Cretaceous Dinosaur Geopark

Zhucheng Dinosaur Park

synonym

Cretaceous Dinosaur Geopark generally refers to Zhucheng dinosaur park

Zhucheng Dinosaur National Geopark in Shandong Province is also called Cretaceous Dinosaur Geopark. The park project is located in Longdu street, Zhucheng, Shandong Province, the "dragon city of China". The total planning area of the project is 6000 mu, including 1500 mu of core area. It mainly constructs "one park, two cities and three bases". "One park", namely: Cretaceous park; "two cities", namely: Dinosaur Science City and dinosaur culture city; "three bases", namely: dinosaur and geological science popularization base, dinosaur animation film base, dinosaur entertainment and leisure base. The main hall is built in the shape of dinosaurs, mainly displaying the world's largest dinosaur fossil corridor, the world's most diverse dinosaur fossil cluster, and the world's highest individual hadrosaur fossil skeleton, among which more than 100 dinosaur fossil skeletons will be displayed.

Background of park construction

Zhucheng is rich in dinosaur fossil resources, which is a rare area with dinosaur skeleton fossils, dinosaur egg fossils and dinosaur footprint fossils. It has been confirmed by experts at home and abroad that it has at least five of the world's largest. The largest dinosaur fossil burial site in the world. A total of 30 dinosaur fossils have been found in 13 towns (streets) in the city, with a total burial area of more than 1500 square kilometers. Therefore, Zhucheng was named "China dragon city" by the Ministry of land and resources. Dinosaur fossil group with the largest exposed area in the world. In 2008, more than 20000 dinosaur fossils were unearthed in dinosaur Creek, covering an area of 23000 square meters. Two major geological sites, namely "dinosaur fossil corridor" and "dinosaur fossil uplift belt", were discovered. Among them, the dinosaur fossil corridor is more than 500 meters long and more than 30 meters deep, exposing more than 10000 fossils; the dinosaur fossil uplift belt is 300 meters long and more than 20 meters wide, exposing more than 3000 fossils; in Zang Kejia's hometown, Zang Jiazhuang's "dinosaur fossil stacking area" has been discovered, with more than 3000 dinosaur fossils lying high and low in layers, which is spectacular. According to experts, these three dinosaur fossil sites constitute the largest dinosaur fossil group in the world. The largest dinosaur footprint group in the world. In 2009, dinosaur footprints fossils were found in huanglonggou, Huanghua Town, Zhucheng City, covering an area of more than 5000 square meters, with more than 11000 dinosaur footprints, which were confirmed by experts as the largest dinosaur footprints group in the world. The largest hadrosaur skeleton group in the world. The dinosaur fossils unearthed in Zhucheng are mainly hadrosaurs. More than 500 pieces of hadrosaurs' femurs have been found, enough to hold more than 200 dinosaur skeletons. A number of hadrosaurs, such as "giant Shandong dragon" and "giant Zhucheng dragon", have been successfully assembled. Among them, "giant Zhucheng dragon" as the world's tallest hadrosaur fossil skeleton, is the world Guinness record holder, known as the "World Dragon King" by dinosaur experts. The fossil skeleton of "giant Cathaysian dragon" newly installed and initially named in 2009 is 22 meters long and 11 meters high, which is more than that of "giant Zhucheng dragon". One of the most abundant dinosaur species in the world. The complete and rare skeleton of fibrokeratosaurus unearthed in Zhucheng is confirmed by experts as the ancestor of the hornosaurs; the relatively complete skeleton of Tyrannosaurus Rex and the largest skeleton of onychosaurus in China are unearthed; the large-scale neck shield fossil and neokeratosaurus fossil are discovered outside North America for the first time, which belong to the new genus and species of dinosaurs and are named "Zhuxing" by Xu Xing, a famous dinosaur expert of the Chinese Academy of Sciences "Chinese Horned Dragon" and "unexpected Horned Dragon". More than 10 dinosaur genera and species have been found in Zhucheng, including 1 hadrosaur, 1 neocerasaurus, 2 tyrannosaurs, 1 Cerambycidae, 2 fibrocerambycidae, as well as methylosaurs, sauropods and turtles.

Project planning

In order to transform resource advantages into cultural and industrial advantages as soon as possible, Zhucheng municipal Party committee and municipal government took the development of dinosaur cultural tourism project as a major project to build a strong economic and cultural city in 2007, and proposed the protective development of dinosaur fossil resources in the city and the construction of Cretaceous Dinosaur Geopark in dinosaur stream. Shandong Zhucheng Dinosaur National Geopark The first phase of the project is mainly to build the main hall, covering two dinosaur fossil corridors, including the preface hall (earth Hall), the exhibition hall of dinosaur fossil group with the largest exposed area in the world, the hall of platypus, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Horned Dragon hall, Jialong hall, Mesozoic space-time tunnel, dinosaur museums all over the world, interactive experience Hall of human and dinosaur, film and television hall, etc. through the restoration of ancient environment, the reappearance of high-tech acousto-optic technology, and the reconstruction of culture Art shows and other means will show the world's largest dinosaur fossil corridor, the world's most diverse dinosaur fossil cluster, and the world's highest individual hadrosaur fossil skeleton, among which more than 100 dinosaur fossil skeletons will be displayed. According to reports, the main stadium is expected to be completed by the end of 2013.

Address: about 10 km northeast of Erlianhaote, Xilin Gol League

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