Hunsrück Slate
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The Hunsrück Slate is a Lower Devonian lithostratigraphic unit, a type of rock strata, in the German regions of the Hunsrück and Taunus. It is a lagerstätte famous for exceptional preservation of a highly diverse fossil fauna assemblage.
X-ray photograph of fossil of Chotecops ferdianandi, a common trilobite from Hunsrück Slate
Pyritized Furcaster paleozoicus Stürtz, 1886 (8.5 centimeters long), a fossil brittle star (ophiuroid) from the Hunsrück Lagerstätte. All five arms are bent in the same direction, indicating current direction before final burial
Pyritized Euzonosoma tischbeiniana Bundenbach, an extinct seastar, with soft-tissue webbing well-preserved between the arms. An exceptional Hunsrück fossil
Image: Nahecaris stuertzi Bundenbach
Taunus
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The Taunus is a mountain range in Hesse, Germany, located north west of Frankfurt and north of Wiesbaden. The tallest peak in the range is Großer Feldberg at 878 m; other notable peaks are Kleiner Feldberg and Altkönig.
The Hochtaunus with the Feldberg summit
View from Atzelberg Tower along the main ridge of the Taunus
Rossert hilltop Hainkopf on the right belongs to the Anterior Taunus, Atzelberg mountain on the left is part of the High Taunus