Fossil remains of marine animals found in a reserve in Bolivia
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By: EFE || Posted: June 4, 2020 || Time: 3:12 pm.
The Tipnis is a natural reserve of around 1.2 million hectares between the central region of Cochabamba and the Amazon of Beni, / Photo: EFE
The discovery of fossil remains of marine animals in the Isiboro Sécure (Tipnis) National Park Indigenous Territory, in central Bolivia , surprised the national authorities in charge of protected areas and opened the doors to scientific research in that nature reserve.
The remains were found during a recent trip led by the executive director of the National Service for Protected Areas (Sernap), Maikol Melgar , to deliver food to indigenous people who live in the park, according to a statement from that office, which reports to the Ministry of the Environment and Bolivian water.
"While traveling through the Tipnis , among the rocks on the road I could see some fossils in the area," Melgar said, quoted in the statement.
The official contacted "immediately" the executive director of the Noel Kempff Mercado Museum of Natural History, in the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz, Marisol Toledo, to obtain more information on the finding.
A team of scientists from that museum, including Mario Suárez Riglos and José Luis Ortiz, were able to determine "with the photos sent that these are brachiopod fossils that belong to the group of the Spiriféridos, " Melgar said.
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The director of the Sernap highlighted that the finding, which supposes new records in that region, opens the doors to scientific research in the Tipnis.
The Tipnis is a natural reserve of around 1.2 million hectares between the central region of Cochabamba and the Amazon of Beni, rich in biodiversity.
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