A 240 million year old fossil of a "Chinese dragon" was revealed for the first time - voila! tourism. The reptile, known as Dinocephalosaurus orientalis, was a giant 5-meter-long creature that lived in southwestern China during the Triassic period.
By piecing together the many samples, the team showed that the creature had a significantly longer neck than previously estimated. Despite their marine lifestyle and long necks, the researchers explain that the "Chinese dragons" were not related to Plesiosauria, a series of ancient marine reptiles that evolved 40 million years later.