Dinopolis, located in Teruel

Teruel

Teruel is a town in Aragon, eastern Spain, and the capital of Teruel Province. It has a population of 34,240 in 2006 making it one of the least populated provincial capitals in the country...

, Spain

Spain

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, is one of the largest museum

Museum

A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...

s of paleontology in the world. It also includes some attractions, restaurants and shows. The Museum comprises 3 main exhibition halls and a research laboratory.

Research activities

Dinopolis has an active research team, called Fundacion Conjunto Paleontologico de Teruel-Dinopolis or just Fundacion Dinopolis.
One of the achievements of this team has been the description of *Turiasaurus riodevensis* Royo-Torres, Cobos & Alcala, 2006.

In popular culture

• An episode of Historia de Espana is set in Dinopolis, and also in some outcrops from Teruel.

External links

• Dinopolis Dinopolis Teruel main website
• Fundacion Dinopolis Fundacion Conjunto Paleontologico de Teruel-Dinopolis main website

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