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Dinosaur Provincial Park

Kategorie
Natural
Land
Canada
Einschreibungsjahr
1979
Kriterien
(vii)(viii)
UNESCO-ID
71

Beschreibung

In addition to its particularly beautiful scenery, Dinosaur Provincial Park – located at the heart of the province of Alberta's badlands – contains some of the most important fossil discoveries ever made from the 'Age of Reptiles', in particular about 35 species of dinosaur, dating back some 75 million years.