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The search results provided contain rich information about **Messel Pit as a paleontological site and UNESCO World Heritage Site**, but they do not describe or support the concept of "roadside-fossil-scrambles" as an organized tourist activity at Messel Pit.
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**What Messel Pit is:** A former oil shale quarry near Darmstadt, Germany, containing exceptionally preserved Eocene-era fossils (47–48 million years old) with over 40,000–51,000 specimens found to date.[1][2][3][7] It became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995.[2]
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