Iwaki City Coal & Fossil Museum
Museum in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
37°00′45″N 140°50′54″E / 37.012592°N 140.848443°E / 37.012592; 140.848443
Iwaki City Coal & Fossil Museum (いわき市石炭・化石館, Iwaki-shi sekitan・kaseki-kan), nicknamed Horuru (ほるる),[2] opened in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan in 1984.[1] The collection and displays relate to local fossil finds — including the plesiosaur Futabasaurus suzukii — and the Jōban coalfield [ja], once the largest on Honshū.[1][3]
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References
- ^ a b c 当館について [About the Museum] (in Japanese). Iwakishi sekitan kasekikan. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Iwaki City Coal & Fossil Museum "horuru"". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ 石炭・化石館(ほるる) [Coal and Fossil Museum (Horuru)] (in Japanese). Iwaki City. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
External links
- (in Japanese) Iwaki City Coal & Fossil Museum
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