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Fumanya Dinosaur Footprints

Fígols, Berguedà, Barcelona

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Fumanya Dinosaur Footprints

Curiosity · Fígols, Berguedà, Barcelona

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One of the most important dinosaur ichnite sites in Europe, with close to 3,000 footprints and around 50 defined titanosaur trackways, as well as fossils of plants and invertebrates. They formed around 72 million years ago, during the Maastrichtian, at the foot of the Serra d'Ensija, at 1,550 metres altitude, between the municipalities of Fígols and Vallcebre (Berguedà). Lluís Viladrich and Montserrat Gorchs found them on 31 March 1985 in a marl quarry, and palaeontologists confirmed the discovery in October 1986. The Museu de les Mines de Cercs organises guided visits through the Fumanya Interpretation Centre, declared a Bien Cultural de Interés Nacional (Catalonia's highest level of heritage protection) in 2014.

Photo: Josep Renalias (CC BY-SA 2.5)

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