Window on the early evolution of terrestrial vertebrates

Two specimens of the reptile-like amphibian Seymouria sanjuanensis, discovered a
Two specimens of the reptile-like amphibian Seymouria sanjuanensis, discovered at Bromacker in 1997. Image: Oliver Wings

Researchers of the University of Jena involved in Citizen Science project on the Bromacker

The Tambach sandstones are covered with thin clay skins on which ripple marks, raindrop impressions, dry cracks and many traces of worms, insects and vertebrates (so-called tracking plates) are preserved. In some horizons single bones and skeletons of amphibians and reptiles can be found. Image: Christoph Heubeck/Uni Jena

In August, the BROMACKER project will launch a new type of scientific cooperation at the unique fossil site "Bromacker" in the Thuringian Forest. For the first time in more than a decade, systematic excavations and geological drillings are taking place there. ...

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