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 Dinosaurs Footprints Dinosaurs Footprints  |  Villa El Chocón

Dinosaurs inhabited on Earth approximately 120 million years ago. How come we still observe their footprints? We all have had the experience of walking...
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 Ernesto Bachmann Municipal Museum Ernesto Bachmann Municipal Museum  |  Villa El Chocón

The Municipal Museum was open on 18th. November, 1995 with the aim of providing a place to show the found and the will be found fossile material .This museum created by...
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“Asociación Paleontológica Bariloche” Museum “Asociación Paleontológica Bariloche” Museum  |  San Carlos de Bariloche

At the corner of Av. 12 de Octubre and Sarmiento, on the coast of Lake Nahuel Huapi, you will find the Paleontology Museum of Bariloche, which has numerous fossils from this region.
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A Journey to the Jurassic Past A Journey to the Jurassic Past  |  Trelew

This is the proposal made by the Egidio Feruglio Paleontological Museum, an incredible sample of the dinosaur species that dwelled in prehistoric Patagonia.
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A Welsh Town with a Tehuelche Name A Welsh Town with a Tehuelche Name  |  Trelew

This is the history of Gaiman, a picturesque district very close to Trelew.
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Around the Valley of the Moon Around the Valley of the Moon  |  San Juan

Ischigualasto Provincial Park opens up to allow a look into the past of our planet through the Triassic Period. A tour around the Valley of the Moon.
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Carlos Ameghino Museum and Peuser Palace Carlos Ameghino Museum and Peuser Palace  |  Cipolletti

To go to the Museum you must take Avenida Menguel towards circumvallation road and there turn right and enter to the rugby club where you access to the site of the Museum...
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Cretacious Valley Cretacious Valley  |  Neuquén

95 km. to the south west of Neuquén city, driving along national route 22 up to the turning point and taking to the left on national route 237, you will find...
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Desiderio Torres Regional Museum Desiderio Torres Regional Museum  |  Sarmiento

Situated in the old railway station within the Valle de los Gigantes venue, you will be able to visit Desiderio Torres Museum that ows its name to an old native inhabitant.
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Dinosaur Megaexcavation Dinosaur Megaexcavation  |  Neuquén

In the last few years, Neuquén has become the Mecca of dinosuar Paleontology, due to the numerous findings that have changed the general panorama of this science in the world.
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En busca de la Ciudad Perdida En busca de la Ciudad Perdida  |  La Rioja

En el Parque Nacional Talampaya, orgullo máximo de los riojanos a nivel geográfico, se encuentra Ciudad Perdida, el circuito más extenso de Talampaya.
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Father Manuel  Jesús Molina Regional Museum Father Manuel Jesús Molina Regional Museum  |  Río Gallegos

The Regional Museum was founded in 1957 due to an initiative of Father Manuel Jesús Molina, and it worked at first in Casa de Gobierno. The great investigation spirit of Father Molina...
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Jaramillo Petrified Forest Jaramillo Petrified Forest  |  Puerto Deseado

Another uttermost attraction in Puerto Deseado is the most important fossil deposit in Argentina: Jaramillo Petrified Forest...
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Natural Amphitheatre Natural Amphitheatre  |  Neuquén

If you take route 22, 65 km. from Neuquén you will find this "moonlike landscape" known as the Amphitheatre.
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Talampaya National Park: The Red Trail Talampaya National Park: The Red Trail  |  La Rioja

Next to Moon Valley in San Juan province, it was established as World Natural Heritage by the UNESCO in the year 2000. Talampaya is a park with a a high degree of...
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The Dwellers of Punta Loma The Dwellers of Punta Loma  |  Puerto Madryn

We visited the colony of South American sea lions dwelling in the Punta Loma natural reserve, one of the first protected areas in Chubut.
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The Valley of Dinosaurs The Valley of Dinosaurs  |  Cutral-Có Plaza Huincul

The Carmen Funes Museum displays an important paleontological show of fossil remains found in the region. Amongst them, those of the largest dinosaur in the world stand out.
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