Composed mainly of basaltic alkaline intrusive rocks, this volcano was the result of a major geological upheaval in the tertiary era which were responsible for various volcanic cones in the rocky state of Rio Grande do Norte.
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"Laurus nobilis " and " Ilex aquifolium " are widespread relicts of the laurisilva forests that originally covered much of the Mediterranean Basin when the climate of the region was more humid during the tertiary era.
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Ivy is a relict plant and one of the survivors of the laurel forest ( laurisilva ) flora in Europe that originally covered much of the Mediterranean Basin when the climate of the region was more humid in the Tertiary era.
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He later served as director of the Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum, in Buenos Aires, and in 1906 published " Sedimentary Formations of the Cretaceous and Tertiary Eras in Patagonia ", a work of synthesis is not limited to descriptions, but it raises hypotheses about the evolution of various mammals and analyzes the different layers of the crust and their possible ages.
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The arboretum proper is planted on a set of 17 cairns throughout the entire park, organized as a " gallery of evolution " which begins at the water, then proceeds as follows : 1 origins ( " Ginkgo Biloba " ), 2 living fossils ( " Cryptomeria japonica ", " Cunninghamia lanceolata ", " Metasequoia ", " Sequoiadendron ", " Taxodium distichum " ), 3-6 dinosaurs and gymnosperms, 7-10 the Tertiary era of mammals and angiosperms, 11-17 mankind and landscaping, culminating in the " Jardins Chromatiques " ( garden of colors ).
