Museum of Historical Geology, Quetta
Vertebrate Fossils Gallery

 Balochitherium from Dera Bugti

 

The Vertebrate Paleontology gallery displays the first ever Dinosaur fossils discovered by GSP from Balochistan. With this latest exhibit in our museum, Pakistan stands among very few countries of the world which have witnessed global event of Dinosaur extinction by the impact of a meteorite on planet earth and GSP museums, the only museum in Pakistan having the largest collection of fossils of these giant reptiles and meteorites. This gallery is also home to remains of Baluchitherium, the world’s largest land mammal to live 25 million years ago. The oldest Cainozoic land mammal from Quetta and the longest tusk of an extinct elephant from AJK is also on display here. The latest addition to our hands-on display is the 47 million years old fossils of a walking whale from Balochistan.

Longest Elephant Tusk Approx. 10fts. in length Walking Whale Limb of Walking Whale from Kohlu

The Invertebrate Fossils Gallery

 

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