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"Great is the power of memory that dwells in places." (from Cicero)

Haliotimorpha and Chemitzia

Haliotimorpha and Chemitzia

Towers and bridges

These large gastropods were ornamented with spines or tubercles, partly to reinforce their shells and partly to be able to hide in amongst the gravel right at the contact with the rough waters, where this association used to live. The organisms were then transported into deeper waters forming the deposits we now call 'Pachycardia Tuff'.

Main category:
Geology
Subcategory:
Fossils
Epoch:Trias
Area(s):Castelrotto
GPS coordinates:@11.6543,46.53191
Animals | Snails | Molluscs | Pachycardia-tuffe
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Haliotimorpha and Chemitzia

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Der Paläontologe Prof. Andrea Tintori erklärt in dieser Videoserie was uns die Fossilien der geo-paläontologischen Sammlung des Museums Gherdëina von der Entstehung der Dolomiten erzählen.