paleocueva
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[edit]paleocueva f (plural paleocuevas)
- (Argentina, paleontology) paleoburrow
- Synonyms: paleotoca, paleomadriguera
- 2022 April 12, Matías Taglioretti, quotee, “Hay 95% de posibilidades de hallar fósiles en una excavación en Mar del Plata [There's 95% chance of finding fossils on an excavation in Mar del Plata]”, in Diario La Capital[1], Mar del Plata, archived from the original on 12 April 2022:
- En cualquier gran excavación que se realice en Mar del Plata, a dos o más metros de profundidad “hay un 95% de posibilidades de encontrar restos fósiles“, gracias a la riqueza paleontológica de la región y a la abundante existencia de paleocuevas que conforman verdaderos sistemas de túneles entrelazados bajo la superficie […]
- In any big excavation done in Mar del Plata, be it two of more meters deep, “there's a 95% chance of finding fossil remains”, thanks to the paleontological richness of the region and the abundance of paleoburrows that form true systems of entangled tunnels under the surface.
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[edit]- → Portuguese: paleotoca (calque)
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