Ischigualasto
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Location
La Rioja Province

Country
Argentina

Year of Research
2000

Culture
    These two contiguous parks has over 275,300 ha in the desert region on the western border of the Sierra Pampeanas of central Argentina.It contains the most complete continental fossil record known from the Triassic Period (245-208 million years ago).
    Six geological formations in the parks has fossils of a wide range of ancestors of mammals, dinosaurs and plants revealing the evolution of vertebrates and the nature of palaeo-environments in the Triassic Period.





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