He was looking for so-called dragon teeth -- the name given to fossil teeth from all sorts of animals that were used in traditional Chinese medicine.

他一直在寻找所谓的龙牙——中国传统医学中对各种动物牙齿化石的称呼。

They found that the structure and the composition of the fossil teeth were most similar to those of the only great apes left in Asia – the orangutans.

他们发现化石牙齿的结构和组成与亚洲仅存的类人猿——猩猩的牙齿最相似。

Based on some fossil teeth that he found in Sussex, Mantell was convinced that he had found the prehistoric equivalent of an iguana -- albeit one about 30 meters long.

根据他在苏塞克斯发现的一些牙齿化石，曼特尔确信他找到了史前鬣蜥的等同物——尽管长约 30 米。