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Arbacina pusilla (Münster, 1826) in Sternberger

Arbacina pusilla (Münster, 1826) in Sternberger
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Arbacina pusilla (Münster, 1826) in Sternberger
Arbacina pusilla (Münster, 1826) in Sternberger
Arbacina pusilla (Münster, 1826) in Sternberger
Arbacina pusilla (Münster, 1826) in Sternberger

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This pice of Sternberger shows a fossil see urchin of the species Arbacina pusilla. The echinoid does have a diametner of about 6 mm.


The Sternberger what is also referred as “Sternberger Kuchen*” (=german, english= Sternberger Cake) are a glacial erratic boulders (Gerschiebe). The Sternberger does have a very local occurrence around Sternberg and Kobrow in Northern - East - Germany. It is a siderite sandstone also sometimes carbonate cement. The Sternberger have a upper Oligocene, Chattian Age.
The Sternberger is one of the most deverse erratics. There are about 570 differnt fossil species known from the Sternberger - Cake.
 
 

Location:

Sternberger Gestein, Kobrow, nothern East Germany
 
Size of Piece: about  148 x 105 mm
Age:Oligocene, Chattian  (about 23.03 Ma)

Product no.: 5969