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Valentia Island tetrapod trackway

Fossil site Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: tetrapod trackway (viewing only).

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

Why this spot

Devonian tetrapod footprints on a coastal rock platform, among the oldest known

Internationally documented trackway with interpretive signage.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

slippery shore platform

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