Letzte Grabungsaktivitäten im südwestlichen Geiseltal bei Halle (Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland) in den Jahren 1992 und 1993

Abstract

After a period of 70 years the fossil excavations in the Geiseltal came to their definite end on June 30th, 1993, because of the ceased coal production, in the last outcrop "Mücheln- Südfeld- Fortsetzung". The last vertebrate site LIX, situated in the lower upper middle coal (oMK) is presented and characterized, the faunaland floral content is listed.
Now the maximum of paleontological information is accumulated in the Geiseltal collection of the Institute for Geological Seiences and Geiseltalmuseum, Halle (Saale).