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Morden bentonite mosasaur digs

Fossil site Documented siteLicence or permit

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Shark teethShark teeth

Also reported: supervised digging for mosasaur and fish material.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Dominik Vogt (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Why this spot

Cretaceous Pierre Shale of the Manitoba escarpment, source of the giant mosasaur Bruce

Documented by the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre which runs public digs.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

slippery bentonite when wet

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