Tag:geological=palaeontological_site

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Giacimento paleontologico villaggio del pescatore duino.jpg
Description
A place with fossils. Edit this description in the wiki page. Edit this description in the data item.
Group: natural
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesshould not be used on waysmay be used on areas (and multipolygon relations)should not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Useful combination
Status: approvedPage for proposal

A palaeontological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which remains of ancient living forms is preserved. Area under the study of the forms of life existing in prehistoric times, as represented by the fossils of plants, animals, and other organisms investigated using the discipline of paleontology. See  Paleontology.

How to map

The tag geological=palaeontological_site applies to nodes and areas.

Example

  • Germania - Korbacher Spalte

https://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/39161128
http://www.korbacher-spalte.de

  • Argentina - Ischigualasto - Valle de la Luna

https://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/42691851/history

  • Tasmania - Fossil Bay:

https://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/45735551 http://www.mariaislandferry.com.au/Fossil%20bay%20west%20thumb.jpg http://omnibus.uni-freiburg.de/~oberler/fossilnet.jpg http://www.stormplanet.com/maria_may05_44.jpg

  • Portugal - Monumento Natural das Pegadas de Dinossáurios de Ourém / Torres Novas

https://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/54148217

  • Italy - Duino (TS) - Giacimento Paleontologico del Villaggio del Pescatore

https://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/40009184

  • Italy - Polazzo (GO) sito paleontologico di Polazzo

https://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/44919748/
https://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/552477035
http://wikimapia.org/10735404/it/Sito-paleontologico-di-Polazzo
https://web.archive.org/web/20170403100531/www.museomonfalcone.it/paleontologia.php

  • Italia - Incisioni rupestri di Pianaura

https://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/676853528

  • Italy - Rovereto (TN) - Sito paleontologico Lavini di Marco

https://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/289830941 https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavini_di_Marco

  • Italia - Monte Corona

https://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/52646486

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