The skeleton is now housed in a museum in Qijiang , but will be moved to a new dinosaur museum in the city that is currently being built . A 50-foot long skeleton would reveal a new species of long - necked dinosaur . Most of the Qijianglong is half of its body length . Found in 2006 by local farmers , the fossils are said to date back to the Late Cretaceous period .
A 50-foot long skeleton would reveal a new species of long - necked dinosaur . Most of the Qijianglong is half of its body length . Found in 2006 by local farmers , the fossils are said to date back to the Late Cretaceous period .