Cockroach carboniferous age

This fossil cockroach comes from the clay stone layers of the upper carbon (Namur B). It was found in the former 
brickyard pit in Vorhalle (Hagen) in Germany.

The age of this fossil is about 318 million years.

The insect measures about 3 cm. The stone was broken once, it measures about 4,5 x 4 cm.

The preservation of the fossils from this site is extraordinarily good, in some cases even skin and color 
remains are fossilized. For this reason the "Vorhaller Tonstein deposit" is also referred to as a conservatory 
deposit. The "Ziegeleigrube Vorhalle" became a site of international importance by the discovery of fossil spiders 
and insects in a conservation that was more complete than it was known until then. 

The location nowadays is a protected ground monument, the collection and digging for fossils is strictly forbidden 
there. The fossil offered here comes from an old collection.

Rare opportunity for any collector of fossil insects.