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Devonplatz

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Brief description

Construction work in the 1990s cut through Devonian rock layers here. The Devonian site shows the habitat of this geological age and provides information about the fossil finds of that time.

Detailed description

In the summer of 1999, during the construction of the new ICE railway line from Cologne to the Rhine-Main region, rocks from the Lower Devonian period were uncovered over a large area in the villages of Hombach, Epgert, Krunkel and Willroth.
Several fossilised animal species were found, which you can marvel at there.
The Devonian site in Epgert takes you on a geological journey back in time to the Palaeozoic era, which began 417 million years ago and ended around 358 million years ago. Here you can find out more about the Rhenish Sea Route, the Jaekelopterus Rhenanie (up to 2.5 metres in size) and the collision of the Old Red continent with the Gondwansund continent.

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Kirchstrasse 5
56593 Krunkel