San Juan: Ischigualasto (Valle de la Luna) fossil park

ROCKHOUNDING PROHIBITED / VIEW ONLY CONFIRMED

Where: Southern Cone · South America · approx. -30.07, -68.0 (vicinity only)

Why this spot: Rockhounding locality: Triassic badlands holding some of the world's oldest dinosaur fossils (Eoraptor, Herrerasaurus), UNESCO listed with Talampaya in 2000

What turns up: eyes-only: in-situ Triassic bones, petrified trunks, bentonite moonscape formations, museum casts at the visitor center

Access: Prohibited / view only.

Provincial park and UNESCO World Heritage site: fossil collecting or removal of any rock is a crime under Argentine heritage law, eyes-only on guided convoys, entrance fee applies

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Satellite view, historic-map overlays, tide/flow context and field notes are in the app. Exact research detail is part of Pro.

Pins are approximate by design. This page is historical research, not permission to dig. Check ownership and local law first.