At the National Maritime Museum of China, the Exhibition Hall of the Age of Dinosaurs is certainly one of the most distinctive and popular areas.
With a style of the ocean being the cradle of life, this exhibition hall strongly provides the world of reptiles in the Mesozoic Era -- which covered from 250 million years ago to 66 million years ago -- through an abundant range of exhibits.When you go into the exhibition hall and turn right, you will see the 11-meter-long Guanling ichthyosaur fossil holding on the wall.
It is the biggest ichthyosaur fossil in China.
Ichthyosaurs were highly specialized large marine reptiles.
They had structured bodies and paddle-like limbs, and their appearance was similar to that of fish and dolphins.
These morphological features suggest that ichthyosaurs had fully adapted to life in the ocean.In the center of the exhibition platform stands a brought back model of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, which is 10 meters in length.
The Tyrannosaurus rex lived in the late Cretaceous duration.
It is one of the most famous dinosaurs worldwide and one of the largest known carnivorous dinosaurs in the world.The Exhibition Hall of the Age of Dinosaurs of the National Maritime Museum not only opens a window for visitors to comprehend the secrets of the ancient ocean, but also, with its unique screen content, guides people to think about the essential role of the ocean in the origin and advancement of life.
It motivates people to actively practice the concept of a maritime community with a shared future in reality and jointly protect the blue homeland of humanity.