Messel Pit Fossil Site

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:UNESCO_World_Heritage_Site
fossil specimen
gptkbp:age about 47 million years
gptkbp:area 42 hectares
gptkbp:country gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:discoveredBy 19th century
gptkbp:fossils_found birds
insects
plants
reptiles
early mammals
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Messel Pit Fossil Site
gptkbp:knownFor Eocene epoch fossils
exceptionally well-preserved fossils
gptkbp:location gptkb:Messel,_Hesse,_Germany
gptkbp:managedBy gptkb:Senckenberg_Research_Institute
gptkbp:nearestCity gptkb:Darmstadt
gptkbp:notableSite gptkb:Darwinius_masillae
gptkbp:purpose oil shale mining
gptkbp:region gptkb:Hesse
gptkbp:significance exceptional preservation of soft tissues
provides insight into early mammalian evolution
gptkbp:UNESCO_criteria viii
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite 1995
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gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hesse,_Germany
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6