2022: Fossils in Alpstein

Enclosed in the ancient mountains of the Alpstein lie the frozen creatures that populated Switzerland 100 million years ago: corals, sponges, bryozoans, mussels, snails, sea urchins, ammonites, nautilids, belemnites and sharks. The Switzerland of that time only existed under water and was part of a tropical sea. By fortunate circumstances, some of the creatures were preserved in time as fossils. Originally deposited at the bottom of the sea, they were brought to the surface by the folding of the Alps. There, the fossils of the Cretaceous and Eocene have been recovered and studied for more than 200 years.

The exhibition was produced by the Naturalhistory Museum of St. Gallen as a travelling exhibition.