Abstract
THE Böttinger marble fills a fissure 10 metres wide and 400 metres long at the margin of a crater of Upper Miocene age near Münsingen in Swabia. In Upper Miocene times hot carbonated waters flowed up the fissure and deposited calcareous sinter within it. A varied insect life abounded in the bushes and grasses surrounding the well. Individuals of this fauna, venturing too near the fatal waters, were killed, their bodies fell into the well and were quickly encrusted with sinter. A swarm of bees was entombed in this manner. Thus was provided the beautiful material studied by Dr. Zeuner, who gives a lively picture of conditions around this Upper Miocene poison hole.
Die Insektenfauna des Böttinger Marmors: eine systematische und paläobiologische Studie.
Von Dr. Friedrich. Zeuner. (Portschritte der Geologie und Paläontologie, herausgegeben von Prof. Dr. W. Soergel, Band 9, Heft 28.) Pp. viii + 247-406 + 19 Tafeln. (Berlin: Gebrüder Borntræger, 1931.) 25 gold marks.
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Die Insektenfauna des Böttinger Marmors: eine systematische und paläobiologische Studie . Nature 129, 564 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/129564a0
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