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Within a few more weeks his team had discovered the remains of two big meat-eating dinosaurs
短短幾周內，他的研究小組發現了兩只大型食肉恐龍的遺體
and no fewer than six giant plant-eaters.
和不下于6只大型植食恐龍
They really had found something truly spectacular
他們終于發現了一個無比壯觀的地方
a mid-Jurassic dinosaur graveyard and then it got even better. They found more.
一個中侏羅世恐龍墓地，后來事情越來越順利。他們有了更多的發現
Fossils from the mid-Jurassic that they'd never expected to find,
一些他們不曾指望找到的中侏羅世化石
everything from strange fish to flying reptiles, even plants.
從奇怪的魚類到會飛的爬行動物，甚至還有植物
It was amazing, it was like to open a Pandora's box
這太令人吃驚了，就像是打開了潘多拉魔盒
with many different animals - flying reptiles, mammals, crocodiles.
跑出來各種各樣的動物，會飛的爬行動物、哺乳動物、鱷魚等等
Their fossil treasure trove was so complete, it even included exquisitely preserved dinosaur skin.
他們的化石收藏非常全面，甚至包括保存得十分精細的恐龍皮膚
It was a mid-Jurassic time machine, an almost complete ecosystem from this missing period in dinosaur evolution.
這是一部中侏羅世時光機器，幾乎重現了這個失落的恐龍進化時期的整個生態面貌
It was everything they'd been looking for.
它包含了他們要找的一切
It was as if someone had unearthed a Holy Grail in the middle of the Jurassic
就好像是有人挖出了侏羅紀中期的圣杯
precisely where people wanted to look in terms of resolving this perplexing question.
而人們正希望從它那里得到這個難題的答案
Finally they had a chance to find out what had happened to the dinosaurs in the mid-Jurassic
最后，他們終于有機會了解中侏羅世恐龍身上的真相。
