Gobi desert
is rich in native tree saxaul, so it called “Bayanzag” which means a lot of saxaul
tree. “Ulaan khavtsal” is a Red shore of clay formations formed because
of wind and rain for thousands of years. It has a unique 5km wide texture and
is approximately 8km long. American paleontologist first found dinosaur bones
and eggs in the area while he was researching a trace of ancient people with
his crew in 1922. While they were going from Beijing to Uliastai in
Mongolia expediting for 1600 km, they got lost on the way. Therefore they saw
randomly fossils in Bayanzag, Roy Chapman and his American friends were
surprised and stunned, and screamed with a joy.
Many
discoveries were made by an American paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews and his
team. First they excavated in 1922, it is renowned throughout world because of
the number of dinosaur bones and eggs found in the area while he was
researching trace of the ancient people. That is why; they contributed Bayanzag
“Flaming cliff” become famous in the world. The team fell in love with new
discoveries and came back to do the excavation in Bayanzag. 3rd time the team
discovered dinosaur nests with an egg, also three new kinds of dinosaur eggs by
stealing and eating Oviraptor. Americans not only analyzed the eggs, fossils of
dinosaur bones also discovered the first trace that dinosaurs called giant
squid laid eggs in Mongolian desert that discovered in Bayanzag. This dead
trace press is considered extremely rare finds making flaming cliff unique in
the world.