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Yacimiento paleontológico de Barranco Hondo

Candelaria, Tenerife - Valle de Güímar, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

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Yacimiento paleontológico de Barranco Hondo

Nature · Candelaria, Tenerife - Valle de Güímar, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Image of Candelaria, not of the place itself.

A Holocene volcanic tube in the municipality of Candelaria where abundant fossil remains of giant lizards have been found, including the extinct or endangered species Gallotia goliath and Gallotia simonyi.

Photo: javiersanp (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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