Robert Clarkのインスタグラム(robertclarkphoto) - 12月29日 13時01分

A feathered bird from 47 million years ago.
The Messel Pits a disused quarry near the village of Messel. Bituminous shale was mined there. Because of its abundance of fossils, it has significant geological and scientific importance. After almost becoming a landfill, strong local resistance eventually stopped these plans and the Messel Pit was declared a UNESCO World Heritage.Due to the extraordinary fossils, it is one of the few sites that have ever been placed on the list exclusively due to fossils.
Brown coal and later oil shale was actively mined from 1859. The pit first became known for its wealth of fossils around 1900, but serious scientific excavation only started around the 1970s. The amateurs developed the "transfer technique" that enabled them to preserve the fine details of small fossils, the method still employed in preserving the fossils today.

The Messel Pit provides the best preserved evidence of Geiseltalian flora and fauna so far discovered. Most other sites are lucky to contain partial skeletons, but Messel boasts extensive preservation of structural integrity, even going so far as to preserve the fur, feathers and "skin shadows" of some species.
The oil-shale bed originally were a large series of lakes, surrounded by lush sub-tropical forests supported an incredible river.
The fossils were formed during the Eocene Epoch of the Paleogene Period about 47 million years ago. #Senckenberg #SenckenbergNatureMuseum @Robert Clark

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