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Introduction

The city of Saltillo, capital of the Mexican state of Coahuila, lies in the Chihuahuan Desert, and is surrounded by the mountain range known as the Sierra Madre Oriental. The desert near Saltillo contains one of the most important paleontological sites in the world. Hundreds of bones, teeth and fragments of skin impressions have been collected. They come from dinosaurs that inhabited the region at the end of the Cretaceous Period, about 72 million years ago. In addition, the location contains a great diversity of other fossilized organisms - one of the most diverse assemblages in the world.

Combining art with science, photographer Tom Musselman reveals this fascinating world. Through his images we will participate in the exhaustive process of recovery of the fossil remains of dinosaurs, and will admire the imposing landscape of this region.

Yamilett Ponce, visitor to the Museum of Geology, stands next to the replica skeleton of a duck-billed dinosaur, or hadrosaur (kritosaurus). The replica is of the first skeleton found in Mexico. It was assembled by René Hernandez of the Institute of Geology, UNAM.

Nacho Vallejo, collaborator with the Desert Museum, observes fragments of several dinosaur bones in the valley of Rincon Colorado, Coahuila.