Inside the Geological Museum

The China Geological Museum Benxi Branch was built in 2007 and covers an area of 12,000 square meters with a building area of 4,200 square meters. It shows the main geological changes, and their types and characteristics since the birth of the earth 4.6 billion years ago. Geological relics and prehistoric geological relics in Benxi National Geological Park are displayed in the museum, with more than 30 precious specimens at national treasure level, 540 rare specimens, and 468 ore specimens, of which the Jingang Mountain Yi County pterosauria and the Yanornis eating fish are the only fossil specimens in the world; of which the sinosauropteryx and the caudipteryx are the most exquisite among the few specimens in the world; the nothosaurus, ichthyosaur, crinoid, group turtle, and Nine Dragon Wall are the finest among the fossils. They all have extremely high ornamental value and science popularization value. In 2011, it was rated as a land and resources science base.

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