Mifune Dinosaur Museum (御船町恐竜博物館, Mifune-machi Kyōryū Hakubutsukan) opened in Mifune, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan in 1998. The museum collects, preserves, researches, and displays the dinosaur fossils found in the area; the collection, which includes Japan's first fossil from a meat-eating dinosaur, Mifunesaurus, numbers some 15,000 items.[1][2][3]
| Mifune Dinosaur Museum | |
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御船町恐竜博物館 | |
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| General information | |
| Address | 995-6 |
| Town or city | Mifune, Kumamoto Prefecture |
| Country | Japan |
| Coordinates | 32°42′49″N 130°48′06″E / 32.713627°N 130.801631°E |
| Opened | April 1998 |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
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External links
- (in Japanese) Mifune Dinosaur Museum