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Gatun Formation outcrops (Isla Payardi area)
Fossil site Source-confirmed findsRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Shark teethAlso reported: hammerhead, otoliths.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Dominik Vogt (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Why this spot
Late Miocene
A 2010 PLOS One study by Pimiento and colleagues identified the Gatun Formation localities Las Lomas and Isla Payardi as a megalodon nursery about 10 million years old.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
active extraction works, heat
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