Μουσείο Παλαιοντολογίας και Παλαιοβοτανικής Νόστιμου
In the village of Nostimo, petrified trunks and fossils from the area are on display, and the former school yard holds a park of petrified trunks.
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About the museum
Since 2010, fossils and archaeological finds from the nearby petrified forest have been displayed in the primary school of Nostimo. The exhibition is in a fairly spacious room of the school, while the school yard has been converted into a park with petrified tree trunks.
The trunks are 5 to 10 metres long and 40 to 80 centimetres in diameter and belong mainly to palms of a forest of tropical and subtropical plants of the Lower Miocene, 15 to 20 million years ago. The collection also includes marine invertebrates such as starfish, sea urchins and shells, a shark jaw and teeth, a tooth of the mastodon Anancus arvernensis about 3.5 million years old, as well as Neolithic tools from the 4th millennium BC.
Highlights
- Petrified palm trunks 15–20 million years old
- Park of petrified trunks in the former school yard
- Marine fossils, shark jaw and teeth
- Tooth of the mastodon Anancus arvernensis
- Neolithic tools from the 4th millennium BC
Permanent exhibition
- Απολιθωμένο δάσος Νόστιμου – The exhibition presents petrified trunks, marine fossils and Neolithic tools from the Nostimo area.
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | Information on visits is available by telephone on 24670 84588 and 6977 833750. |
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