GEOLOGY

EARTH SCIENCE

FOSSILS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What park became a World Heritage Site in 1979?
A
Jasper National Park
B
Dinosaur Provincial Park
C
Elk Island National Park
D
Lansdowne Provincial Park
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Dinosaur Provincial Park was established by the Government of Alberta on June 27, 1955. On October 26, 1979 the Park was declared a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (U.N.E.S.C.O.) at a conference in Cairo, Egypt.

Detailed explanation-2: -There are also fossilized remains of Cretaceous fish, reptiles, and amphibians. The area, originally created as the Steveville Dinosaur Provincial Park in 1955, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1979 for its diversity of plant and animal life as well as for its paleontological value.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dinosaur Provincial Park is located in the Dry Mixedgrass Subregion of the Grassland Natural Region. This is the warmest and driest subregion in Alberta. Permanent streams are relatively rare.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Indroda Dinosaur and Fossil Park in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India, is a park that houses fossilized remains and petrified eggs of dinosaurs.

Detailed explanation-5: -The bonanza began in 1889 when Thomas C. Weston of the Geological Survey of Canada found the fossil of an Albertosaurus, a smaller cousin of the famous T-Rex. Since then, more than 400 dinosaur skeletons have been found in Dinosaur Provincial Park, representing 55 individual species.

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