THE GEOLOGICAL AND PALEONTOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF COMAHUE

Authors

  • Jorge Orlando Calvo CIGPat-UNCo-UNLPam, Neuquén, Argentina
  • Leonardo Salgado CONICET - UNRN, General Roca, Río Negro, Argentina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5710/PEAPA.27.06.2021.352

Keywords:

MUCP, Museo Universidad del Comahue, Paleontología

Abstract

The Geological and Paleontological Museum of the National University of Comahue went through several infrastructure and funding problems. However, the effort made by their members allowed sustaining its activities since its foundation in 1976. The foundation of Proyecto Dino in 2002, on the coast of Los Barreales lake, at 90 km northwest of Neuquén city, signaled a new phase in the history of the Geological and Paleontological Museum, integrating the museum with an incredible area with cretaceous outcrops. Cretaceous fossil reptiles are a fundamental part of the collection of the Geological and Paleontological Museum of the National University of Comahue, which includes 30 holotypes and more than 2,000 paleovertebrates, paleobotanic, and paleoinvertebrates specimens.

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2022-05-13

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