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Castilla-La Mancha, Castille-La Mancha

Las Hoyas, Cuenca, Spain

Fossil site Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Birds, dinosaurs, amphibians, plants in lacustrine limestone (Lagerstatte).

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Early Cretaceous

Cretaceous Konservat-Lagerstatte.

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