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Dinosaur footprints (ichnites) of Galve

Galve, Comunidad de Teruel, Teruel

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Dinosaur footprints (ichnites) of Galve

Nature · Galve, Comunidad de Teruel, Teruel

The dinosaur ichnite sites of Galve are located at several points within the municipal boundary, including Las Cerradicas and Los Corrales del Pelejón, with fossilised tracks that can be followed along the Route of the Dinosaur Tracks. They date from the Lower Cretaceous, a period from which fossils of species such as Aragosaurus, Iguanodon, Bernissartia and Galveosaurus have also been found in Galve, along with ammonites and micromammals, many discovered by the palaeontologist José María Herrero. Part of these remains is kept in the Palaeontological Museum of Galve, on Calle Cuesta del Cura, which offers guided tours.

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