Chile's Torres del Paine Park Yields Fossil Treasure Trove

Paleontologists have discovered nearly 50 entire ichthyosaur fossils in southern Chile, one of the best finds of its kind to date, they said on Tuesday.   The fossils of the dolphin-like creature were unearthed in the country's Torres del Paine National Park, whose spiky peaks and brilliant turquoise lakes make it a magnet for trekkers and nature lovers.   Researchers said the marine reptiles, buried by rocks from the huge Tyndall Glacier, lived between the Triassic and...

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