Hunting for muricids in cemented matrix from Germany is almost as fun as hunting for them in silicified matrix from the Tampa Limestone. Below are photos of 6 different chunks of hardened matrix from Germany, all of which have at least one muricid hiding in them. It’s almost like playing “Where’s Waldo”!
Tag Archives: German fossils
“Boring Organisms in the Mainz Basin” by Kai Nungesser (Steinkern.de)
Just stumbled onto this website while I was looking for information on German Oligocene fossils. It has great photos of all sorts of fossil evidence of boring organisms (and that’s not “boring” as in “dull”)! I would recommend using Google Translate to read the page, of course…
The Fossil Murex Blog 