Potenzialità di alcuni siti paleontologici della Baviera (Germania) come mete per escursioni didattiche per gli studenti dei Corsi di studio di SG e SN.

This study reports on the potential of a number of fossil sites in the Bavaria region (Southern Germany) as destination for teaching purposes to be offered to the students of both Geological and Natural Sciences attending the course of Paleontology. Three quarries located in the Franken Jura, where Lower and Upper Jurassic rocks are exploited, have been visited (namely Buttenheim, Gräfenberg and Drügendorf) that returned a large number of fossil ammonites in an overall excellent preservation conditions. In addition, fossils have been collected with no significant effort, given the wide exposures and the soft embedding rocks. These findings suggest that these sites from Southern Germany may represent an adequate upkeep to the ever-increasing need for suitable destinations to be visited for field trips during the academic activities.