On November 12, 2020, Tang Level, a farmer in Xuan'en County, Hubei Province, introduced the fossils of mollusks on the giant "Aurora Horn Stone". Wang Jun/IC photo
The level of farmers' soup in Xuan'en County, Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hubei Province, lasted more than two years, mining and polishing a piece of "Aurora Horn Stone" with a height of 3 meters, a width of 5.06 meters and a weight of about 11 tons. This paleontological fossil contains more than 800 fossils formed by mollusks more than 400 million years ago, which have been carefully carved and collectively presented on a 15-meter-wide rectangular boulder.
The "Aurora Horn Stone", also known as the "Chinese Horn Stone", in which the mollusks grew geologically from the Ordovician Period about 440 million to 510 million years ago, and were the fierce carnivores fossils in the ocean at that time. Its main production area is in Hubei, Hunan and other regions of the Ordovician strata.
On November 12, 2020, the level of farmer soup in Xuan'en County, Hubei Province, was polishing the "Aurora Horn Stone". Wang Jun/IC photo
Fossils of mollusks on a giant "Aurora Horn Stone" photographed in Xuan'en County, Hubei Province, on November 12, 2020. Wang Jun/IC photo
On November 12, 2020, farmers in Xuan'en County, Hubei Province, wiped the "Aurora Horn Stone". Wang Jun/IC photo
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