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Molassic Park

An expedition to Bavaria's great apes, primitive elephants and subtropical forests

27.12.2024 - 09.11.2025 ,
MammutMuseum Siegsdorf (Mammoth Museum)

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Long before the ice ages, a wild, exotic world with cinnamon trees and swamp cypresses existed where today there is urban hustle and bustle or cows graze, through which four-metre-tall elephants and sabre-toothed cats roamed. Extraordinary fossils from various archaeological sites in Bavaria bring the flora and fauna of this period to life in the exhibition and large-scale landscape reconstructions by the well-known Spanish palaeo-artist Mauricio Antón. A particular highlight are the sensational finds of "Udo", an 11.6 million year old unknown species of ape, scientifically known as Danuvius guggenmosi, discovered a few years ago in a clay pit in the Allgäu.

Last edited on 18.12.2024

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Museum / Exhibition Centre: MammutMuseum Siegsdorf (Mammoth Museum)

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Location: Siegsdorf