Dinosaurs at the MEF

The paleontology museum “Egidio Feruglio” (MEF) is a relevant and modern proposal as regards museums in Patagonia Argentina. Visitors are invited to live an extraordinary experience as it is the possibility of knowing part of our planet’s history.
Argentina's ground is quite rich in dinosaur fossils. Such great wealth has allowed scientists to reconstruct the natural history of these animals In Patagonia, factors such as continuous erosion by wind and water exposed several geological layers with large deposits of both terrestrial and marine sediments. Such findings promoted a sustained development of paleontological research since early last century.
The history of dinosaurs started in the middle of the Triassic period, about 220 million years ago. The world was quite different back then, and so was the environment.
Continents were joined together in one large continent called Pangea. By the end of the Triassic, there were two main regions or provinces within this continent: Laurasia (North) and Gondwana (South). Later, during the Jurassic, both provinces split apart and formed two separated continents.
At the time, the South Atlantic did not yet exist. Thus, Patagonia's lands spread out towards East, joining South Africa and possibly the Western half of Antarctica. On the Western coast of Patagonia, the Pacific Ocean was already bathing its shores, but the land was quite flat, for the Andes Mountains had not yet formed.