... the special maggot stone - a picture show ...
As mentioned above under the heading "Maggot stone history" (sorry, not yet available in English), W. SCHWARZ found the most conspicuous maggot stone ever seen at the type locality of Scolecopteris in 2001. This very special specimen contains about 100.000 pinnules, which are the smallest subdivisions of the large tree fern fronds. Its aspect may serve as the most evident explanation of the term "maggot stone".
On the left you find a magnified area, original size about 9 x 12 cm, of the cut and polished face. Please note that loading of this oversize (212kB) jpg file will take a correspondingly longer time. Zooming in is not possible here.
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On the right you find an occasion to navigate the "maggot" assembly by clicking on a chosen area. The file size is optimized for loading the partial pictures. Please enjoy the maggot show!
