Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parks World Heritage Site

Official name

Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parks | UNESCO

Country

Argentina | Map

Continent

South America

Location

Provinces of San Juan and La Rioja
-30.0000° Lat, -68.0000° Lon | Map

Code

966

Time Zone

America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires (-03, -0300)

Current Time

Category

Natural

Description

Inscribed 2000. These two contiguous parks, extending over 275,300 ha in the desert region on the western border of the Sierra Pampeanas of central Argentina, contain the most complete continental fossil record known from the Triassic Period (245-208 million years ago). Six geological formations in the parks contain fossils of a wide range of ancestors of mammals, dinosaurs and plants revealing the evolution of vertebrates and the nature of palaeo-environments in the Triassic Period.