Museo Municipal Carmen Funes, or in English the Carmen Funes Municipal Museum, is a small museum in Plaza Huincul, Argentina with a collection of dinosaur fossils, including the only specimen of the largest dinosaur known from good material, Argentinosaurus huinculensis; and the only known sauropod embryos, which were discovered at a huge nesting site in Auca Mahuida, Patagonia. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States A museum is a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development open to the public which acquires conserves researches communicates and exhibits the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. FOSSIL is a standard protocol for allowing serial communication for Telecommunications programs under the DOS Operating system. Argentinosaurus (meaning " Argentina lizard" was a herbivorous Sauropod Dinosaur Genus that was among the largest Sauropoda (sɔˈrɒpədə or the sauropods (/ˈsɔroʊpɒd/ are a suborder or infraorder of the Saurischian ("lizard-hipped" Llao LLaojpg|thumb|250px| Lake Nahuel Huapi, near Bariloche, Argentina Its standard abbreviation is MCF-PVPH, or just PVPH to denote the paleontological collection. Palaeontology redirects here For the Scientific journal, see Palaeontology (journal.
The founder and director of the museum is the Argentinian paleontologist Rodolfo Coria. Palaeontology redirects here For the Scientific journal, see Palaeontology (journal. Dr Rodolfo Coria is an Argentine paleontologist and current director of the Museo Carmen Funes in Plaza Huincul, Neuquén Province The museum has an exhibition area, workshops for preparing fossils, and stores. Field work, often in cooperation with American museums, continues in fossil-rich Patagonia. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The museum's collections include 11 holotype specimens. A holotype is one of several possible Biological types A type is what fixes a name to a Taxon.
Significant past exhibits include:
- "Tiniest Giants: Discovering Dinosaur Eggs"[1]: Features the sauropod eggs and embryoes from Patagonia, in cooperation with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County opened in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California, USA in 1913 as the Museum of History Science
- "Giants of the Mesozoic"[2]: Features a mock battle between the largest terrestrial predator known, the Giganotosaurus, and the largest terrestrial animal known, the plant-eating Argentinosaurus. Giganotosaurus (meaning 'giant southern lizard' derived from the Ancient Greek gigas/γίγας meaning 'giant' notos/νότος With the Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta, Georgia. Fernbank Museum of Natural History, in Atlanta Georgia, presents exhibitions and programming about Natural history that is meant to entertain as well as educate the
The museum was established in 1984 with municipal funding, and has become a significant tourist attraction in the province of Neuquén Province. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Tourism is Travel for Recreational or Leisure purposes The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel Neuquén is a province of Argentina, located in the west of the country at the northern end of Patagonia. The museum is located at 55 Córdoba Avenue, Plaza Huincul, Neuquén Province (postal code 8318), at the intersection of National Route 22 and Provincial Route 17. The Argentine postal code is a system that assigns at least one unique alphanumeric Postal code to each Municipality.
External links
- "Carmen Funes Museum". Inter Patagonia. (Spanish version)
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