Cretaceous Snails Conceal Themselves in Monuments in Madrid (IMAGE)

Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology

Cretaceous Snails Conceal Themselves in Monuments in Madrid

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In the Fountain of Apollo stone (shown in the image) and the four fountains facing the Museo del Prado, the Trochactaeon lamarcki fossils, a species of gastropod which lived around 85 million years ago, are easily seen.

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D.M. Freire-Lista /IGEO

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