Eocene epoch (about 47 Ma). Its geographic range is restricted to the Messel pit. There it unconformably overlies crystalline Variscan basement and its...

Eocene Messel Formation as explored by the Messel Pit excavations in Germany. A former quarry and now UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Messel Formation...

fossils of three different species of Leptictidium have been found in the Messel pit in Germany. The marks on their fur have been preserved, as well as their...

fossil, called Ida, was discovered in 1983 at the Messel pit, a disused quarry near the village of Messel, about 35 km (22 mi) southeast of Frankfurt, Germany...

Palaeochiropteryx tupaiodon and Palaeochiropteryx spiegeli, both from the famous Messel Pit of Germany, as well as Palaeochiropteryx sambuceus from the Sheep Pass...

hussars. In 1806, the village fell to the Grand Duchy of Hesse. The nearby Messel pit is an important site for Eocene fossils. Signpost at the entrance Evangelical...

Diplocynodon in 2012. Well preserved specimens have been found in the Messel Pit and the Geiseltal lignite deposit in Germany. Most articulated Diplocynodon...

Eupholidota. It lived during the Eocene in Europe. Eomanis fossils found in the Messel Pit in Germany are very similar in size and anatomy to living pangolins of...

epoch (49 million years ago), and its fossils have been found in the Messel Pit, Germany. Godinotia were about 30 cm long, excluding the tail, smaller...

48 million years ago). Its fossil remains have been found in the Messel pit at Messel, Germany. It is the only known member of the extinct subfamily Parapreficinae...

nature conservation. The museum houses many originals from the nearby Messel pit, Germany's first UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site, among them a predecessor...

plant-fossil databases revealed similar marks on a fossil leaf from the Messel Pit, which is 48 million years old. Once the mandibles of the ant are secured...

been described to date. Some of the fossils from the Eocene fauna of the Messel pit (i.e. Salimia and Idiornis) have also been suggested to be seriemas, as...

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Eocene of France and a complete specimen of the early middle Eocene of the Messel pit in Germany. They appear in Africa in the upper Miocene and only relatively...

of ease, much like modern-day squirrels. Its fossils were found in the Messel pit, preserving even its fur. Kopidodon had a thick bushy tail for balance...

the giant anteater, and the tamanduas. The fossil Eurotamandua from the Messel Pit in Germany may be an early anteater, but its status is currently debated...

extinct subfamily Parapreficinae, is known from the Eocene of Germany (the Messel pit), marking the earliest fossil evidence of potoos. The fossil genus Euronyctibius...

scale by taking air samples of the affected region. The Messel pit fossil deposits of Messel, Germany, show evidence of a limnic eruption there in the...

each from a famous freshwater lagerstätte: M. kelleri from the Messel pit in the Messel Formation of Germany, and M. janeae from Fossil Butte in the Green...

Danielsraptor, from the London Clay of England, and Masillaraptor, from Messel Pit in Germany. Masillaraptorids had long legs, which may indicate that they...

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Pholidocercus is an extinct monotypic genus of mammal from the Messel pit related to and resembling the modern-day hedgehog with a single species, Pholidocercus...

type (H. messelensis), H. magna, and H. revilliodi, all found in the Messel pit, Germany, H. kumari, found in the Cambay Shale Formation (Vastan Lignite...

found in the Bracklesham Group and Wittering Formation of England, at the Messel Pit in Germany and in Bouxwiller, France. Buxolestes were otter-like freshwater...

have been found at the Messel Pit in Germany. Dinosaur coloration Mertz, D. F., Renne, P. R. (2005): A numerical age for the Messel fossil deposit (UNESCO...

aye-aye. Three skeletons have been found at the early Eocene site at Messel Pit, Germany Schaal & Ziegler (1992), pp. 174-177. McKenna, Malcolm C., and...

found in the Messel Pit of Germany. Mayr, G. (2009). "A well-preserved second trogon skeleton (Aves, Trogonidae) from the middle Eocene of Messel, Germany"...

Serudaptus is an extinct genus of halcyornithid bird from the Middle Eocene Messel pit in Hesse, Germany. The genus contains one species, Serudaptus pohli, and...

"ammonium sufobitol" (Tumenol-Ammonium), made from light shale oil of the Messel pit, was sold until 2000 in Germany. The Chinese material labelled as "ichthammol"...