Scientists discover new dragon-like dinosaur species in China

There's a new species of dinosaur, and it resembles a mythical Chinese dragon. Local farmers in Qijiang city, China, originally found its fossils back in 2006 and dubbed the dinosaur Qijianglong, meaning "dragon of Qijiang," CNN reports.

In findings published this week in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, University of Alberta researchers say the dinosaur, a species unique to Asia, was 50 feet long, with its neck taking up half its body.

"The new dinosaur tells us that these extreme species thrived in isolation from the rest of the world," researcher Tetsuto Miyashita told CNN.

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They found a vertebrae, skull, and tail, which will all end up at the city's new dinosaur museum when construction wraps up.