Natural history museum opens in Shanghai

Dinosaur models are on display at Shanghai Natural History Museum in Shanghai, April 11, 2015.

The museum, newly opened on April 19, 2015, has a collection of near 290,000 samples, including a complete specimen of a 140-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton of Mamenchisaurus. There are also rare specimens which cannot be found elsewhere outside China, such as Yellow River mammoth, giant salamander, giant panda, and Yangtze Alligator

Dinosaur models are on display at Shanghai Natural History Museum in Shanghai, April 11, 2015.

Photo taken on April 11, 2015 shows a view of the exhibition hall of Shanghai Natural History Museum in Shanghai.

A 22-meter-high specimen of Mamenchisaurus skeleton is on display at Shanghai Natural History Museum in Shanghai, April 11, 2015

Specimens of birds are on display at Shanghai Natural History Museum in Shanghai, April 11, 2015

Specimens of African animals are on display at Shanghai Natural History Museum in Shanghai, April 11, 2015.

The museum, newly opened on April 19, 2015, has a collection of near 290,000 samples, including a complete specimen of a 140-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton of Mamenchisaurus. 

There are also rare specimens which cannot be found elsewhere outside China, such as Yellow River mammoth, giant salamander, giant panda, and Yangtze Alligator.

Source: Xinhua

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