Japan's largest dinosaur skeleton restored as life-size replica

The largest fossilized dinosaur skeleton discovered in Japan has been restored as a life-size replica, researchers and the town of Mukawa in Hokkaido where the original discovery was made said Wednesday.The replica of the 8-meter-long and 4-meter-tall plant-eating Hadrosaurid, dubbed "Mukawaryu," was created with duplicates of the actual fossils unearthed from a 72 million-year-old geological layer. The replica and the fossils will be displayed at the National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo for three months from July 13."A standing Mukawaryu has been resurrected after 72 million year…READ FULL ARTICLE