Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum
The Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, located in Katsuyama, Fukui, Japan, is one of the leading dinosaur museums in Asia that is renowned… Read more…
Opening hours
| Monday | 9:00 AM–5:00 PM |
| Tuesday | 9:00 AM–5:00 PM |
| Wednesday | 9:00 AM–5:00 PM |
| Thursday | 9:00 AM–5:00 PM |
| Friday | 9:00 AM–5:00 PM |
| Saturday | 9:00 AM–5:00 PM |
| Sunday | 9:00 AM–5:00 PM |
The Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, located in Katsuyama, Fukui, Japan, is one of the leading dinosaur museums in Asia that is renowned for its exhibits of fossil specimens of dinosaurs and paleontological research. It is sited in the Nagaoyama Park near the Kitadani Dinosaur Quarry that the Lower Cretaceous Kitadani Formation of the Tetori Group is cropped out and a large number of dinosaur remains including Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis and Fukuisaurus tetoriensis are found and excavated.
Since October 2009, the entire area of Katsuyama City has been recognized as a Japanese Geopark "Dinosaur Valley Fukui Katsuyama Geopark". Since July 2014, the guide tour to the field station next to the excavation site has been available from the end of April to early November.
Source: Wikipedia
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