Why Zigong, Sichuan is the "hometown of dinosaurs"

Because most of the most famous dinosaurs in China were found in Zigong, Sichuan Province. The number is small, but Zigong dinosaur museum is there.

The famous dinosaur fossils unearthed in Zigong, Sichuan include Yongchuan Dragon, Heping Pirate Dragon, Jianshe Qilong, Tuojiang Dragon, Huayang Dragon, Emei Dragon, Yandulong, Mamen Xilong in Shi Yang, Mamen Xilong in Hechuan, Giant Spinosaur and so on.

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Zigong dinosaur museum, Sichuan:

Zigong Dinosaur Museum is located in the northeast of Zigong City, Sichuan Province, away from the city center 1 1 km.

It is a large-scale site museum built on the world-famous "Dashanpu dinosaur fossil site", another large-scale site museum in China after Banpo Site and Terracotta Warriors Pit, the first professional dinosaur museum in China and one of the three largest dinosaur site museums in the world.

The museum covers an area of more than 66,000 square meters, and its collection of fossil specimens almost covers all known dinosaur species in Jurassic period 201-65438+45 million years ago, making it one of the places with the largest collection and display of Jurassic dinosaur fossils in the world.

It was named "the best dinosaur museum in the world" by National Geographic magazine.

Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia-The Land of Dinosaurs