Fossils found

Dinosaur fossils thought to be 110 million years old have been discovered in Si Muang Mai district of Ubon Ratchathani.

Teeth and bones of dinosaurs from the early Cretaceous period were found among other fossils of crocodiles, turtles, river sharks and bony fish in Khokphasuam forest in a community of tambon Nakham.

The Cretaceous period marked the end of the age of the dinosaurs in what is known as the Great Extinction.

According to a survey team comprising local and French experts that surveyed the forest in 1993, the area used to be a large lake. Some of the fossils have been kept at the Mineral Resources Department and others at Tambon Nakham Administrative Organisation.