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- The fossil-bearing locality of Polazzo is a Lagerstätte dating to the Santonian (Late Cretaceous), about 85 million years ago.
The site B (a site A excavated earlier occurs NNE), excavated every year since1996 (with a stop of one year for bureaucratical
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- The fossil-bearing locality of Polazzo is a Lagerstätte dating to the Santonian (Late Cretaceous), about 85 million years ago.
- The excavation began on the 20th September 2009. In the initial phase activity mainly consisted in the extension of the work area (circa 4 m2) with the removal of detritus and of the soil covering the fossil-bearing layers.
The extension of the excavati
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- The excavation began on the 20th September 2009. In the initial phase activity mainly consisted in the extension of the work area (circa 4 m2) with the removal of detritus and of the soil covering the fossil-bearing layers.
- The excavation started on the 7th October 2011.
Initially, work continued on the removal of the layers on the front opened in 2010. Unfortunately, after several days work, removing potential fossil-bearing layers, which produced no new finds, the underl
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- The excavation started on the 7th October 2011.
- The fossil-bearing locality of Palazzo is a _ Lagerstätte_ datable to the Santonian period (Upper Cretaceous). Excavations on the site, situated on the edge of the village of Polazzo, began in 1996. The site is formed by an outcrop of calcareous layers of ... Read More
- The 2014 excavations took place between the 28th September and 31st December in the sector investigated in 2013. Only seven days of actual excavating were managed due to the almost permanently rainy conditions. On wet days, it was not possible to work as t... Read More
- 106250500 BC
- 85000000 BC
- 85000000 BC