Clay pit in Twistringen

The Twistringen clay pit is located in the Lower Saxony town of Twistringen in the Diepholz district . Fossils of great scientific interest were found in the clay pit .

literature

D. Hagemeister: The clay pit Twistringen. In: WEIDERT, W.-K. (Ed.): Classical sites of paleontology I: 162–169. Goldschneck, Korb 1988.
AW Janssen: The mollusc fauna of the Twistringer strata (Miocän) of northern Germany. Scripta Geologica 10, pp. 1-95, 1972.
E. Kuster-Wendenburg: Pyramidellidae (Gastropoda, Mollusca) from the Miocene of the north-west German Tertiary. Contributions to the regional geology of the earth 18, pp. 370-411; Berlin-Stuttgart 1986.
H. Menzel, P. George & CC von Fick: Investigation of the profile of the clay pit Twistringen sw. Bremen (Middle Miocene; Reinbek stage). Aufschluss 35, pp. 137-150, 1984.
H. Menzel: The clay pit of the Sunder brickworks in Twistringen (district of Bremen). Aufschluss 48, pp. 16-20, 1997.
H. Menzel: The Sunder brick mine in Twistringen - type locality of Miocene fossils. Aufschluss 48, pp. 154-160, 1997.

Picture gallery / fossil collection on the website of the home and citizens' association Twistringen eV
First test excavation at the Sundersche Kuhle. Search for fossils in deep clay layers. Weserkurier on November 30, 2013
Twistringen on mineralienatlas.de
Tertiary mollusks at geosammlung.uni-bremen.de, accessed on May 6, 2019
2008-12 / Twistringen, a type locality in transition by Ludwig Kopp / December 2008, on mineralien-fossilien.durania.net, accessed on May 6, 2019
Twistringen - A classic site of paleontology by Ludwig Kopp, on mineralien-fossilien.de, accessed on May 6, 2019
Idea of the home and citizens' association. Establishment of a fossil collection point in Twistringen planned on May 6, 2019 from Kreiszeitung.de, accessed on May 6, 2019
"Tongrube Twistringen" on google