For the first time, a fossilized true cicada has been described from the Messel Pit deposits. Eoplatypleura messelensis is ...

A gaping 200-foot-deep gouge in the forested countryside, the Messel Pit doesn’t at first glance seem worth preserving, never mind visiting, but since 1995 it has been a Unesco World Heritage ...

Its age makes it one of the oldest known true cicadas ever discovered in Europe and the first of its kind found in the Messel Pit - a UNESCO World Heritage site near Frankfurt, known for its ...

Messel Pit is the richest site in the world for understanding the living environment of the Eocene, between 57 million and 36 million years ago. In particular, it provides unique information about the ...

One of the world's most important fossil sites: The Messel Pit is the remnant of a 48-million-year-old volcanic lake! Take a flight over the UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site with our drone.