J urassic find: An excavated ichthyosaur fossil found near Lodai village in Kutch district of Gujarat in 2017. | Photo Credit: HANDOUT It will house the country’s geological wealth in one location From dinosaur fossils to pre-human skulls, India is home to a vast treasury of geological and palaeontological specimens that contain a wealth of scientific information about the planet and its history. But these rare specimens are scattered in different labs all over the country. So, to better conserve this prehistoric heritage, the government is planning to house them in one place — an ‘Earth Museum’. This museum will be modelled on the American Museum of Natural History, or the Smithsonian museum in the U.S. The museum, which will be set up as a public-private partnership, would be located somewhere in Delhi, Noida or Gurugram, said G.V.R Prasad, head of the Department of Geology, University of Delhi. K. VijayRaghavan, Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA...
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