# Fukushima dinosaur bone from 1999 identified as 3-metre iguanodontian

2026-08-08T16:42:06+00:00 | World & Diplomacy | Indian Opinion Desk

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Times of India reports that a dinosaur bone discovered in Fukushima, Japan, in 1999 and left unstudied for over two decades has been identified as the breastbone of a plant-eating iguanodontian. Researchers estimate the dinosaur was about 3 metres long, much smaller than other iguanodontian fossils found in the same geological formation. The finding suggests that dinosaurs of different sizes lived in coastal East Asia during the Late Cretaceous, around 90 to 88 million years ago. The study was published in Paleontological Research in 2026.

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- timesofindia.indiatimes.com <https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/in-1999-a-dinosaur-bone-was-found-on-japans-fukushima-coast-and-left-unstudied-in-2026-scientists-identified-it-belonged-to-a-3-metre-iguanodontian-that-lived-90-million-years-ago/articleshow/133054574.cms>

Tags: dinosaur fossil, Fukushima, Iguanodontian, Japan, Late Cretaceous, paleontology
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