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About Banne hill

The Banne hill in Porrentruy gave its name to geological layers called "Marnes du Banné" by means of Jules Thurmann. The fossil richness of these marls makes it feasible to discover the exceptional fauna of invertebrates populating the Jurassic Sea 152 million years in the past. An information pavilion and an excavation vicinity had been created at this ancient web page, allowing families and colleges to experience the paleontologist career.

From April to November, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday from 14h - 17h, the Banne web page welcomes amateur diggers. Discover the captivating global of fossils. Guided excursions of the Educational Trail, Dinotec and the Banne Excavations are organized on request from Jurassica. 152 million years in the past, this gastropod and bivalve lived cheerfully within the Tethys. Become fossils and uncovered within the excavations of Banne, you discover them now for the first time at the net! Print this bivalve Ceratomya and this Harpagodes snail from a three-D printer and take them domestic.
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