Xinjiang's Jimusaer County is one of the birthplaces of Jurassic dinosaurs and the homeland of China’s dragons. Historical records show that from 1928 to 1931, Professor Yuan Fuli, a Chinese scientist, led the Sino-Swedish Northwest Scientific Expedition Team deep into the northern deserts of Jimusaer and Qitai counties. They discovered and collected 72 reptile fossils. In 1983, a team from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences conducted an expedition in Xinjiang and unearthed a dinosaur fossil in Tent Valley near the Stone Tree Gully petrified wood site within Jimusaer County. Experts named it the "Suzhousaurus," a sauropod dinosaur belonging to the same family as the Mamenchisaurus. It is now preserved in the Xinjiang Geological Museum. On August 26, 2006, the Chinese Academy of Sciences excavated a sauropod herbivorous dinosaur fossil, approximately 35 meters in length, dubbed the "No. 1 Dinosaur in Asia" from Pit No. 1 in Dinosaur Valley, over 200 kilometers from Jimusaer County. The discovery shocked the nation.
Covering an area of 31,900 square meters, Jurassic Park features life-sized replicas of Jurassic-era dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and birds; simulated ancient trees, petrified forests, rockeries, ancient river systems, and historical walking trails. The park’s realistic depictions of ancient creatures and animals make visitors feel as though they’ve stepped back into the Jurassic dinosaur era. Utilizing modern simulation techniques, the park vividly recreates the age of dinosaurs, adding an ancient and mysterious prehistoric touch to the region’s millennia-old Beiting historical culture.
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