- Indroda Dinosaur and Fossil Park
The Indroda Dinosaur and Fossil Park in the
Gandhinagar in the state ofGujarat ,India , contains the second largest hatchery ofdinosaur eggs in the world. [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-925208,curpg-1.cms] The Park was set up by theGeological Survey of India and is the only dinosaur museum in the country.The Park is run by the Gujarat Ecological and Research Foundation (GEERI) and is widely regarded as India's "
Jurassic Park ".Fact|date=February 2007 Severalfossil ised dinosaur eggs and skeletal parts have been found here. The fossils which were found in UpperCretaceous formations in the region date back 65 million years ago. The eggs are of different sizes, some the size of cannon balls.Fossil trackway s of these gargantuan animals are also on display in the park.Dinosaurs that are on display include "Tyrannosaurus rex", "
Megalosaurus ", "Titanosaurus ", "Barapasaurus ", "Brachiosaurus ", "Antarctosaurus ", "Stegosaurus " and "Iguanodon ". The park displays life-size models of the dinosaurs along with details of each period in which they existed and characteristics of the animals.The fossils were found in the
Songhir Bagh Basin, theHimatnagat basin ofBalasinor , south-eastern parts ofKheda ,Panchamahals andVadodara districts of the state.
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