Dinópolis

Dinópolis

Dinópolis Teruel
Established	2001
Location	Avda. Sagunto, Teruel, Spain
Type	Paleontology
Website	[1]

The entrance hall.

Dinópolis, located in Teruel, Spain,^[1] is one of the largest museums of paleontology in the world.^{[citation needed]} It also includes some attractions, restaurants and shows. The museum comprises three main exhibition halls and a research laboratory.

History

In 1998, the provincial government of Aragón established a foundation with the aim of creating exhibition facilities for the growing collection of fossils found in Teruel, at the same time stimulating tourism and hereby funding future research.^{[citation needed]} The first building was opened in June 2001, at Dinópolis Teruel.

Exhibition halls

Dinópolis has the following exhibition halls:^{[citation needed]}

• Aquatic Life Hall
• Dinosaur Hall
• Mammal Hall
• Hall of Meteorites

Territorio Dinópolis

Dinópolis Teruel is part of a chain of eight such natural history museums and parks named Territorio Dinópolis, the seven others being Inhóspitak at Peñarroya de Tastavins, founded in 2003, Legendark at Galve (2003), Región Ambarina: at Rubielos de Mora (2004), Bosque Pétreo (2005) at Castellote, Mar Nummus, at Albarracín (2008), Titania at Riodeva (2012) and Valcaria at Ariño (2015).^{[citation needed]}

Research activities

Dinópolis has an active research team, called Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de Teruel-Dinópolis or just Fundación Dinópolis.^{[citation needed]} One of the achievements of this team has been the description of Turiasaurus riodevensis by Royo-Torres, Cobos & Alcala, 2006.^{[citation needed]}

In popular culture

• An episode of Historia de España is set in Dinópolis, and also in some outcrops in Teruel.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. "Territorio Dinópolis". Spain: TripAdvisor. Retrieved 29 September 2014.

External links

• Dinópolis Teruel website
• Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de Teruel-Dinópolis website

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