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Eroded rocks known as the Ischigualasto formation cover an area of about 50,000 hectares (about 120,000 acres) in the San Juan Province of Argentina. The area is nicknamed the Valley of the Moon because of its supposed resemblance to a lunar landscape. A variety of dinosaurs flourished here during the Triassic Period, making the area one of the richest paleological sites in the world.
The Ischigualasto Formation, which forms the central part of the valley, belongs to this period. Some of these grey-green rocks were eroded into strange formations, which today are known as “Alladin’s Lamp”, “the Parrot “, “the Mushroom”, and “the Painted Valley”.
The meteorological alterations continued. By the conclusion of the Triassic Period, this rift valley was a windswept desert inhabited by even larger, more advanced reptiles, than those which had previously lived there.
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The Ischigualasto Formation, which forms the central part of the valley, belongs to this period. Some of these grey-green rocks were eroded into strange formations, which today are known as “Alladin’s Lamp”, “the Parrot “, “the Mushroom”, and “the Painted Valley”.
The meteorological alterations continued. By the conclusion of the Triassic Period, this rift valley was a windswept desert inhabited by even larger, more advanced reptiles, than those which had previously lived there.
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