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Harun Yahya

Solnhofen fossils
generally belong
to life forms that

lived in shallow
gulfs and coral
and sponge reefs.
Fossils of

terrestrial life
forms such as
Researches in Hunsrückschiefer and insects, plants,
Schieferhalde
lizards, crocodiles
and birds have
also been unearthed from Solnhofen, among them
seven different fossils of Archaeopteryx, one of the
oldest species of bird.

Another major fossil bed in Germany is the
Messel Formation. In very early times, a lake some 700 meters (2296
feet) wide and approximately 1000 meters (3280 feet) deep, this
contains a large number of fossils dating back to the Eocene Period (54

to 37 million years ago). Messel is known to have had a tropical
climate during that period, and contains fossils of many different life
forms, such as plants, birds, bats, reptiles, fish, tortoises and insects.

The Holzmaden fossil area, close to Stuttgart is a major fossil area
where species from the early Jurassic Period are found.

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