Locality
16°39´17" east longitude, 48°29´38" north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Nexing, Austria, Europa

Personal relationship of donor
Stratigraphic reference collection

Historical relevance of location
Tertiary stratigraphy is based on studies of fossil-rich marine sands. London, Paris, and Vienna are built on Tertiary marine strata.

Geological relevance of location
During the Tertiary a basin developed north of the Alps and was filled with marine sediments and alluvial sands. The specimen is evidence for the existence of a sea coast near Nexing, Austria, at that time.

Classification of the earth

Structure	marine sand containing fossil shells
Colour	light yellow
Age	Miocene, Tertiary, 14 million years

Donor

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