Fossil Discovery in Fukushima Suggests Diverse Iguanodontian Presence
Recent fossil discoveries in Fukushima, Japan, have provided new insights into the diversity of iguanodontians, a group of herbivorous dinosaurs. A fossil found in 1999 at the Iwaki City Ammonite Center has been identified as the right sternal plate of an indeterminate styracosternan, a type of iguanodontian. This specimen, estimated to be from a dinosaur about 3 meters in length, suggests that iguanodontians of varying sizes inhabited the coastal environments of East Asia during the Late Cretaceous period. The findings, published in Paleontological Research, highlight the presence of both large and small iguanodontians in the region, contributing to the understanding of their evolution and biogeography. 
