Paleontological Sites of Santa Maria

The Paleontological Sites of Santa Maria are located in the city of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and dating from the Triassic.

[1] In 1901 the first fossils were found in the town of Santa Maria, which began the Geopark Paleorrota.

Since then many sites have been discovered in the city, especially near the Hill Cerrito, with outstanding attention to Sanga da Alemoa that have rich history.

The Hill Cerrito is surrounded by highways BR-287, BR-158 and RS-509.

Santa Maria has two museums that contain fossils of the region:

Young Exaeretodon , collected by Sergio Kaminski, in the Paleontological Site Arroio Cancela