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) |