Mare aux Songes | |
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Stratigraphic range: Holocene | |
Type | Geological formation |
Location | |
Region | Africa |
Country | Mauritius |
![]() Mare aux Songes encircled on a map of the Mauritian railway system in 1866 |
The Mare aux Songes (English: "sea of taro";[1] French: [ma.ʁ‿o sɔ̃ʒ]) swamp is a lagerstätte located close to the sea in south eastern Mauritius. Many subfossils of recently extinct animals have accumulated in the swamp, which was once a lake, and some of the first subfossil remains of dodos were found there.
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