The ground in and around the city contains rich layers of well-preserved fossils (or Lagerstätten) of the Jurassic period.
 The fossils are found in the 180-million-year-old Posidonia Shale and displayed in the local Museum Hauff as well as museums around the world.
This locale is important for its frequent preservation of soft tissue, a rarity in fossils.

Examples from this site include:
Ichthyosaurs
Plesiosaur
Steneosaurus
Platysuchus
Lepidotus
Dapedius
Ammonite
Pentacrinus colony (Sea Lily)
The ground in and around the city contains rich layers of well-preserved fossils (or Lagerstätten) of the Jurassic period.  The fossils are found in the 180-million-year-old Posidonia Shale and displayed in the local Museum Hauff as well as museums around the world. This locale is important for its frequent preservation of soft tissue, a rarity in fossils.
Examples from this site include:
Ichthyosaurs
Plesiosaur
Steneosaurus
Platysuchus
Lepidotus
Dapedius
Ammonite
Pentacrinus colony (Sea Lily)
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