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Messel Pit Fossil site
Messel Pit Fossil Site2010
UNESCO World Heritage
Located in the German Land of Hesse, this area of just 42 ha conserves a rich fossiliferous bed of oil shale some 190 m thick.
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- Title: Messel Pit Fossil site
- Creator: Messel Pit Fossil Site
- Date Created: 2010
- Location Created: Germany
- Rights: Grube Messel
- Location: Germany
- Inscription Criteria: Criteria: (viii)
- Date of Inscription: 2010
- Category of Site: Natural site
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