Fossil Prawn (Acanthochirana) Petrified Wood allowing us to envision a

allowing us to envision a world of simplistic wonder

in the western United States and Portugal

as it is a soft mineral and will deteriorate

which are deposits known for the exceptional preservation of fossilized organisms or traces

Fossil Prawn (Acanthochirana) Petrified Wood allowing us to envision aLaying in the Bavarian province of Germany, are the Solnhofen Limestone pits, also known as Solnhofen Plattenkalk, an area that contains some of the most exquisitely well preserved fossilized life forms on Earth. From marine life to terrestrial plant and animal life forms, the Solnhofen Limestone beds contain a rare assemblage of fossilized organisms, including highly detailed imprints of soft bodied organisms such as sea jellies. During the Jurassic