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Established | 2001 |
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Location | Avda. Sagunto, Teruel, Spain |
Type | Paleontology |
Website | [1] |
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.
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.
Dinópolis has the following exhibition halls:[ citation needed]
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]
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]
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