Balasinor Dinosaur Fossil Park is located near Ahmedabad in Gujarat.
The park here is significant because of accidental discovery of fossils here in the village here.
It is a good place for picnic, take your snack pack, as the canteen here may not serve your purpose.
The fossil park here contains life sized statues of those giant creatures and further excavations have found that a squat, thick-legged, heavy-bodied carnivorous dinosaur with a crested horn, Rajasaurus Narmandensis, King of Narmada, (the first half of the name comes from Raja or King due to the crested horn and the second half of the name originates due to its geographical location which was near the river Narmada). This creature belonged to the carnivore family of Tyrannosaurus Rex.
The park along with a dinosar museum now spreads across an area of over 25,000 sq. feet with 10 galleries spread in the basement and the ground floor depicting various forms of displays (films and exhibitions).
An exclusive 3-D film is prepared on Rajasaurus Narmadensis.
A step in the atrium will transport you 65 million years back.
