Infiniti rewrites rules of exploration in the Gobi desert
14 Jul 2018|1,740 views
True to its ethos of empowering those in life and on the road through technology, Infiniti helped to rewrite the rules of modern palaeontology and showcasing the wide range Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) lineup by supporting an expedition in the Gobi Desert with the Explorers Club.
By using Infiniti vehicles and advanced technology the team reduced a 10-year expedition to just 20 days, pioneering a new way to locate dinosaur fossils.
"We are very excited to partner with Infiniti, which also has many famous firsts, including the world's first production variable compression ratio engine in its all new QX50. We share a passion for discovery and for scientific advancement." said Will Roseman, Executive Director of The Explorers Club.
The team found possible evidence of three new dinosaur species, more than 250 new fossil locations, five entirely new areas previously not known to contain fossils, and hundreds of fossilised bones, including those of mammals, which were not previously known to have existed in the area. The paleontologists will analyse the fossils they took back to Ulaanbaatar to validate the findings and will explore the newly discovered sites over the next several years, if not decades.
The expedition, which used Infiniti's all new mid-size QX50 SUV, as well as the larger QX60 and QX80 SUVs, endured a heavy sandstorm that blew away two support tents, 110-degree weather, scorpions, lethal spiders and a host of other challenges moving a large caravan across the Gobi's forbidding terrain.
The all new QX50 will be available in Singapore from September 2018.
True to its ethos of empowering those in life and on the road through technology, Infiniti helped to rewrite the rules of modern palaeontology and showcasing the wide range Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) lineup by supporting an expedition in the Gobi Desert with the Explorers Club.
By using Infiniti vehicles and advanced technology the team reduced a 10-year expedition to just 20 days, pioneering a new way to locate dinosaur fossils.
"We are very excited to partner with Infiniti, which also has many famous firsts, including the world's first production variable compression ratio engine in its all new QX50. We share a passion for discovery and for scientific advancement." said Will Roseman, Executive Director of The Explorers Club.
The team found possible evidence of three new dinosaur species, more than 250 new fossil locations, five entirely new areas previously not known to contain fossils, and hundreds of fossilised bones, including those of mammals, which were not previously known to have existed in the area. The paleontologists will analyse the fossils they took back to Ulaanbaatar to validate the findings and will explore the newly discovered sites over the next several years, if not decades.
The team will rewrite geological and paleontological maps to account for the new findings
The expedition, which used Infiniti's all new mid-size QX50 SUV, as well as the larger QX60 and QX80 SUVs, endured a heavy sandstorm that blew away two support tents, 110-degree weather, scorpions, lethal spiders and a host of other challenges moving a large caravan across the Gobi's forbidding terrain.
The all new QX50 will be available in Singapore from September 2018.
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