Mare aux Songes

Mare aux Songes
Stratigraphic range: Holocene
TypeGeological formation
Location
RegionAfrica
CountryMauritius

Mare aux Songes encircled on a map of the Mauritian railway system in 1866

The Mare aux Songes (English: "pond of taro"; French: [ma.ʁ‿o sɔ̃ʒ]) swamp is a lagerstätte located close to the sea in south eastern Mauritius. Many subfossils of recently extinct animals have accumulated in the swamp, which was once a lake, and some of the first subfossil remains of dodos were found there.

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