Where you can see thousands of dinosaur fossils

Dinosaur fossils

Samples are on show at the museum to educate visitors on the process of how fossils were dug out from the earth.

Zhucheng boasts a 20,000-square meter area that has been discovered densely packed with dinosaur fossils, mostly dating from the late Cretaceous period (65 million years ago), at a time just before dinosaurs are believed to have become extinct, says Wan

Dozens of dinosaur species including duck-billed hadrosaur, tyrannosaur, horned dinosaur and ankylosaurus were discovered in the city.

About 2.5 kilometers south of Zangjiazhuang Village is a national-level dinosaur geo-park. The geo-park accommodates 40 complete dinosaur skeletons.

The stars here are Zhucheng Tyrannosaur and duck-billed hadrosaur.

The Zhucheng Tyrannosaur stands at 4.6 meters tall and stretches 11.6 meters long, making it the largest tyrannosaur in the world.

The largest duck-billed hadrosaur at the geo-park is 11 meters tall and 22 meters long. "Hadrosaurs are plant-eaters with a gentle temper. But they lived in groups which make them strong enough to survive in the fierce dinosaur world," says Wang.