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Sharjah
Mleiha fossil rock area
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What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
FossilsPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Why this spot
Cretaceous seabed limestones full of rudists and gastropods around Jebel Maleihah, the local Fossil Rock
Well-known documented fossil hill in UAE guidebooks and geological literature.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
soft sand driving, heat
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.