dinosaur mountain

"K2T Wisata"

Monte San Giorgio is a wooded mountain at Lake Lugano, Switzerland. Soar on 1,096 m above sea level this pyramid-shaped mountain is known for its marine fossils from the Mid Triassic Period (245–230 million years ago). At that time, the area had a tropical climate and a sea full of coral, fish, reptiles and turtle-like creatures. Around 80 different species of fish and 30 marine and land reptiles have been discovered at the numerous excavation sites. The fossils of these animals were found well preserved in what had been a sea basin. 

 

Monte San Giorgio became a UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 2003, because it “is the single best known record of marine life in the Triassic period, and records important remains of life on land as well”. For more information please click here.