Dinosaur footprints found in a restaurant in Leshan?
Dinosaur footprints identified by experts
The restaurant where the incident occurred
On July 17, after the news spread that dinosaur footprints were found in a restaurant in Leshan, Sichuan, it aroused widespread concern among netizens.
The source said that the footprint was accidentally discovered by a customer while dining, and then contacted Associate Professor Xing Lida of China University of Geosciences (Beijing). Xing Lida and other experts confirmed that this was a Cretaceous Jiaguan Formation dinosaur site.
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The dinosaur footprint is located in the Leshan Horticultural Forest Restaurant, on a mountainside on the east bank of the Minjiang River in Leshan.
According to the news, on July 10, Mr. Ou went to the restaurant for dinner, and accidentally saw some peculiar pits in the yard. After careful observation, he found that these were likely dinosaur footprints.
That night, he contacted Associate Professor Xing Lida of China University of Geosciences (Beijing) through Weibo.
On July 16, an expert team composed of Associate Professor Xing Lida and Peng Guangguang, a research librarian from Zigong Dinosaur Museum, came to the Gardening Forest Restaurant for inspection and measurement.
After research, it is determined that these footprints are the Brontosaurus footprints of the Jiaguan Formation in the early Cretaceous, and more than ten footprints form two tracks.
According to Xing Lida, these are two tracks left by two sauropod dinosaurs with a body length of about 8 meters. They moved along the river in the arid environment of Guleshan about 100 million years ago, leaving footprints.
question:
Dinosaur footprints can be found with a meal
I'm afraid that the restaurant and the experts are hyping it together
A customer encounters a "dinosaur" while having a meal in a restaurant?
Some netizens questioned: Who is this customer?
What is his occupation, and how can he recognize dinosaur footprints at once?
Some netizens even questioned that this may be a marketing hype of Forest Restaurant.
Many netizens are not unfamiliar with Associate Professor Xing Lida, an expert in the identification of dinosaur footprints.
In October 2020, Xing Lida revealed the news that a 5-year-old boy from Sichuan returned to a Chinese and foreign public in Pakistan for a vacation, found dinosaur footprints and judged the type of dinosaur.
At that time, some netizens also questioned whether the 5-year-old child really had the ability to judge dinosaur footprints on the spot?
"A 5-year-old boy found dinosaur footprints before, and the existing customer restaurant recognizes dinosaur footprints!" Some netizens said that the two discoveries were indeed a coincidence.
Response:
Restaurant: "The clearer is self-cleaning" Expert: "Not worth a refutation"
Ms. Zhu, the person in charge of the restaurant, told reporters that their restaurant serves private dishes. Mr. Ou found dinosaur footprints when he came to eat on July 10, so he sent the picture to Associate Professor Xing Lida through Weibo. On July 16, experts attended the event. Inspection confirmation.
According to Ms. Zhu, Mr. Ou is an interior decorator and often deals with stones, and he is very fond of archaeology and dinosaurs. He is often studying by himself, so after seeing it, he feels like dinosaur footprints.
Ms. Zhu told reporters that the place where the restaurant is located was originally an old house. When it was transformed into an ecological restaurant, the original cement floor was dug up, the original red sandstone and stone texture was preserved, and it returned to the primitive state, but there was no effect on these potholes. I don't care, but I didn't expect it to be dinosaur footprints.
In response to the doubts of netizens, Ms. Zhu said that the clearer is self-clearing, and the most important thing at present is to protect these dinosaur footprints to avoid damage.
Xing Lida said that Mr. Ou is a designer and is very interested in stones. After discovering the "dinosaur footprints", he took a photo and sent it to him through Weibo. After he confirmed it, he also responded on Weibo.
Regarding the question raised by some netizens "whether to hype with the restaurant", Xing Lida said that "it's not worth refuting."
Xing Lida said that in recent years, popular science has become popular among the public, and even ordinary people can make contributions to natural science.
As far as the field of dinosaur footprints he studies, he can receive multiple clues through new media every year for them to investigate and verify.
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