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Hi, I am new here. I am an American stationed in Germany. I went to the Steinheim [am Albuch] meteor crater in Baden Wurttenberg, Germany yesterday. I was digging in the municipal sandpit for fossils and found some great little sand snails and a few other worm looking fossils. The area was struck by a meteor 14.5-15 million years ago. A crater approximately 3.8 kilometers in diameter formed with a central uplift. Water filled the crater and life flourished there. I was able to locate hundreds of tiny land snail fossils and sandstone containing more. I also found a few odd pieces of sandstone that I think are concretions, which also contain snails. An interesting feature of the hill at the central uplift of the crater is a piece of fossilized algae reef. Going to try to attach my photos. can anyone look at my little worm like fossils and verify that these are little worms? Thanks in advance!
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