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Quiriquina Island fossil beds
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What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Fossils
Shark teethAlso reported: viewing only.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0), Dominik Vogt (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Why this spot
Type section of the Cretaceous Quiriquina Formation with ammonites and marine reptiles
Classic documented fossil locality in Chilean paleontology.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
boat access
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