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Naturdenkmal Ottnangium

Wolfsegg am Hausruck, Oberösterreich, Österreich
  • pets allowed
  • Suitable for groups
  • Suitable for kids (all ages)

The Ottnangium natural monument
The Ottnangium is the name given to a period of time
with a duration of one million years in the area of the central
Paratethys (Molasse Sea). It extended in Upper Austria.
between the Alps in the south and the Bohemian Massif. The importance of ottnangium in geology
In 1850, the scholar Friedrich Simony removed
30 fossils (fossilisations) from the Ottnang Schliergrube.
These finds were predominantly snails and mussels
and shells that were found during the deposition of the Ottnang Formation
( 18.3 to 17.2 million years before our time ) in the Molasse Sea.

Some of these fossils were new discoveries, which is reflected in some
species names ( e.g. Tellina Ottnangensis ).
This is how the Ottnanger Schliergrube became a place of naming.

  • always open (24/7)
  • open to the public

Travelling by public transport
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  • Suitable for groups
  • Suitable for schools
  • Suitable for kids (all ages)
  • Pets allowed
  • Suitable for seniors
  • Suitable for single travelers
  • Suitable for friends
  • Suitable for children
Season
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Autumn

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Contact


Naturdenkmal Ottnangium
Schulstraße 22
4902 Wolfsegg am Hausruck

Phone +43 664 4468473
E-Mail p.pohn@hotmail.de
Web www.ottnang.info/ottnangium/
http://www.ottnang.info/ottnangium/

Contact person
Mr OSR Peter Pohn
4902 Wolfsegg am Hausruck

Phone +43 664 4468473
E-Mail office@ottnang.info
Web www.ottnang.info/ottnangium/

Legal contact information

Naturdenkmal Ottnangium
Ottnangienweg
AT-4902 Wolfsegg am Hausruck
office@ottnang.info
http://www.ottnang.info/ottnangium/

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