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The exhibition will be in Cartagena until 26 February] | Exposure secrets hidden in the Rock: Fossils of the Region of Murcia, his first stop in Cartagena to show what life was like on Earth 200 million years ago |
A journey of 200 million years takes us through the fossils of the Region of Murcia, at the beginning of time.
It is the exhibition 'Secrets hidden rocks, fossils in the Region of Murcia', a show that arrived this morning, with the help of the Department of Fine Arts and Cultural Heritage, the Municipal Archaeological Museum Enrique Escudero de Castro, and subsequently will tour other towns in the region such as Mule, Lorca, Alhama and Yecla.
The exhibit immerses visitors in areas related to the history and research in paleontology, the formation and excavation of sites and restoration of fossils and their dating.
This is a very educational exhibit, to the knowledge of the paleontological heritage of the region, and can be seen different eras: Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Tertiary and Quaternary, as noted by the Councillor for Culture, Rosario Montero, during the opening exposure.
One of the curators of the exhibition, Gregorio Romero, has indicated that the sample is divided into three main sections, beginning with an analysis of paleontological work and references to Francisco Cánovas Cobeño and Daniel Jiménez Cisneros, two of the first that drove from Murcia Paleontology in the region with the collection and study of fossils.
Subsequently, the exhibition contains samples of fossil collections, either from individuals, the Autonomous Community and Cultural Association Paleontological Murcia.
Romero pointed out that some of the fossils of the exhibition are representative of the fossil record of Murcia, as the Triassic, very important because of its scarcity in the Betic Cordillera and the Paleozoic, only sites that are not from Murcia.
One of the 'stars' of the exhibition is a large fossil turtle shell, from a reservoir located in Puerto de la Cadena, and is one of the greatest examples of the Iberian Peninsula.
The exhibition concludes with an audiovisual reconstruct the paleoenvironments that gathered in Murcia, in chronological order up to Neanderthal sites as the Sima de las Palomas (Torre Pacheco) and Cueva Negra (Caravaca).
Also the fauna is represented by deposits Abanilla and Victoria Cave, in Cartagena, one of the sites across Europe concerning the study of Mediterranean and African faunas and has provided some of the finest collections of fossils of animals and faunas dating from a million years ago.
This exhibition not only aims to have greater knowledge of paleontology as a science that studies and interprets the history of the life on Earth through fossils, allowing to understand the current composition and distribution of living beings before human intervention but also understand that this heritage should be protected and preserved for future generations so they can appreciate and enjoy it.
The exhibition will be in Cartagena until 26 February and can be visited from Tuesday to Friday from 10 to 14 hours, and 17 to 20 hours, and Sundays, 11 to 14 hours.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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