# Messel Part 2

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Podcast: [Fossil Fridays](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fossil-fridays-6597108)
Published: 2025-10-17T14:08:50+00:00
Episode link: https://fossilfridays.com/2025/10/17/messel-part-2/
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## Resource

In this episode return back 47 million years to the Messel Pit in Germany for part 2 of 3. Organisms encountered in this episode include: Orb Weaver Spider, Heterohyus nanus, Magnolia, Araciphyllites, Caladiosoma, Pygomelissa luteria, Arecocaryon messelensis, Gekko, Cyclanthus messelensis, Protognathinus spielbergi, Parargornis messelensis, Phragmites oeningensis, Archaeoarmatus messelensis, Rhynchaeites messelensis, Juncitarsus merkeli, Buxolestes piscator, Toricellia […]

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