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Phu Kum Khao is a hill formed in the middle of a rice field in Sahatsakhan district of Kalasin Province. Phu Kum Khao is the excavation site where the fossilised remains of dinosaur skeletons were mostly discovered.
The history of the Phu Kum Khao dinosaur excavation site began in 1970 when Phrakhru Wichitsahatsakhun, the abbot of Wat Sakkawan, the temple located at the foothill of Phu Kum Khao, discovered and kept fossils of large animal skeletons. Until in 1980, Varavudh Suteethorn led a tea
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Nong Yong, Nong Priao, Nong Khae, and Nong Du are the 4 mascots that were created to promote the TAT’s “Dinosaur Sa-On” tourism campaign. Dinosaur Sa-On was a 260-km route that started from Phu Wiang, Khon Kaen province, and continued through Phu Kum Khao and Phu Faek, Kalasin Province. The route was considered Thailand’s richest and most complete source of dinosaur-themed expedition.
Nopharat Kokwan, Director of the TAT Khon Kaen office, discussed the 4 mascots’ names that they originated
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Dinosaurs did not suddenly appear on earth. In fact, they were a part of a lengthy and continuous biological evolution.
You can learn about prehistorical animals from the story of the Paleozoic Era in the exhibition zone 3
The Paleozoic Era was a time before the appearance of dinosours, spanning 291 million years and being subdivided into 6 geological periods, chronologically shown as follows:
The Cambrian Period (542-488 million years ago): In the beginning of this period, no terrestrial
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The exhibition zone 1 of the Sirindhorn Museum is put together under the concept of "Universe and the Earth”. In addition to the presentation on the birth of the universe, we will also learn about how our planet came into being.
The large globe mounted on the wall displays the earth structure with several layers of earth crusts. Visitors can move those metal earth crusts back and forth in order to understand how our earth was formed in layers and has been in a constant movement.
The to
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Dinosaur is an amazing terrestrial creature with an immense body size and physical appearance that is reminiscent of the science-fiction fantasy movies. They dominated the earth for as long as 160 million years and was developed and diverged into many different species spreading throughout the earth until the mysterious extinction event that occured 65 million years ago. Even then, they are still able to captivate our attention that no other primitive lives can.
Let’s go visit the dinosaurs t
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Dinosaurs evolved from reptiles. They increased in number and species and spread out to the entire Earth during the Mesozoic Era, the geological time frame that spanned 251 to 65 million years ago. The Mesozoic Era was subdivided into three periods: Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous.
During the Triassic period (251-200 million years ago), there was only a single supercontinent, called Pangaea, and surrounded by a vast ocean. The middle of the supercontinent was a massive hot desert. Dominant
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