Exploring the Triassic: Hallstatt, Austria
The Hallstatt Limestone is the world's richest Triassic ammonite unit, yielding specimens of more than 500 ammonite species. Along with diversified cephalopod fauna \u2014 orthoceratids, nautiloids, ammonoids \u2014 we also see gastropods, bivalves, brachiopods, crinoids and a few corals.
\nThe salt-named town of Hallstatt sits on the shores of the idyllic Hallst\xe4tter Sea at the base of the Dachstein massif. Visiting it today, you experience a quaint traditional fishing village built in the typical upper Austrian style. Tourism drives the economy as much as salt as this area of the world is picture-perfect from every angle.