Sintra Natural History Museum
The Museu de História Natural de Sintra (Sintra Natural History Museum) is a museum of natural history located in the historic center of the village of Sintra.[1] The museum has both at national and international level due to the quality and rarity of many of its exhibits.
Exhibits
- Dinosaurs and nests of dinosaur eggs (from the Gobi Desert, China)
- Fragments of the Nantan meteorite (16th century, China)
- Flying reptile, Braseodactylus (from Brazil)
- Simulation of the big bang, and the evolution of life on earth from the Precambrian to the Quaternary periods.[2]
References
- ↑ Sintra Cultural Guide (in Portuguese) (46). October 2009. Missing or empty
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(help) - ↑ Agência Lusa (2009-07-30). "Novo Museu de História Natural em Sintra vai expor fóssil raro de réptil voador" (html) (in Portuguese). ionline.pt. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
O novo Museu de História Natural de Sintra, que abre a 1 de Agosto, vai expor o único exemplar existente de um réptil voador da espécie Braseodactylus, disse à Lusa o vereador da Cultura da autarquia de Sintra.
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