Locality
9°69´ east longitude, 52°36´ north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Mühlenberg subway construction, Hannover, Germany, Europa

Geological relevance of location
Mostly Cretaceous rocks occur below the Pleistocene deposits. When the subway was dug in Oberricklingen in Hannover, however, fossil-rich Middle Jurassic rocks were found. The marine sediment contains shells of the almost spherical ammonite Macrocephalus, some forms of which are as large as a human head.

Classification of the earth

Structure	marine sediment
Colour	reddish brown
Age	Jurassic

Donor

Geoscientific Collections Section of the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources,
 Geological Survey of Lower Saxony,
 Hannover,
 Germany