Sunday 22 October 2017

Messel Pit Fossil Site

Fossils of over 1000 species of plants, mammals, birds, reptiles, fishes and insects can be found in this site 

Messel Pit
This postcard was sent from Switzerland by Isa

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. In particular, it provides unique information about the early stages of the evolution of mammals and includes exceptionally well-preserved mammal fossils, ranging from fully articulated skeletons to the contents of stomachs of animals of this period. - in: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/720

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