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Vanished World

Vanished World

Otago

The Vanished World Centre in Duntroon offers fascinating insights into the fossil heritage of the Waitaki District through interpretive displays and exhibits that include world-class 30-40 million-year-old fossils of giant penguins, unique small dolphins, huge sharks, the first baleen whales and many shellfish of the Oligocene times. Visit the centre to round ofF your trail wanderings or to gain introductory knowledge for the local fossil trail.