WHAT'S NEW
On April 26 a new photo exhibition opened at the Ancient Pine Visitor Centre of the Site.
With the start of the tourism season toads and frogs also appeared on the Site. But why do they visit us? Could that be, that they have heard about our newest discoveries of their ancestors' tracks and footprints of prehistoric reptiles?
The Ipolytarnoc Fossils was named as one of the best tourism destinations in Hungary!
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THE VOLCANIC CATASTROPHE
A volcanic catastrophe destroyed the environment of ancient Ipolytarnóc 20 million years ago. The grey volcanic rock, rhyolite tuff, which demolished the paleohabitat, appears on the surface on both sides of the geological trail towards the Great Hall. It contains the charred remnants of the ancient vegetation. ))
The volcanism started with ashfall deposition, blanketing the
Then a firey deluge of ashflow, ignimbrite came, like an avalanche, burning and burying everything on its way. 
The base surge's accreted lapilli, tuffballs are easy to identify along the geological path. According to radiometric dating, measurements, the volcanic catastrophe destroyed the paleo- habitat of Ipolytarnoc 19.6 million years ago, although recent studies debate this date. Back to FOSSILS
habitat with fine, yellowish-striped volcanic dust.
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Then a firey deluge of ashflow, ignimbrite came, like an avalanche, burning and burying everything on its way.
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The base surge's accreted lapilli, tuffballs are easy to identify along the geological path. According to radiometric dating, measurements, the volcanic catastrophe destroyed the paleo- habitat of Ipolytarnoc 19.6 million years ago, although recent studies debate this date.
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