Chile seizes more than 200 fossils of extinct mollusks
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Chile seizes more than 200 fossils of extinct mollusks
SANTIAGO, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Customs officials in Chile discovered and seized more than 200 fossils of ammonites in a shipping container from Madagascar that had been declared as containing household ornaments, the customs authority of the South Ame...
A total of 222 fossils of amonites, corresponding to the lower Cretaceous period and with an estimated age of 110 million years, were detected by controllers of the San Antonio Regional Customs within a container coming from China. The cargo had been declared as chains, pendants and glass ornaments of [...] Customs Entry detects 222 fossils of amonites of 110 million years hidden in container in San Antonio was first published in El Periodista.
Ammonites are a subclass of extinct cephalopod molluscs that lived from about 400 million years to extinction
The detection by supervisors of the San Antonio Regional Customs took place thanks to information and intelligence analyses carried out by officials based on various risk profiles and the comprehensive review of foreign trade flows and burdens.
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