Locality
10°71´ east longitude, 52°22´ north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Elm, Erkerode, Germany, Europa

Historical relevance of location
Limestone from the upper Muschelkalk in the Elm region was used for many historical buildings in Braunschweig and surrounding area. The crinoidal limestone contains many fragments of fossil sea lilies (crinoid).

Classification of the earth

Structure	limestone with crinoids
Colour	light grey to gelb
Age	Triassic

Donor

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