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Fossils in the Region of Murcia "] | The exhibition, which will be open until 28 June, includes a recreation of Cobeño Canovas Francisco office, illustrious Lorca was one of the scholars who laid the foundations of Natural Science in Murcia |
The Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar and Culture Councillor of the Municipality of Lorca, Rosa Medina, opened yesterday at the Municipal Archaeological Museum the exhibition "Secrets to hide the rocks.
Fossils in the Region of Murcia ", which can be visited free of charge until 28 June.
Jódar noted that the sample, which has been exhibited in Murcia, Mula and Cartagena, and then go to Alhama de Murcia Yecla and "aims to disseminate and to value the rich paleontological heritage Murcia through careful documentation and audiovisual and selection of spectacular fossils. "
The exhibition is organized in five environments that reflected the history of the formation of the earth to the presence of hominids in the Tertiary.
After introducing the audience on issues related to the history and research of fossils, training and paleontological excavation, restoration of the fossils and their dating, the exhibition features over 20 information panels on the evolution of life on Earth hand some of the fossils from Murcia most exceptional sites, due to their conservation status or scientific interest.
Throughout this fascinating journey of more than 500 million years ago, strange creatures know the beginning of time, unknown links, global natural disasters and periodic extinctions of life forms whose fossils discovered in Murcia reveal past worlds unimaginable today.
The exhibition has a recreation of Cobeño Canovas Francisco office, illustrious Lorca was one of the scholars who laid the foundations of Natural Science in Murcia.
He was also researcher of archeology and history, publishing in 1890 a History of Lorca.
A disciple of Canovas Cobeño and Lorca, was Daniel Jiménez de Cisneros, the great naturalist and paleontologist Murcia the first third of the twentieth century.
Among the 185 pieces that make up 'secrets that hide the rocks' we find the only dinosaur bone with more than 80 million years found in Yecla, a 'black layer' which is found in Caravaca evidence of the extinction of the dinosaurs ( by the collision of a meteorite in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico) and is one of 10 locations around the world where you can find this phenomenon.
They also highlight the reservoir fish fossils watts Lorca's "La Serrata", with an age between 11 and 5 million years.
Our region is characterized by the richness, uniqueness and character full unusually paleontological heritage, comprising a fairly detailed fossil content ranging from Paleozoic to present, with major deposits in the North West, valley or cave Guadalentín Victoria Cartagena and Sima de las Palomas in Torre Pacheco.
With this exhibition, a didactic purpose, is to awaken and encourage the public curiosity about this plot so unique from the Natural Sciences keeping in mind that to protect and preserve you must first learn to value and protect.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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