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Southern Cone, San Juan
San Juan
Ischigualasto (Valle de la Luna) fossil park
Fossil site Source-confirmed findsProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Fossils
Petrified woodAlso reported: bentonite moonscape formations, museum casts at the visitor center.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0), Jon Sullivan (Public domain).
Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: Triassic badlands holding some of the world's oldest dinosaur fossils (Eoraptor, Herrerasaurus), UNESCO listed with Talampaya in 2000
Wikipedia confirms UNESCO status and the named type finds Eoraptor lunensis and Herrerasaurus from these beds
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Desert heatFlash flood washes, remote location with no fuel or services inside the park
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