Bangkok: Former Deputy Prime Minister Suwat Liptapanlop, and Sommai Techawan, Director-General of Mineral resource department, announced the discovery of fossils of a previously-unknown species of predatory dinosaurs in an event attended by supporters of the fossil research programme, including Dr Duangsuda Chokchalermwong, Prof Dr Yoichi Azuma and Asst Prof Pratueng Jintasakul.
Pratueng said Siamraptor Suwati, as it has been named, was discovered at the Ban Saphan Hin site of the Khok Kruat Formation, Nakhon Ratchasima Province.