This paper reviews the distribution characteristics of dinosaur fossils in China in terms of geography and geological history and summarizes the scientific and social economic value of the dinosaur fossil resources.According to the distribution characteristics of dinosaur fossils found all over China,small-and-middle-sized prosauropod dinosaurs,distributed in southwest China,were the principal species in early Jurassic; middle-and-big-sized sauropod dinosaurs,mainly distributed in Sichuan Province,were dominant in Middle Jurassic; giant sauropod dinosaurs were distributed in most areas of China in late Jurassic when sauropod dinosaurs reached the greatest flourishment; ornithopoda and theropod dinosaurs,distributed in Central China,Northwest China and East China,were the major ones in early Cretaceous,and dinosaur fauna were distributed in the middle and eastern parts of China in late Cretaceous.Based on the scientific and social economic value brought by the resource of Chinese dinosaur fossils,this paper presents a suggestion that social institutions of far-reaching significance such as museums and geological parks should be built at the fossil sites.
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