Explore  /  South America  /  More of South America

Buenos Aires

Chapadmalal cliffs, Los Acantilados to Las Brusquitas

Fossil site, tidal Source-confirmed findsProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: glyptodont (Neosclerocalyptus), ground sloth, large rodent burrows.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Pliocene to Pleistocene

The Chapadmalal cliffs hold one of South America's best Plio-Pleistocene mammal records, and a Neosclerocalyptus was found eroding between Los Acantilados and Las Brusquitas.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

unstable cliffs, tides

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

Check access and collecting rules for each site.