Established 2001 Website dinopolis.com Phone +34 978 61 77 15 | Type Paleontology Province Province of Teruel Founded 2001 | |
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Location Avda. Sagunto, Teruel, Spain Address Polígono los Planos, S/N, 44002 Teruel, Spain Similar Teruel Cathedral, Font del Torico, Sierra de Javalambre, Aljibe Medieval, Tower of the church of San Sa Profiles | ||
Dinopolis parque paleontol gico de teruel novedades y espect culos 2015
Dinópolis, located in Teruel, Spain, is one of the largest museums of paleontology in the world. It also includes some attractions, restaurants and shows. The museum comprises three main exhibition halls and a research laboratory.
Contents
- Dinopolis parque paleontol gico de teruel novedades y espect culos 2015
- History
- Exhibition halls
- Territorio Dinpolis
- Research activities
- In popular culture
- References
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. The first building was opened in June 2001, at the main Dinópolis facility.
Exhibition halls
Dinópolis has the following exhibition halls:
Territorio Dinópolis
The Teruel museum is part of a chain of seven such natural history museums and parks named Territorio Dinópolis, the five 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) and Titania at Riodeva (2012).
Research activities
Dinópolis has an active research team, called Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de Teruel-Dinópolis or just Fundación Dinópolis. One of the achievements of this team has been the description of Turiasaurus riodevensis by Royo-Torres, Cobos & Alcala, 2006.