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Ceara, Ceará
Chapada do Araripe (Santana/Crato Fm), Nova Olinda
Fossil site Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: Exquisite fish (Cladocyclus), pterosaurs, insects in Crato limestone and Santana nodules.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian)
The Araripe basin yields some of the finest Cretaceous fossils; export is a crime
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