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Puntledge River fossil beds
Fossil site Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Fossils
Shark teethAlso reported: bivalves, concretions.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0), Dominik Vogt (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Why this spot
Cretaceous marine shales that produced Canada's famous elasmosaur, guided digs run from Courtenay
Documented by the Courtenay museum and island paleontological society.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
slippery riverbed, dam releases
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