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WHERE IS PEIROPOLIS?

juliocesarjeder — 2018-11-29 19:24:40 UTC

Peirópolis is a rural district of Uberaba, located on the banks of the BR-262 highway, 20 km from the city center.In the old disabled railway station of Cia

What it is ?

juliocesarjeder — 2018-11-29 19:36:11 UTC

This is the "Center for Paleontological Research The old station started to house a laboratory for preparation of fossils and a small but attractive paleontological museum, open to public visitation and linked to the Uberaba Cultural Foundation. Among the attractions of the museum, stands out today the fossilized skeleton of the crocodilomorph of the Upper Cretaceous Uberabasuchus terrificus - discovered in the region in the year 2000 and one of the most complete of the type already found in the world - that is exposed in the museum next to a replica of the animal. (Peirosauridae), which was estimated to be about 2.5 meters long and weighed around 300 kg [4] [5].

More recently they were discovered in the fossil region of Uberabatitan ribeiroi, the largest Brazilian dinosaur ever found

What you need to see and appreciate on the spot?

juliocesarjeder — 2018-11-29 19:44:58 UTC

Its lawn is a perfect place for holding picnics, yoga practices, watching the sky and various other leisure activities. The venue also hosts events that are becoming traditional in the region, such as the winter festival.

To receive the tourist well, there are restaurants and snack bars. Peirópolis also counts on inns that refer to the quiet of a country life.

The waterfalls and trails are attractive the part for those who like nature and adventure

Museum of Dinosaurs

juliocesarjeder — 2018-11-29 20:00:32 UTC

The museum has a collection of more than 1,500 fossils found in the region. There are examples of carnivorous dinosaurs, herbivores, chelonians, crocodilomorphs, lizards, frogs, fish, mollusks, as well as plant microfossils. Uberaba stands out as the only Brazilian paleontological site in which complete dinosaur eggs were found. There is even a dinosaur named Uberabasuchus terrificus, the terrible crocodile of Uberaba, named after the land where it was discovered and lived more than 70 million years ago.