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Solnhofen / Eichstatt community fee quarries

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

FossilsFossils

Also reported: fish, insects, rare Archaeopteryx horizon.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Jurassic

Split the famous plattenkalk yourself. Archaeopteryx horizon; any vertebrate must be reported to museums.

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