"Dinosaurs Along The Silk Road" -- Sinofossa 2009 8: Visit To Li Da-qing's Lab

When in Lanzhou, we stop in at Li Da-qing's lab, wherein he has stored all of his latest and greatest acquisitions from the field. Because many of these are unpublished as yet, I can't put photos in of many things; the ones shown here are things already published. Da-qing works for the deep breath Fossil Research and Development Center of the Third Geology and Mineral Resources Exploration Academy of Gansu Province; he and his teams have been absolutely critical to recovering some of the most interesting and unusual dinosaurs to come out of China in recent years. His partnership with Hailu has been incredibly productive, and I hope it continues for many, many more years!

Right outside Da-qing's lab, some of his crew are assembling the first-ever mount of the ginormous sauropod <i><a href="http://whyihatetheropods.blogspot.com/2009/02/update-early-cretaceous-asian.html">Daxiatitan</a></i>, using casts made in the lab. Here the base of the neck is being assembled, suspended from the forklift. Da-qing and Hailu described <i>Daxiatitan</i> in 2008. This mount will be part of a forthcoming exhibit dedicated to dinosaurs from Gansu, more or less all of which Da-qing has been involved with.

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Right outside Da-qing's lab, some of his crew are assembling the first-ever mount of the ginormous sauropod Daxiatitan, using casts made in the lab. Here the base of the neck is being assembled, suspended from the forklift. Da-qing and Hailu described Daxiatitan in 2008. This mount will be part of a forthcoming exhibit dedicated to dinosaurs from Gansu, more or less all of which Da-qing has been involved with.

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