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Messel Pit Fossil Site

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Germany
Date of Inscription: 1995
Criteria: (viii)
Core zone: 70 ha
District of Darmstadt-Dieburg, State of Hesse (Hessen)
N49 55 0.012 E8 45 14.004
Ref: 720

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. 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.

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