Territorio Fósil, Historias Vivas

Fossil territory

Mosaic

This experience has a mosaic of original fossils of different types of prehistoric animals that inhabited La Tatacoa millions of years ago, there are also two other experiences in this area, one that challenges us to differentiate a fossil from a rock and another to reproduce with paper and pencil some patterns that brings up the surface of particular fossils.

From green to ocher

The experience from green to ocher is a space where visitors can see the processes that led to the transformation of the tropical rainforest to tropical dry forest, as well as the fossil evidence of animals that lived in the area of the Tatacoa Desert millions of years ago. This experience has a space where you can identify the most important fossil deposits in Colombia.

Among giants

This experience shows some of the largest species of animals that inhabited La Tatacoa millions of years ago, and are housed in the museum plus several clay reconstructions made by a young member of the Vigías del Patrimonio Paleontológico la Tatacoa.

Homemade paleontology

This experience shows the whole process that the Vigías del Patrimonio Paleontológico la Tatacoa undergo to collect the fossils and create the La Tatacoa Natural History Museum. Within the exhibition there is a space dedicated to characters from the town of La Victoria who have contributed to the protection of fossils. Finally, there is a space showing where in the world today are some fossil specimens from La Tatacoa and the paleontologists who study them.

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