J. Bob in Chengdu, China

I am teaching in Chengdu, China on a teacher exchange program between Phoenix Country Day School and the Chengdu Experimental Foreign Languages School.

Saturday, September 16, 2006

Zigong Dinosaur Museum



I had a wonderful trip today to the town of Zigong, which is about 140km south of Chengdu. This is one of the three best dinosaur museums in the world! They have discovered many new species and filled in the fossil record for middle Jurassic time. The museum is built over the fossil site and there is a huge open area in the center where you can view the excavations. Unfortunately no pictures were allowed. The first photo is of a 160 million year old delicious bass; the second is the dinosaur hall where they have some of the fossils from the excavation. What I found particularly exciting is that these are real fossils not reproductions. The third picture is of a living fossil!

posted by J. Bob @ 4:35 AM  

4 Comments:

  • At 12:57 PM, Blogger ErinAlice said…

    Hey great pictures. Looks like lots of fun. The girls really enjoyed seeing the dinosaur.

     

  • At 12:53 AM, Blogger J. Bob said…

    Hi Tay,
    According to the guide in Zigong the largest dinosaur fossil is in Colorado. It is called supersaurus. The museum in Zigong has a cast of the left front leg which is about 7m tall.

     

  • At 8:31 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    i like the mask, looks sweet.
    ps: what does ps mean????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hope you read this: mask makes you look younger.

     

  • At 2:10 AM, Blogger J. Bob said…

    Dear Anonymous,
    PS means post script. Of course I look younger as a 160 million year old dinosaur! I have seen live trilobites. Hummmmmm, how old would that make me?

    PS: Who are you?

     

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