A national dinosaur geological park with China's most and intact
dinosaur footprint fossils opened to the public on Tuesday in the
northwestern province of
Gansu.
More than 100 fossils of dinosaur footprints have been found
since July 1999 on the slope of a hill in Yongjing County, most of
them intact, according to archaeologists. One is about 1.5 m long
and 1.2 m wide, thought to be the largest of its kind in the
world.
Liujiaxia National Geological Dinosaurs Park covers 15 square
kilometers, and is located about 60 kilometers west of the
provincial capital Lanzhou. There are more than 2,000 square meters
containing 1,724 footprint fossils there including those of other
reptiles and birds.
The park's construction cost over 7 million yuan (US$863,132)
and includes a Cretaceous dinosaur museum, a dinosaur footprint
exhibition area, a mock area of the ancient geology and a
scientific research institution.
People can see the fossils of invertebrates together with
geological relics like a Cretaceous stratum section in the
park.
(Xinhua News Agency October 12, 2005)
