Holzmaden Fossil Gallery

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Holzmaden Fossil Gallery


The last hundred years of mining have unearthed fossil treasures that are now exhibited in museums around the world. Even if the "golden" times of manual mining are history and findings are made nowadays rarely, Holzmaden fossils are sought after from collectors. Nowhere else in the world vertebrates are found in this quality and frequency. The sea lilies, the largest fossil colonies in the world, are unique.


Ichthyosaur

Holzmaden_Stenopterygius quadriscissus

Plesiosaur


Pterosaur


Crocodylia


Pisces


Crinoidea

Holzmaden_Seirocrinus subangularis
Seirocinus subangularis [6.0]

Echinozoa


Arthropoda


Cephalopoda

Bildnachweis

[1.2]: NearEMPTiness; [1.3]: NearEMPTiness; [1.6]: NearEMPTiness; [1.9]: Ghedoghedo; [1.10]: Ghedoghedo; [2.1]: NearEMPTiness; [2.2]: Ghedoghedo; [2.3]: NearEMPTiness; [2.4]: Ghedoghedo [2.5]: Ra'ike [3.1]: MfN Berlin; [3.2]: Ghedoghedo; [3.4]: Ghedoghedo; [3.5]: MfN Berlin; [4.1]: Ghedoghedo; [4.2]: Ghedeghedo; [4.4]: Archaeodontosaurus ; [4.8]: NMST; [4.9): Ghedoghedo; [5.1]: Haplochromis ; [5.2]: Ghedoghedo; [5.3]: Mike Haller; [5.5]: Jeff Kubina; [5.6]: Ghedoghedo; [5.7]: Ghedoghedo; [5.8]: Jeff Kubina; [5.9]: Ghedoghedo; [5.10]: Ghedoghedo; [5.12]: Ghedoghedo; [5.13]: Maxwell & Stumpf; [5.14]: Ghedoghedo; [5.15]: Ghedoghedo; [6.0]: Ghedoghedo; [6.2]: GIT; [6.4]: Ghedoghedo; [6.6]: H. Zell; [6.6]: Ghedoghedo; [6.7]: Daderot; [9.9]: MfN Berlin; [7.1]: Petr Hykš; [7.2]: Ghedoghedo; [7.3]: MfN Stuttgart; [8.1]: Ghedoghedo; [8.2]: Ghedoghedo; [8.3]: MfN Stuttgart; [9.1]: Ghedoghedo; [9.2]: Ra'ike; [9.3]: MNHN; [9.4]: Elementi; [9.5]: Elementi; [9.6]: Ghedoghedo