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The museum of El Chocón is run by Rubén Carolini and the imprint of the "dinosaur hunter", as he likes to call himself, that is evident in the facilities.

In addition to the fossil remains of the Giganoto, arranged as they were found, there is a space lively as the desert surrounding the town in which it is raised a camp of "dinosaur hunters" with a tent, the mate and even the sandpit vehicle built by Carolini and in which he ran along the fences in search of fossils.

Almost daily trips are made to sites in the Valley of the Dinosaurs. Near the museum you can see fossilized dinosaur footprints on the shores of Lake Ramos Mexia.

The dinosaur footprints are some of the jewelry that keeps the museum.

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Giant's land Villa El Chocón is known for the "Valley of the Dinosaurs", declared a national historic site in 1997. Here were made important discoveries that stands between the largest carnivorous dinosaur of all time.

El Chocón Hydroelectric Complex The hydroelectric plant of El Chocón is located at the northern end of the artificial lake Exequiel Ramos Mexía. The dam was built for the purpose of flood control of rivers, reduce the effects of prolonged downspouts, increase the areas under irrigation and generate electricity.

Lake Ramos Mexía of El Chocón The artificial lake Exequiel Ramos Mexía is the largest in Argentina, there it can be practiced fishing as well as various water sports like boating.

Aldo Beroisa: an artist dedicated to bringing us the dinosaurs Aldo Beroisa is a cartoonist and sculptor of El Chocón that is responsible for making the models and drawings of dinosaurs from the local museum.

Different circuits in El Chocón El Chocón offers several circuits that have fabulous sceneries, geological and paleontological attractions.

Rubén Carolini, the discoverer of the largest carnivorous dinosaur Ruben Carolini, a paleontologist by adoption, was who discovered the largest carnivorous dinosaur of the world in El Chocón.

Escondido Canyon in El Chocón 3 kilometers from El Chocón it is the Escondido Canyon, a canyon where you can learn more about the past in these lands and that inside it you can see dinosaur footprints in different positions.

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