Messel Pit Fossil Site
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 | sm1_fmf00so6.jpg[360×240] Address: Markstr. 35, D-64409 Messel Office: Telephone: + 49 (0)6159 9163-0 Fax: +49 (0)6159 9163-113 After rejecting plans to create a landfill at the Messel pit in 1990 and purchasing the former pit mine in June 1991, the state of Hessen decided to engage the Senckenberg Nature Research Publishing origin |
 | site_720.jpg[185×125] Brief Description Messel Pit is the richest site in the world for understanding the living environment of the Eocene, between 57 million and 36 million years ago Publishing origin |
 | MT001Bt.jpg[188×185] state of preservation, as well as the early horse Propaleotherium complete with stomach contents which clearly show which individual species of plants this early horse ate. The Messel area climate was dramatically different from that of modern-day Germany as shown by the anteaters, tapirs, crocodiles and Publishing origin |
 | tOF11-large188.jpg[188×141] The Middle Eocene (50 million year old) oil shales of Messel near Frankfurt, Germany are world-reknowned for the unusually complete and detailed picture they present of life of the past. Publishing origin |
 | messel.jpg[529×345] , on behalf of the international geological community, set up GEOSITES, an ambitious global scheme to promote geoconservation, focussing on the identification of globally significant sites. Typical block of oil shale from the Messel Pit Fossil Site, Germany, one of the few European geology sites included in the World Heritage Natural Sites. Photo: L. Erikstad. Past attempts at Publishing origin |
 | pic_unesco_grube_messel.jp[190×171] With more than 10,000 finds to date, the Messel Pit Fossil Site is one of the most fruitful dinosaur fossil sites in Publishing origin |
 | w720s2.jpg[154×117] After lunch, I drove to the Pit itself. There are signs to Messel from (parts of) Darmstadt: it's about 10 kms. For the guided tour about 50 to 60 people had gathered at the small infocenter. Publishing origin |
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