Core Points - The "Dragon Roars Across the Land: China Dinosaur Exhibition" opened at the Shanghai Natural History Museum, featuring 118 representative dinosaur specimens and models from 12 research institutions and science museums across China [5] - The exhibition includes approximately 80 national key protected paleontological fossils, 42 type specimens of newly named dinosaur species, and 13 specimens published in top international academic journals [5] - The exhibition aims to showcase China's dinosaur resources and the scientific discoveries of three generations of Chinese dinosaur researchers [5] Group 1 - The Xushi Lufeng Dragon, known as "China's First Dragon," is a key highlight of the exhibition and has left Beijing for the first time in 31 years [6] - The Xushi Lufeng Dragon measures about 6 meters in length and over 2 meters in height, belonging to the sauropod group and dating back to the early to mid-Jurassic period [6] - The fossil was discovered in 1939 in Lufeng County, Yunnan Province, and is significant as the first dinosaur discovered, excavated, researched, named, and exhibited by Chinese scientists [6] Group 2 - The Chinese Academy of Sciences contributed over 20 type specimens to the exhibition, which are crucial for defining and describing species [7] - The exhibition features two newly identified dinosaur species, the Chinese Huadan Dragon and the Lingyuan Chinese Bird Dragon, both discovered in Liaoning Province and dating back approximately 125 million years [9] - The Chinese Huadan Dragon's fossil contains remains of two small mammals, indicating its predatory behavior [9]