About this constellation Messel EXTREME! Last updated 23. April 2025 They are the oldest, only, and most outstanding of their kind: record-breaking fossils found only in Messel. Items in this Constellation Fossilized leaf with bite marks from a zombie ant Fossil Giant Ant Formicium giganteum Fossil Fossil Walking Leaf, Eophyllium messelense Fossil Primitive horse Eurohippus messelensis with preserved uterus Fossil Bat in Space Fossil Crocodile Fossil Dormouse Eogliravus wildi Fossil Related Constellations Superheroes 24 Hour Messel Pit Life in Technicolor The circle of life Life 47 Million Years Ago: In the Lake and Along the Lakeshore