Weitendorf Collection, Miocene, Styria, AUT
This collection contains snails and bivalves from a basalt quarry, which today is a natural monument. Collecting there is no longer permitted.
All pieces are precisely identified. You will receive the collection shown here, a cross-section with isolated gastropods and a piece with matrix from this area.
The pieces come from an old collection, and this is a unique opportunity to acquire them!
In the Miocene, large parts of southern Styria were covered by a tropical shallow sea. A volcanic eruption occurred which covered the seabed with a thick layer of basalt, preserving snails, shells and other material. As a result of the work in the quarry, the clay marl layer underneath the basalt was excavated, where the preserved fossils were found. Around 100 different species have been identified.
Age: Miocene, Badenian, Upper Lagenide Zone;
Locality: Weitendorf basalt quarry, Styria, Austria
Size of box: approx. 12 x 17 cm
Colors on pictures may differ slightly from those of the original specimens due to technical reasons.
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