What is the way to find dinosaur fossils?

Some dinosaur bones, eggs and other fossils have been found all over the world. Some of these fossils were discovered by accident, and some were discovered after research and investigation. But how do scientists know where these fossils are buried?

You know, if you choose a place blindly, it can be said that you are looking for a needle in a haystack, and there is no hope at all.

Now, I will tell you some of the simplest methods.

Let's see if this was once the main habitat of dinosaurs. This information, of course, should be found in books. All the books about dinosaurs are rich in dinosaur fossils. After finding the general location, look for dinosaur fossils along cliffs, gullies, hillsides and places with less vegetation.

Because in these barren areas, rocks can be directly exposed, and it is easy to find outcrops. An outcrop refers to the part of a fossil that emerges from the ground.

In addition, special attention should be paid to those places where the dip angle of strata is not large and fossils are easy to weather out. A large number of dinosaur fossils can be found in Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang by this method.

Generally speaking, it is difficult to find fossils in areas with flat terrain, consistent lithology and little change in rock color.

If you go to a place and find that the rock formation is not as neat and uniform as you saw before, and the color of the rock has changed in depth, then there is a greater possibility of dinosaur fossils in this place, so it is easy to find the outcrop of dinosaur fossils.

In addition, the stepped gully is also a "suspicious" place to bury dinosaur fossils. This gully is easy to find in Mesozoic red rocks, so it is easier to find dinosaur fossils there.