Paleontological Museum of Castilla-La Mancha - English

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In this activity you will discover the Paleontological Museum of Castilla-La Mancha through a visit through virtual reality in 360 degrees

PALEONTOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF CASTILLA-LA MANCHA MUPA

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DINO DROP!

Notosaurus

Titanosaur

Concavenator corcovatus

What is the name of the dinosaur that appeared in the final image you discovered in Game 1?

QUESTIOn 1 OF 5

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Where did the Concavenator corcovatus appear?

QUESTION 2 de 5

At the Las Hoyas site

At the Lo Hueco site

At the Las Higueruelas site

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To what geological period do the fossil remains found at the Las Hoyas site belong?

QUESTION 3 de 5

Lower Cretaceous

Upper Cretaceous

Miocene

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In what area was the Lo Hueco deposit found?

QUESTION 4 de 5

La Cierva (Cuenca)

Alcolea de Calatrava (Ciudad Real)

Fuentes (Cuenca)

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Who are known as the last great dinosaurs on the planet?

QUESTION 5 de 5

Simosaurs

Titanosaur sauropods

Theropods

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OH NO THE EARTH SWALLOWED ME!

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Introduction

On March 20, 2015, the Castilla-La Mancha Museum of Paleontology was created by decree, whose main function is linked to a dynamic vocation of paleontological heritage, both at the regional and national level. On March 23, 2015, the first phase of the museum was inaugurated, in which a small exhibition space with about 200 pieces and 20 life-size reproductions, with the title “Land of Dinosaurs”, was opened to the public.

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Introduction: The building

The building that houses the MUPA is the work of the architects Carlos Asensio, José María de La Puerta and Paloma Campo, a project that began in 2000 and concluded in 2010, with the intention of being a museum space, welcoming in its inauguration of the ARS NATURA Nature Interpretation Center, a center that closed its doors two years later.

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EXTERIOR OF THE MUSEUM

LIFE HISTORY

LO HUECO SITE

LAS HOYAS SITE

WHAT WILL YOU BE ABLE TO SEE IN THIS MUSEUM?

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Start your visit by taking a tour of the evolution of life on Earth. You will advance through the different geological eras, until you reach the Dinosaurs. Pay attention to all the information that you will find on the tour.

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Continue the visit by navigating the Las Hoyas site. It is one of the richest, most diverse and best preserved in the world. The exhibition is divided into three rooms, corresponding to the three environments present in the Las Hoyas ecosystem: aquatic environment, transition to the terrestrial environment and terrestrial environment.

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The visit continues by navigating the Lo Hueco site. The Lo Hueco deposit was formed about 75 million years ago in a wetland crossed by channels. In Lo Hueco we not only find representatives of the last sauropod dinosaurs that inhabited the earth, the titanosaurs, but also dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaurs, ornithopods, crocodiles, turtles, reptiles and fish.

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End your visit by walking around the outside of the museum. Throughout the tour you will be able to contemplate replicas of dinosaurs, perfectly integrated into the environment of the museum's garden, and in the landscape of the city of Cuenca and its historic center.

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Check what you have learned

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DINO DROP!

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GAME 1

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PUZZLE QUIZ FIRST PART OF THE VISIT

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Phanerozoic and Cenozoic

Precambrian and Phanerozoic

01

What are the two great stages in which the history of the Earth is divided are called?

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Trilobites

Eryops

02

The arthropods that dominated the seas for most of the Paleozoic are called...

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Jurassic

Triassic

03

In what geological period did the Notosaurs exist?

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Plesiosaurs

Ammonoids

04

They are considered the "kings of the Jurassic seas"...

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Europe, North America, Asia and Africa

Europe, Asia and Africa

05

On what continents did the elephant relative Gomphotherium exist?

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Asia

Africa

06

On what continent did the first human beings appear?

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230 million years ago

66 million years ago

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When did the first dinosaurs appear?

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Take a good look at this image. It will help you answer the first question in the next game.

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