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Archives: Geoheritage Sites

Mars analog of Lake Salda

Western shorelines of Lake Salda with older and modern hydromagnesite beaches covering the entire shorelines (Photo by Ali Ihsan Gökçen).

Ediacaran fauna of the Nama Group

View from Swartpunt mountain.

The Late Devonian fossil-fish Lagerstätte of Miguasha

Late Devonian strata at Miguasha National Park. These rocks contain beautifully preserved fossil fish and other animals and plants. (Photo: Mathieu Dupuis, Miguasha National Park).

Permian vegetation of the Wuda Fossil Site

A number of trunks and tree crowns preserved in place.

Triassic Dinosaurs and mammalian reptiles from Ischigualasto

Appearance presented by the Ischigualasto Formation, gray in color. In the background, outcrops of the Los Colorados Formation constituting the so-called Barrancas Coloradas.

Middle Jurassic dinosaur footprints from the Serras de Aire and Candeeiros

Panoramic view of the Galinha quarry with the main sauropod trackways.

Dashanpu Middle Jurassic Dinosaur Fossils Site

Concentrated dinosaur fossils in the site.

Upper Jurassic Carnegie Quarry Dinosaur Bone Site

Articulated skull and cervical vertebrae of Camarasaurus as seen on the quarry face.

Early Cretaceous wetland of Las Hoyas

The gobiconodon early mammal Spinolestes xenarthrosus with body hair, external ear skin, and lungs in ribcage. Housed at Museo Paleontologico de Cuenca (MUPA).

Cretaceous Lagerstätten of Cariri Stone

Cordulagomphus fenestratus (MPSC I 485). Fossilized dragonfly (Odonata) preserved in the Crato Formation, bearing witness to these insects' ancient flight 110 million years ago.
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