China has completed a giant earth dam designed to prevent erosion destroying valuable fossils near its Russian border. According to the state news service, every year erosion washes away bones from Dinosaur Mountain, which sits on the Heilongjiang River dividing Russia and China. Now, however, a 1,450 metre long dam has been completed on the Chinese bank of the river.

“The embankment could effectively protect the Dinosaur Mountain from threats of water erosion and floods, thus, the dinosaur fossils are rescued from being washed away,” said Li Jinshan, vice director of Jiayin Dinosaur National Geologic Park Administrative Bureau (Xinhua).

Thousands of bones have been excavated from Dinosaur Mountain, previously named The Mountain of Dinosaur Bones according to Xinhua. There may be enough fossils left to construct 100 or more additional skeletons. Although a Reuters pick up of this story has generated a lot of coverage, further details are in short supply.