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Dinosaur Fossil National Park Bagh

The geodiversity of India is as diverse as its cultural diversity. Although a large number of geological heritage sites have been conserved and developed, we are still yet to have National/UNESCO Global Geoparks. This paper is an attempt to evaluate one of the most suitable geoheritage regions in the state of Madhya Pradesh-the Bagh Dinosaur National Park region, for its potential to develop as a Geopark and to serve as an example and guide for other suitable regions in India.

 The discovery of dinosaur fossils in this region is one of the oldest in Asia and dinosaur nests, bones, associated fossil wood logs, and invertebrate fossils are well preserved in the infratrappean rocks of the Bagh Group and Lameta Formation exposed in the lower Narmada valley. These geological sections are extensively studied for their fossils and enclosing sediments and are of international value