AS FOSSILS ARE BURIED AND PETRIFIED REMAINS OF ANIMALS, PLANTS, BACTERIA AND FUNGUS - MARINE FOSSILS ARE ANIMALS THAT LIVED AND DIED IN THE OCEAN OR SHALLOW WATER.
THEIR BODIES ARE PRESERVED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE - THEN EXISTING - PART OF THE OCEAN.
MOST COMMON MARINE FOSSILS ARE FISH, SEA STARS BUR ALSO REMAINS OF SHARKS, ESPECIALLY THE MEGALODON. THE BIGGEST SHARK EVER LIVED ON EARTH.
MARINE
FISH
SHARK EXHIBITION
STARFISH
SOLNHOFEN EXHIBITION
SOLNHOFEN IS ONE OF THE MAJOR AND CLASSIC SITES OF PALEONTOLOGY, LOCATED IN THE JURASSIC BEDROCK OF SOUTHERN GERMANY.
THIS FAMOUS SITE HAS YIELDED, AMONG OTHERS, THE ICONIC ARCHAEOPTERYX - A KEY TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF DARWIN’S THEORY OF EVOLUTION. THE QUALITY OF PRESERVATION MAKE THESE FOSSILIZED ANIMALS COME ALIVE, AND THE FINEST DETAILS CAN BE OBSERVED.
THE COLLECTION OF WHICH THESE SPECIMENS ARE PART OF IS RATED AS THE MOST EXTENSIVE AND BEST QUALITY SOLNHO- FEN SELECTION IN THE WORLD. IT FORMS A WELL DOCUMENTED AND LEASABLE EXHIBITION AVAILABLE FOR MUSEUMS AND DE- SIGNATED EVENTS.
IT HARBOURS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO GAIN A SPECIAL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE ENVIRONMENT WAS LIKE 150 MILLION YEARS AGO.