these oyster, clam, snail, and coral fossils were found yesterday in a field that was once mediterranean sea floor, and that is now covered with vines about 25 miles from the current coast. i just found out that the mediterranean basin was a dry lowland for eons, separated from the atlantic by a mountain range between Spain and Northern Africa at the current site of the straits of gibralter. at some point the mountain range subsided, and the atlantic rushed in, rising 10 feet a day and moving 100 km per hour. it was the biggest deluge in history, and there are still visible scars on the sea floor commemorating it.

fossilized clams, oysters,snails, and corals from the mediterranean basin

autignac, france