The Messel Pit is a worldwide famous fossil site recognized by UNESCO as a World Natural Heritage Site because of the exceptional preservation, as well as the diversity of its fossils from the early-middle Eocene (~48 Ma). The Messel Pit, located in an old Quarry in Germany near Frankfurt am Main , includes fossils from vertebrates (turtles, crocodiles, mammals, birds, lizards, among others), inve ...[Read More]
Digging up bones for science – looking into 48 million years old blood vessel-like structures
Ever wondered how blood vessel-like structures of fossilized turtles, crocodiles, mammals, birds and lizards looked like (credit: Edward Cadena, Senckenberg museum) ?
