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Rio Grande do Sul

Santa Maria Triassic beds

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

FossilsFossils

Also reported: viewing only.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

World class Triassic dinosaur and cynodont beds in red sandstone around the city

Core of the documented Paleorrota geopark region.

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