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Kotelnich ((ロシア語:Коте́льнич); ) is a river port town in Kirov Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Vyatka River near its confluence with the Moloma, along the route of the Trans-Siberian Railway, southwest of Kirov. Population: ==History== The locality of Koksharov () was first mentioned in 1143 as a Mari town. In 1182, it was occupied by Russians and renamed Kotelnich, from the word ''kotel'' (now ''kotlovina''), meaning "hollow", "depression".〔Е. М. Поспелов. "Географические названия мира". Москва, 1998, p. 218.〕 Town status was granted to it in 1780. The city of Kotelnich is well known all over Russia and in some foreign countries due to location of ancient fossil vertebrates – Pareiasaurus. Pareiasaurus – is a large pangolin with spurs in the buccal region of the scull. Being about 3 meters long these animals inhabited Europe, South Africa, and Asia 250-260 million years ago. This landmark is located on the right steep bank of the Vyatka River and covers 30 km from Kotelnich to Vishkil. The best view on the landmark opens to the passengers of the train going across Vyatka near Kotelnich. The first excavation works were performed in 1933, then in 1948 and 1949. Full-scale research started in the late 80’s-early 90’s. Specialists prove the uniqueness of the landmark, the only comparable sight being Karoo, South Africa. Annually Russian and foreign scientists find skeleton fragments and bones of ancient animals of the Permian period of Palaeozoic era, Triassic and Jurassic periods of Mesozoic era. Paleontological museum of Kotelnich was opened in 1994. It exhibits both the findings from the excavation site in Kotelnich, and the replicas of the most famous findings from Germany, the USA, and Mongolia. The exposition of the museum shows the global geological and evolution processes that took place on Earth about 200 million years ago. The workers of the museum organized a mobile exposition – “Vyatka Dinosaurs”, which has already been seen by people from many Russian cities. In summer, when the level of water in Vyatka goes down, Paleontological Museum of Kotelnich takes tourists on a grasping trip to the excavation site where everyone will find a piece for his own archeological collection. The strip of the Vyatka's right bank on which Kotelnich stands is a part of a pareiasaur remains site, one of the largest in the world. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kotelnich」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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