- Museum Aristides Carlos Rodrigues
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Coordinates: 29°39′53″S 52°47′23″W / 29.664722°S 52.789775°W
Museum Aristides Carlos Rodrigues Established July 2001 Location Avenue Pereira Rego, 1000.
Candelária, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.Type Paleontology, Natural history museum. The Museum Aristides Carlos Rodrigues[1] is located at Avenue Pereira Rego, 1000, in the town of Candelária, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It is a museum of Geopark of Paleorrota with information on the region. It was inaugurated in July 2001.
Collection
Collection of personal effects, machinery, household utensils and work of German settlers, paleontology, archeology.
Sets out various species of fossils from the Triassic Period, such as Dicynodont, Karamuru vorax and rhynchosaur. The collection also includes a replica of Guaibasaurus candelarienses, discovered in Sanga Pinheiro.
Many fossils collected in the city, were aimed at the Museum. The UFRGS has made many collections of fossils in this city and this has helped the museum grow.
Notes and references
Museums of Paleorrota.- Museum of Paleontology Irajá Damiani Pinto
- Museum of Natural Sciences Foundation Zoo Botanical Rio Grande do Sul
- Museum of Science and Technology (PUCRS)
- Museum of Geological History of Rio Grande do Sul
- Educational Museum Gama D'Eça.
- Museum Vincente Pallotti.
- Museum Aristides Carlos Rodrigues.
- Paleontological and Archeological Museum Walter Ilha.
- Museum Daniel Cargnin.
External links
- Fossils of Candelária. (Portuguese)
- Bulletin of the Brazilian Society of Paleontology. (Portuguese)
Categories:- Archaeology museums in Brazil
- Geology museums in Brazil
- Natural history museums in Brazil
- Culture in Rio Grande do Sul
- Museums established in 2001
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