The snail hill (Dealul cu melci) of Vidra is a palaeonthological reservation that constitutes a rich fossil gastropod point, that is representative fot the reef facies of the Senonian, a period of the superior Cretaceous.
Geologically unique, 65-70 million yars old, it reprezents an alternation of grit stone and marl conglomerates with 35 species of mollusk among wich the dominant from is Acteonella Gigantea. The protected area has a surface of 0.6 ha.
The snail hill is located in Vidra, Nemesi village, Arieșul Mic, at the confluence with the Slatina brook, near the DJ 762 Mihoiești-Avram Iancu road. It is along the left slope of Arieș Mic, along the road.
The snail hill, Vidra , Photo: Cătălin Lucan
The snail hill, Vidra , Photo: Tóros Víg János Csaba
The snail hill, Vidra , Photo: Tóros Víg János Csaba
The snail hill, Vidra , Photo: Boros Zoltán
The snail hill, Vidra , Photo: Cătălin Lucan
The snail hill, Vidra , Photo: Tóros Víg János Csaba
The snail hill, Vidra , Photo: Tóros Víg János Csaba
The snail hill, Vidra , Photo: Boros Zoltán
The snail hill, Vidra , Photo: Boros Zoltán
The snail hill, Vidra , Photo: Tóros Víg János Csaba
The snail hill, Vidra , Photo: Tóros Víg János Csaba
The snail hill, Vidra , Photo: Tóros Víg János Csaba
The snail hill, Vidra , Photo: Cătălin Lucan
The snail hill, Vidra , Photo: Boros Zoltán
The snail hill, Vidra , Photo: Tóros Víg János Csaba
The snail hill, Vidra , Photo: Tóros Víg János Csaba
The snail hill, Vidra , Photo: Cătălin Lucan
The snail hill, Vidra , Photo: Tóros Víg János Csaba
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GPS: 46.36624N, 22.87509E
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