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Donation to the University of Murcia fossil dinosaur footprints (02/06/2016)

The Museum of Jumilla Jerónimo Molina has donated to the University of Murcia (UMU) several replicas of fossil footprints made with media council of that locality.

As stated by the director of the section Natural Science Museum, Cayetano Herrero, are dinosaur tracks found in the Sierra de Los Gavilanes, "very important because it is localized to the south of Europe and which closer to the date of termination dated have been found. "

In addition, "are peculiar for their nails claw and unrounded, as it was known until now. All this makes them different from the rest at the national level," he added.

By the University of Murcia, Professor Maria Victoria Valcárcel, commending the work done by Jerome Museum Molina, he expressed the gratitude of the UMU by a grant that besides being a "material essential work for students" , will "allow these animals to learn more about the past."

Source: Universidad de Murcia

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