Le site fossilifère de Moulendé
Le site fossilifère de Moulendé et la pile nucléaire de Bangombé is part of the Tentative list of Gabon in order to qualify for inclusion in the World Heritage List.
The Moulendé fossil site and the Bangombé nuclear pile are discoveries in the shales in the Franceville basin. Moulendé has yielded fossilized organisms from 2,1 billion years ago, said to be evidence of the earliest form of multicellular life. Bangombé is the only known natural nuclear reactor in the world, also approximately 2 billion years old.
Map of Le site fossilifère de Moulendé
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Site Info
- Full Name
- Le site fossilifère de Moulendé et la pile nucléaire de Bangombé
- Country
- Gabon
- Added
- 2022
- Type
- Natural
- Categories
- Natural landscape - Geology and Geomorphology Paleontology - Non-hominid fossils
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Site History
2022 Added to Tentative List
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The site has 2 locations