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North Rhine-Westphalia

Detmold District

Doberg Fossil Cliffs

North Rhine-Westphalia

Detmold District

Herford

Bünde

Doberg Fossil Cliffs

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Doberg Fossil Cliffs

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Location: Bünde, Herford, Detmold District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Gorrth

January 31, 2021

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Beautiful rocks and cliffs with fossils

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November 26, 2023

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Anyone who goes for a walk in the Doberg rarely gets their feet wet these days. Things were completely different 30 million years ago! At that time the North Sea still stretched here with a water depth of around 20 meters. Toothed whales and manatees lived in this shallow prehistoric sea. The most famous discovery was made by a worker in the marl pit: in 1912, he discovered the almost completely preserved skeleton of a manatee. The Doberg manatee is actually the earliest known ancestor of today's manatee manatees.

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Elevation 90 m

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Friday 15 May

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Location: Bünde, Herford, Detmold District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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