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Bony Fish Fossils of the Limfjord
Official UNESCO name: The Bony Fish Fossils of the Western Limfjord – Evolution and Climate Adaptation in the Earliest Eocene
Exquisite Eocene fish fossils in Danish diatomite cliffs.
NaturalInscribed 2026
The Story
The moler cliffs of the western Limfjord hold some of the world's best-preserved fossils from the earliest Eocene, about 55 million years ago, recording how life adapted to rapid global warming.
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