Steneosaurus bollensis | Holzmaden, Germany chatoyant Ammonites are excellent index fossils

Ammonites are excellent index fossils

One species identified in the FBM is Sabalites powelli (Newberry 1883)

Travertine is a form of limestone deposited around mineral springs

The last known species of the Ellimmichthyiformes order went extinct sometime in the middle Eocene

Copper is heated to a high temperature then formed (splashed) for the shape

Steneosaurus bollensis | Holzmaden, Germany chatoyant Ammonites are excellent index fossilsSteneosaurus bollensis Jurassic, Lias Epsilon, 180 million years old Urweltsteinbruch Holzmaden Quarry Holzmaden, Germany Size: H10o cm W100 cm D5 cm H39. 37 in W39. 37 in D1. 97 in DESCRIPTION Steneosaurus bollensis is a classic marine crocodile from the Lower Jurassic Posidonia Shale of Holzmaden, southern Germany. Preserved within the famous Lias Epsilon deposits, this specimen dates to approximately 180 million years ago, a time when warm, shallow