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Guryal ravine site is one of the world's richest fossil sites. Thousands of pre-dinosaur fossils are scattered in the rocks of the ravine, rated by geologists as the world's premier site for the study of species from the Permian period (299-251 million years ago).
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Evidence of Tsunami preserved in Kashmir rocks

Prof Michael Brookfield of the University of Massachusetts, said that the geological evidence at the Guryal ravine in the vicinity of the Srinagar city indicates that there is enough evidence of tsunami preserved in the Guryal rocks that originated from Tethys sea some 250 million years ago. He said that Guryul section closely resembles the K-T boundary section in Texas, US and may have been deposited in the same way from waning tsunami.
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