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Du lagon au labo : un fossile exceptionnel !

Du lagon au labo : un fossile exceptionnel !
Musée cantonal de géologie

Exposition permanente

245 million years ago, marine reptiles similar to dolphins swam in a tropical sea in Monte San Giorgio (TI), a UNESCO site. A fossil of one of these famous Mixosaurus, magnificently restored in the museum in Lausanne, is on show in a glass case at the Palais de Rumine.