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Atacama

Bahía Inglesa fossil terraces

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Shark teethShark teeth
FossilsFossils

Also reported: viewing only.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Dominik Vogt (CC BY-SA 3.0), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Neogene phosphorite terraces packed with shark teeth and marine mammal bone

Internationally documented fossil formation.

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