Name 1
FÓSILES DE ALMADÉN
Name 2
ALMADÉN FOSSILS
ID number
001.85.Almadén
Manager / Administrator
Reyes Ávila Bercial, Cerco San Teodoro, s/n, 13400-Almadén (Ciudad Real)
Ownership
Public
Institution
Minas de Almadén y Arrayanes, S.A
Local / Original ID Number
001.001003.280
Type of Object
Mine
Description
Short description
"Fossils are objects of organic origin, more or less petrified, which are found in different layers of the soil, due to natural causes.
The comarca of Almadén has a great wealth of fossils belonging to the Palaeozoic Era that began 600 million years ago when the area was covered by the sea platform of the continent Gondwana.
In this showcase, fossils from the Ordovician period are shown: a group of trilobites and a group of bilobites (fossil imprints), fossils from the Silurian: a group of Graptolites and fossils from the Devonian: a group of bivalves and brachiopods"
The comarca of Almadén has a great wealth of fossils belonging to the Palaeozoic Era that began 600 million years ago when the area was covered by the sea platform of the continent Gondwana.
In this showcase, fossils from the Ordovician period are shown: a group of trilobites and a group of bilobites (fossil imprints), fossils from the Silurian: a group of Graptolites and fossils from the Devonian: a group of bivalves and brachiopods"
Measures
"length: 2.82m
width: 0.25m
height: 0.42m"
width: 0.25m
height: 0.42m"
Materials
Fossils
Dating
Author / Producer
Minas de Almadén
Illustrations
Original use
Geological research
Present use
Museum
Original location
Private collections
Present location
Mercury Museum (Mining Park)
STATE OF CONSERVATION
History of conservation:
Present state
good
Necessary activities:
DOCUMENTATION
Addresses /collections/links etc. where further in-depth information is accessible:
www.parqueminerodealmaden.es
Submitted
AYUNTAMIENTO ALMADEN
Submitted by
Alicia Escudero & Águeda Moyano
Date Submitted
26. 4. 2022
Date Edited
Never