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Monumento Natural de Carenque

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Carenque
2700, Amadora

Amadora

Classified as a Natural Monument in May 1997, this deposit, discovered in 1996 is located on a decommissioned quarries and contains a fossil record of over a hundred tracks the beginning of the Upper Cretaceous produced by two herbivorous quadrupeds and, possibly, by carnivorous bipeds with more than 120 m in length. The construction of the tunnel of Carenque (CREL) relates to the preservation of this monument.