Zigong Dinosaur Museum

Skeletal reconstruction of Sinraptor hepingensis in the Zigong Dinosaur Museum

The Zigong Dinosaur Museum ( Chinese  自貢恐龍博物館  /  自贡恐龙博物馆 , Pinyin Zigong kǒnglóng bówùguǎn ) is located in the greater community Dashanpu ( 大山鋪 ) in Zigong in the central Chinese province of Sichuan . It was founded in 1987 and is Asia's first museum to specialize in dinosaurs .

In the 1980s , a large number of dinosaur fossils were excavated in the Dashanpu Formation , seven kilometers northeast of Zigong, including a Dashanpusaurus dinosaur named after the site . The genera on display include Omeisaurus , Gigantspinosaurus , Yangchuanosaurus , Huayangosaurus and Xiaosaurus .

Web links

• Zigong Dinosaur Museum - English
• The Zigong dinosaurs
• Popular Exhibition of Zigong Dinosaur Fossils throughout the World - English

Coordinates: 29 ° 23 ′ 56 ″  N , 104 ° 49 ′ 34 ″  E