MikeD Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Haven't had time to post here lately, but I carved out a slot so here we go. In April of last year (2019), I had a chance to visit China. When I was in Beijing, one of my goals was to see the feathered dinos. I visited two museums that had them. One was the Geological Museum of China. The other (The Beijing Museum of Natural History) will be the subject of another post. I took hundreds of pictures there, but I can't post them all here. I have selected some of the better ones, focusing on the feathered critters. You'll have to excuse the lighting and quality of some of them. The light was low in parts of the museum and I had to shoot through glass most of the time. An Iphone was my camera and I've had to shrink them to fit on here. It was a great museum and they had so much to see besides the fossils. This greets you when you walk in along with some other fossils and minerals. The verts are from a Shantungosaurus giganteus Hu, (a hadrosaurid) found in Shandong Province in 1973.The other guy is a Lufengosaurus magnus (Young). Don't know the rest of the details other than 1957 year. Representing The Fossil Forum with my t-shirt. First up is Caudipteryx zoui Ji et al, Early Cretaceous, Beipiao, Liaoning Province. Next is Enantionithes gen et sp indet, Early Cretaceous, Lingyuan, Liaoning. Liaoxiornis delicatus Hou et Chen, Early Cretaceous, Lingyuan, Liaoning. Next are several specimens of Confusiosornis sanctus Hou et al, Early Cretaceous, Beipiao, Liaoning. The darker shaded area is the shadow of my phone, sorry. continued.... 13 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted December 9, 2020 Author Share Posted December 9, 2020 Changchengornis hengdaoziensis Ji et al, Early Cretaceous, Beipiao, Liaoning. This guy appears to have been split from between the layers. Both sides are presented. Sinornithosaurus sp., Early Cretaceous, Beipiao, Liaoning, with closeups of the crushed skull and the tail. Sinosauropteryx prima Ji et Ji, Early Cretaceous, Beipiao, Liaoning. and as a bonus, another flying creature, also Early Cretaceous, Beipiao, Liaoning. 19 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misha Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Wow, These are some very cool fossils! China has some very fascinating palaeontology. Thank you for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Great to have you back, my friend! 1 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruger9a Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 WOW!!! Some wonderful photos, thanks for sharing.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Marvelous specimens. Thanks for sharing. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Thank you for the tour! Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Hello Mike. Was actually thinking of giving you a shout last week. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Great stuff. Thanks for sharing. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michele 1937 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Thanks so much for the photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Hey Mike! Thanks for the post! We miss your input here. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Great long distance report to a place most will not get to visit in person. Welcome back to the forum--don't be a stranger. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted December 10, 2020 Author Share Posted December 10, 2020 Thanks everyone. It was really a great trip. I took even more pictures in the Beijing Museum of Natural History. I'll have to get some of those up once I sort though a few thousand of them. The museums and the typical tourist destinations in Beijing were awesome. I also traveled to some lesser known places where I was the only laowai 老外 (foreigner) around. Saw the China that the tour groups don't and ate some great food. I had my own personal guide, so that helped. I would like to go back when the world eases back to normality and we can travel again. Still more paleo museums and lots of other things to see around the country. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossiladdict Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Drooling here, wow, those are VERY cool. Fossils are simply one of the coolest things on earth--discovering them is just marvelous! Makes you all giddy inside! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opuntia Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleorunner Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 thanks for sharing, spectacular fossil pieces, I really enjoyed watching them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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