Fossil fruit: Eomastixia, Miocene, GER
Product number:
F5573
Product information "Fossil fruit: Eomastixia, Miocene, GER"
Fruit from lignite.
In the Tertiary period, waters in the German Rhineland were so deep that the Lower Rhine Bay was an ocean. The mangrove forests and coastal swamps of this period accumulated a lot of plant material, from which large coal seams were formed. This fruit is sometimes found in them.
Age: Tertiary, upper Miocene;
Locality: Düren, Rhineland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Size: 3 - 4 cm
For technical reasons, the colors in product photos may differ slightly from those of the original specimen.
Our photos are for reference only, you will receive a piece of comparable quality with your purchase.
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