3/19/2012

Dinosaur traces from Fumanya South (Pyrenees, Lower mantle)

The outcrop of dinosaur traces from Fumanya South is located in an opencast coal mine. Actually are two sites adjacent with a surface 14,000 m2.  On the roof of a marly limestones  Maastrichtian strata, tilted about  60 degrees, there are plenty dinosaur footprints (2200!) and tracks of about 30 titanosaurs.
This is the second most important site in the world of sauropods footprints. Also, this is the second most important site in the world of the Cretaceous; and the third most important site in the world in relation to surface traces, after Lark Quarry (Australia) and Chaoyang (China).

 

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