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Within a few more weeks his team had discovered the remains of two big meat-eating dinosaurs
短短几周内，他的研究小组发现了两只大型食肉恐龙的遗体
and no fewer than six giant plant-eaters.
和不下于6只大型植食恐龙
They really had found something truly spectacular
他们终于发现了一个无比壮观的地方
a mid-Jurassic dinosaur graveyard and then it got even better. They found more.
一个中侏罗世恐龙墓地，后来事情越来越顺利。他们有了更多的发现
Fossils from the mid-Jurassic that they'd never expected to find,
一些他们不曾指望找到的中侏罗世化石
everything from strange fish to flying reptiles, even plants.
从奇怪的鱼类到会飞的爬行动物，甚至还有植物
It was amazing, it was like to open a Pandora's box
这太令人吃惊了，就像是打开了潘多拉魔盒
with many different animals - flying reptiles, mammals, crocodiles.
跑出来各种各样的动物，会飞的爬行动物、哺乳动物、鳄鱼等等
Their fossil treasure trove was so complete, it even included exquisitely preserved dinosaur skin.
他们的化石收藏非常全面，甚至包括保存得十分精细的恐龙皮肤
It was a mid-Jurassic time machine, an almost complete ecosystem from this missing period in dinosaur evolution.
这是一部中侏罗世时光机器，几乎重现了这个失落的恐龙进化时期的整个生态面貌
It was everything they'd been looking for.
它包含了他们要找的一切
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罗纪中期的圣杯
precisely where people wanted to look in terms of resolving this perplexing question.
而人们正希望从它那里得到这个难题的答案
Finally they had a chance to find out what had happened to the dinosaurs in the mid-Jurassic
最后，他们终于有机会了解中侏罗世恐龙身上的真相。
