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| Messel Pit Fossil SiteUNESCO World Heritage SiteLocationDarmstadt-Dieburg, Hesse, GermanyCriteriaNatural:xc2xa0(viii)Reference720bisInscription1995 (19th session)Extensions2010Area42xc2xa0ha (4,500,000xc2xa0sqxc2xa0ft)Bufferxc2xa0zone22.5xc2xa0ha (2,420,000xc2xa0sqxc2xa0ft)Coordinates49xc2xb055xe2x80xb203xe2x80xb3N 8xc2xb045xe2x80xb224xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf49.9175xc2xb0N 8.7567xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 49.9175; 8.7567Coordinates: 49xc2xb055xe2x80xb203xe2x80xb3N 8xc2xb045xe2x80xb224xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf49.9175xc2xb0N 8.7567xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 49.9175; 8.7567Location of Messel pit in HesseShow map of HesseMessel pit (Germany)Show map of Germany | WIKI |
| Inset map shows the location of the town and fossil locality of Messel near Frankfurt in the southwestern part of Germany. | WIKI |
| A fossil of the primitive mammal Kopidodon, showing outline of fur | WIKI |
| Early primate fossils Nine mating pairs of fossil turtles have been found. | WIKI |
| Fossil jewel beetle, still showing the (structural) colour of the exoskeleton | WIKI |
| Exhibits from the pit may be seen in the Messel town,[17] the fossil Museum in Messel http://www.messelmuseum.de/index_museum.html, the Museum of Hessen in Darmstadt (5xc2xa0km (3.1xc2xa0mi) from Messel)[18] and also the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt-am-Main (some 30xc2xa0km (19xc2xa0mi) from Messel). | WIKI |
| Messel Pit provides the single best fossil site which contributes to the understanding of evolution and past environments during the Palaeogene, a period which saw the emergence of the first modern mammals. | UNESCO |
| Significant scientific discoveries include studies of the evolution of echolocation in exceptionally well-preserved fossil bats and vital new data on the evolution of primates, birds and insects. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (vii): Messel Pit Fossil Site is considered to be the single best site which contributes to the understanding of the Eocene, when mammals became firmly established in all principal land ecosystems. | UNESCO |
| The Land of Hesse is the legal owner of the Messel Fossil Pit. | UNESCO |
| The Messel Pit Fossil Site is administrated separately from the Federal State budget. | UNESCO |