The grand opening of the exhibition "Pareiasaurs of Vyatka" of the Paleontological Museum of Vyatka

On March 30, the exhibition "Pareiasaurs of Vyatka" was solemnly opened. For the first time, the Darwin Museum exhibits unique paleo-finds from Kotelnich – one of the world's largest locations of pareiasaurs that lived 260 million years ago, long before the dinosaurs. More than 20 species of extinct animals were found here, and 16 of them are new species previously unknown to science. The jewel of this museum is the local species of pareiasaurs – deltavyatiya (Deltavjatia rossica). They are presented at the exhibition, or rather their complete original skeletons and sculptural reconstructions.

The director of the State Darwin Museum Anna Klyukina addressed numerous guests. She thanked the Paleontological Museum of Vyatka for the unique exhibits as well as drew the attention of visitors to the highly professional and painstaking work of the preparators.

The director of the Paleontological Museum of Vyatka Aleksey Toropov expressed his gratitude for the help in organizing the exhibition and mentioned that their museum had brought the best Deltavia paleontacles to the Darwin Museum (which he considers to be an exemplary natural science museum). He expressed hope for further long-term cooperation.

The researcher Vladimir Masyutin spoke about the peculiarities of field work and the preparation of finds.

The opening was attended by friends and colleagues from the Paleontological Museum, the Memorial Cabinet-Museum of N.I. Vavilov and other museums.

The exhibition "Pareiasaurs of Vyatka" is open until May 15 on the second floor of the main building of the museum.