ORGANISATION OF PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH AT SHESTAKOVO COMPLEX BY KEMEROVO REGION LOCAL HISTORY MUSEUM
The biggest location of the animals remains in Russia, which are dated by the Early Cretaceous, is situated in the neighbourhood of the village Shestakovo in Chebulinsky area of Kemerovo Region. In 2013 Kemerovo Region Museum of Local History created the programme, which was approved by the Departme...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Kemerovo State University
2015-06-01
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| Series: | Вестник Кемеровского государственного университета |
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| Online Access: | https://vestnik.kemsu.ru/jour/article/view/1631 |
| Summary: | The biggest location of the animals remains in Russia, which are dated by the Early Cretaceous, is situated in the neighbourhood of the village Shestakovo in Chebulinsky area of Kemerovo Region. In 2013 Kemerovo Region Museum of Local History created the programme, which was approved by the Department of Culture and National Policy of Kemerovo Region. The programme includes: excavation of dinosaurs location of Shestakovo-3, organization of the paleontologic laboratory for cameral processing of field materials, exposition and exhibition activity and excursion route to the place of excavation. The paper sums up the results of the first period of this programme realization. The large-scale excavation was carried out by the expeditionary group of Kemerovo Region Museum of Local History and the the staff of the Paleontologic Institute named after A. A. Borisyak of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The richest paleontological material was uncovered – fossilis of at least 12 Psittacosaurus sibiricus and other animals of the Early Cretaceous. The exposition section “Deep in times for a dinosaur” of the Nature Division was issued. The excursion bus route to the place of excavations was organized. |
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| ISSN: | 2078-8975 2078-8983 |