Mainzer Becken am Wißberg - Muschelsuche

Mainzer Becken is the term for a tertiary sea basin which took the place of today’s Rheinhessen about 38 to 12 million years ago. The Mainzer Becken forms a bay at the arm of the sea which connected the northern sea whith the Tethyssea (southern sea) in the tertiary.

Normally you have to turn into a wet suit, and then swept to the bottom surface of the seabed, to find those things you can find here along the way after a short search. There are fossil remnants of former ocean dwellers, wich occured at the Wißberg millions of years ago in the clear seawater. As so-called fossils they can be found here on the roads through the rain from the soil and washed out in places along the way.

Here you will find two information Panels about the Shells. They will help you to find the correct answers.

First Panel at N49 51.139 E8 00.428 you will find several Shovels. You are allowed to dig for some fossil Shells.

Question 1: Tell me wich 4 kinds of Shell can be found ?

Got to the next Panel at N49 51.128 E8 00.442, you can see an geologic Horizon.

Question 2: How old are the Horizons 2 - 4 ?  The last task is to take an Photo from the Horizon and your GPS.

Send me your Answers to GC1WF1K@drhh.de and I will give you permit to LOG.