Yangchuanosaurus to appear on stamps

Big discovery: People lining up to see the fossil of Yangchuanosaurus when it was discovered at Yongchuan district, Chongqing, in 1976. (inset) A skull of Yangchuanosaurus.

BEIJING: Known as the “mobile meat grinder”, Yangchuanosaurus will be one of seven dinosaurs featured in the Chinese Dinosaur special stamp collection, according to Commemorative and Special Stamps Issue Plan 2017, China Post.

The collection will debut on May 19, and includes seven types of dinosaurs: Yangchuanosaurus, Tsintaosaurus Spinorhinus, Huayangosaurus, Gigantoraptor, Microraptor, Sinosauropteryx and Mamenchisaurus Hochuanensis.