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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)' has mentioned 'Fossils' in the following places:
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| [1] It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site[2] in July 2005[3] for its hundreds of fossils of some of the earliest forms of whale, the archaeoceti (a now extinct sub-order of whales). | WIKI |
| No other place in the world yields the number, concentration and quality of such fossils, as is their accessibility and setting in an attractive and protected landscape. | WIKI |
| Contents 1 History 2 Fossils 3 Geology 4 Wildlife 5 Tourism 6 References 7 External links | WIKI |
| The fossils found at the site may not be the oldest but their great concentration in the area and the degree of their preservation is to such an extent that even some stomach contents are intact. | WIKI |
| The presence of fossils of other early animals such as sharks, crocodiles, sawfish, turtles and rays found at Wadi Al-Hitan makes it possible to reconstruct the surrounding environmental and ecological conditions of the time, adding to its justification to be cited as a Heritage site. | WIKI |
| Fossils[edit] | WIKI |
| It exceeds the values of other comparable sites in terms of the number, concentration and quality of its fossils, and their accessibility and setting in an attractive and protected landscape. | WIKI |
| Fossils are present in high numbers and often show excellent quality of preservation. | WIKI |
| The most conspicuous fossils are the skeletons and bones of whales and sea cows, and over several hundred fossils of these have been documented. | WIKI |
| The fossils of whales vary from single bones to entire skeletons, and a number of partial skeletons are currently on display in the public part of the park. | WIKI |
| Eocene strata which exposed in the site and contains marine vertebrate fossils. | WIKI |
| Fossil reptiles are represented by fossils of crocodiles and sea turtles, and bones of sea snakes have also been recorded. | WIKI |
| There are many species of bony fish, sharks and rays represented, but most of the fossils are isolated small teeth and these are not often conspicuous. | WIKI |
| Larger fish fossils include the rostra and pegs of sawfish; a sawfish rostrum of 1.8 metres long is laid out in the park. | WIKI |
| Disc-shaped nummulite fossils are common in places, and often coat the desert floor. | WIKI |
| A large log is present in the park, and this is full of tubular shipworm fossils. | WIKI |
| The rock unit that contains most of the whale fossils is the Birket Qarun Formation. | WIKI |
| Since part of Wadi Al-Hitan was made into a tourist venue, walkways between the main fossils have been laid out and small shelters built. | WIKI |
| The globally important fossils of Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley), in the Western Desert of Egypt, provide dramatic evidence of one of the iconic stories of evolution: the emergence of whales as ocean-going mammals, from their previous life as land-based animals. | UNESCO |
| It exceeds the values of other comparable sites in terms of the number, concentration and quality of its fossils, and their accessibility and setting in an attractive and protected landscape. | UNESCO |
| Wadi Al Hitan is of sufficient size to include the main exposures of rocks where the whale fossils are found, as well as associated geological features of interest. | UNESCO |