Technical management at the Messel Pit for the Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt / Germany

Technical management in the Messel Pit and preparation of the fossils for the Senckenberg Museum of Natural History / Frankfurt / Germany

Project description

Some examples of unique fossils we found in the Messel-Pit

Excavate and recover of fossiles

Excavate and recover of fossiles

Insect with color preservation

Three ants

Leafe

Fruit

Turtles Allaeochelys crassesculptata died and fossilized during the pairing self-supporting three-dimensional prepared dorsal and ventral view

Allaeochelys crassesculptata Turtle Fossil bottom-view

Long-neck-Soft-Shell-Tutle Tryonys sp. self-supporting, three-dimensional prepared dorsal and ventral view

Tryonix sp.

Snake undetermined species

Garfish Atractosteus strausi deformed into ripple marks by a landslide during the fossilization

Bird in the fund state

Bird prepared with the transfer method with feather preservation

Bird legs with tail feathers in the slate fresh found, next picture is after the preparation

Prepared with the transfer method with feather preservation

Rat like rodent with skin retention and stomach content

Insect-eater in fund state next picture after preparation

Insect-eater prepared with the transfer method with skin and fur preservation

Ur-horse Propalaeotherium parvulum with embryo and skin and fur preservation

Tail-Detail with fur and hairs
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