The Messel pit (German: Grube Messel) is a disused quarry near the village of Messel (Landkreis Darmstadt-Dieburg, Hesse) about 35 km (22 mi) southeast...
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Eocene Messel Formation as explored by the Messel Pit excavations in Germany. A former quarry and now UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Messel Formation...
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Leptictidium (section Comparison of the Messel species)
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...
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Palaeochiropteryx tupaiodon and Palaeochiropteryx spiegeli, both from the famous Messel Pit of Germany, as well as Palaeochiropteryx sambuceus from the Sheep Pass...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Eocene epoch (about 47 Ma). Its geographic range is restricted to the Messel pit. There it unconformably overlies crystalline Variscan basement and its...
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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...
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Naturmuseum Senckenberg (section Messel research)
nature conservation. The museum houses many originals from the nearby Messel pit, Germany's first UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site, among them a predecessor...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Diplocynodon in 2012. Well preserved specimens have been found in the Messel Pit and the Geiseltal lignite deposit in Germany. Most articulated Diplocynodon...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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the Messel pit of Germany, which dates to the Eocene. Peters, D.S. (1994) Messelastur gratulator n. gen. n. spec., ein Greifvogel as der Grube Messel (Aves:...
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masillaraptorid, a group of primitive falconiforms, from the Middle Eocene Messel Pit, Germany. It is a long-legged relative of the living falcons. Only one...
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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...
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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...
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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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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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extinct subfamily Parapreficinae, is known from the Eocene of Germany (the Messel pit), marking the earliest fossil evidence of potoos. The fossil genus Euronyctibius...
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"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"...
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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...
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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...
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been found in the Messel Pit of Hesse, Germany. Mayr, Gerald (1 October 2000). "Tiny Hoopoe-Like Birds From the Middle Eocene of Messel (Germany)". The...
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