Geomuseum Faxe and Limestone Quarry

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Geomuseum Faxe and the Limestone Quarry

Officially we are told, that 63 million years back in time, Denmark was covered by a deep sea. A large coral reef was growing where the town of Faxe is located today.

 

Sharks and crocodiles lived here along with more than 500 other animal species.

 

Today we have a big open limestone quarry. It is still operating.

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Visit Geomuseum Faxe and see animal fossils and learn about the more than 900 years of limestone quarrying in the old coral reef.

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We go inside the museum and look at the interesting displays.

 

Here is a lot to look at, if you are simply love fossils.

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Fossil teeth found in the quary.

 

Once upon a time sharks lived in the sea surrounding Denmark.

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63.000.000 years back in time? If you are a creationist you have another time span, so let os see, if the museum reveals any secrets.

 

One item in the museum is mysterious. That is if you are a normal scientist.

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The puzzling block


The many large holes in the coral limestone are burrowholes made by bivalve mollusks known as piddocks. Some of the burrow-holes contain the remains of a small cave-dwelling sea lily. The burrow-holes indicate relatively shallow water, while the sea lily signals relatively deep water. The mystery is perhaps explained by big changes in the sea level in a relatively short period of time. 

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If you believe in catastrophe model like the biblical flood, you have no problems with the information.

 

 

This video clip is without English text or speak at the moment.

  
     

See this official, Danish video clip from youtube.com . . .

 

 

  

     

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