be identified,” said the Star report.
“This is a very significant discovery and the people of Terengganu will be very proud of this.
“It will also provide an added value into gazetting the Kenyir lake area into a geopark,” the Star quoted Terengganu Mentri Besar Datuk Ahmad Razif Abd Rahman, as saying when he made the announcement at Wisma Darul Iman in Kuala Terengganu today.
The find that is the first dinosaur fossil discovered in Terengganu comes days after the announcement of a second dinosaur fossil discovery in Pahang.
The Star also reported Minerals and Geoscience Department director-general Datuk Yunus Abd Razak as saying the discovery showed that findings of more dinosaur fossils in the area were highly likely.
Yunus added that the findings in Terengganu were more significant than in Pahang as most of the fossils were intact and also located near to each other.
Fossilised remains were first identified in the 1970s in the hills of Mount Gagau at the Kenyir lake national park in Terengganu.
