Un enorme cementerio de fósiles se ha descubierto en el Parque Nacional Torres del Paine

THE TIMES, UK. Ojo meteorológico: los glaciares dejan sus secretos. Un enorme cementerio de fósiles se ha descubierto en el Parque Nacional Torres del Paine, en el sur de Chile, a raíz de la fusión de un glaciar. Algunos fósiles de ictiosaurios 46 -criaturas similares a delfines que vivieron hace unos 146 millones años- fueron descubiertos bajo el glaciar Tyndall.

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Weather eye: glaciers give up their secrets

An ichthyosaur fossil in the Natural History Museum in London. Nearly 50 similar fossils have been found in Chile

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  An ichthyosaur fossil in the Natural History Museum in London. Nearly 50 similar fossils have been found in Chile Times Newspapers Ltd

Paul Simons

Published at 12:01AM, June 13 2014

A huge fossil graveyard has been discovered in southern Chile, following the melting of a glacier. Some 46 fossils of ichthyosaurs — dolphin-like creatures that lived about 146 million years ago — were discovered under the Tyndall glacier. This is one of the largest glaciers in the region and has been in retreat since observations began in 1945, although the melting has speeded up since the 1980s.