Locality
9°88´ east longitude, 52°38´ north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Misburg, Hannover, Germany, Europa

Historical relevance of location
Upper Cretaceous marl in Misburg and Anderten on the east side of Hannover is a raw material for the cement industry. It was formed as calcareous mud at the bottom of a warm sea and contains many belemnites, the hard parts of an extinct squid.

Classification of the earth

Structure	belemnites
Colour	brownish grey
Age	Cretaceous

Donor

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