Japan, Fukui
Katsuyama
FPDM Outdoor Dinosaur Museum, Kitadani quarry
Fossil site Source-confirmed findsLicence or permit
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Fossils
Shark teethAlso reported: bivalves.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0), Dominik Vogt (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Why this spot
Early Cretaceous Kitadani Formation, Japan's richest dinosaur quarry (Fukuiraptor, Fukuisaurus)
museum-run dig beside the active research quarry; participants split fossil-bearing rock hauled from the excavation face
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
rock chips from hammeringGoggles provided, mountain weather cancellations
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