China News Service, Shenyang, October 25th (Reporter Han Hong) On the 25th, at the "Le ˙ Earth-Liaoning Paleontological Fossil Fine Art Exhibition" held by the Liaoning Provincial Museum, more than 100 fine palaeontological fossils were exhibited, including "Liaoning Paleontological Fossil Fine Art Exhibition". A number of national treasure-level fossils, such as "Round and Round Egg" and Silong, restore the ancient life that was active in Liaoning during the Mesozoic period.
China is the world's largest country in fossil discovery and research.
Liaoning is rich in paleontological fossil resources. It is a province with large fossil resources. The total amount of fossils ranks in the forefront of the country. It is an important source of fossils that is well-known in the world. "The Yanliao Biota" shows the world the unique ecosystem of animal and plant communities in the Mesozoic terrestrial and freshwater in unprecedented detail.
According to Zhang Li, the deputy director of the Liaoning Provincial Museum, this is the first time in the museum's history that such a large-scale collection of fine fossils has been exhibited.
Based on the latest scientific research achievements made by paleontologists, this exhibition selects 87 fine fossils from nearly 4,000 collections of 11 paleontological fossil collection units in Liaoning Province, and displays them together with more than 40 fossils collected by the Liaoning Provincial Museum over the years. out.
The fossils on display in this exhibition are beautifully preserved and unique in type. Based on the restoration of the ancient environment of Liaoning in the Mesozoic, they include "Prehistoric Dragon Palace - Aquatic Vertebrates", "Survival at the Foot of Dinosaurs - Lizards and Mammals", "Ancient Greenery - Ancient Plants" and other five units.
Among them is a dinosaur egg named "Round Round Egg" discovered in Changtu, Liaoning Province. This late Cretaceous dinosaur egg is the first dinosaur egg discovered in China.
It is understood that paleontologists will name dinosaur eggs according to the origin of the fossils, the shape of the fossils, and the microscopic structure.
Psittacosaurus fossil.
Photo by Han Hong
In the exhibition hall, a fossil of about 10 small dinosaurs gathered together attracted the audience to stop.
According to Yang Yuqing, a member of the curatorial team, this is the most abundant dinosaur discovered in Liaoning, Psittacosaurus, a small herbivorous dinosaur widely distributed in East Asia. The cubs are grouped together to form a "prehistoric kindergarten" for management and feeding.
"One hundred million years at a glance," said Li Ran, a tourist who came to visit here. "Now that I think about it, the place where we live is actually the homeland of life in ancient times."
Zhang Li said that fossils are treasures gifted by nature to human beings, imprinted with the codes of ancient life. He hopes that through this exhibition, people will understand the diverse types and shapes of paleontological fossils in the land of Liaoning hundreds of millions of years ago.
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