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Wattendorf / Franconian Jura plattenkalk

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Fish, crustaceans, marine reptiles in plattenkalk.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Late Jurassic

Younger Solnhofen-type Lagerstatte.

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