Dinosaur skeletons and fossils fill the Galerie de Paléontologie et d’Anatomie Comparée, part of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, within the Jardin des Plantes.
Galerie de Paléontologie et d’Anatomie Comparée
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