David in Japan Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Hi everybody, Today I took part in an educational fossil hunting trip organized by the Mifune Dinosaur Museum, in Kumamoto. It was the occasion for me to go once again to a place I visit alone 3 month ago but this time with Kumamoto Paleontologists and… a lot of kids! It was so great to see kids discovering their first fossil, smile on the face. Remembered me years ago when I found my first ammonite. So the place we went was in the mountain near to Mifune Dinosaur Museum (MDM), about 30 minutes by car. It’s a formation called Mifune formation (an original name for sure) from cretaceous period. According to the paleontologist, this part of the formation is full of shell, spiral shell, turtle bones, crocodile tooth and recently shark teeth. There is a big chance that this particular part of the formation was the estuary of a large river. So today we get a briefing at the museum and went on site for a 2 hours hunt. I cannot say I made great found, only found some little shell and spiral shell but I found an imprint of very big carnivorous shell not yet named (They’re doing a study about those one which does not have name yet, they were referred by their closest parent). Anyway today was more about listening to professional and enjoying Japanese autumn than fossil. So please, enjoy these few pictures. I will put some found pictures later, I have some trouble with my camera right now. See you next week for a new hunting trip report, this time, it will be in Goshonoura Island, Amakusa. David 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~〇~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Warmest greetings from Kumamoto、 Japan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David in Japan Posted October 11, 2015 Author Share Posted October 11, 2015 Here is more landscape pictures: ~~~~~~~~~~~~〇~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Warmest greetings from Kumamoto、 Japan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velociraptor99 Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Beautiful David! I've always wanted to visit Japan, and learn the Japanese language, I'm a bit of a culture but. I hope you find excellent fossils, maybe a large croc tooth? So I say to you, Ask and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and door will be opened for you. -Jesus Christ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdsnl Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Cool! What is the big bone being prepared? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David in Japan Posted October 11, 2015 Author Share Posted October 11, 2015 The big bone is a donation from the rockies museum in Montana. I think it's a vertebrae but i don't know from what dinosaur. ~~~~~~~~~~~~〇~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Warmest greetings from Kumamoto、 Japan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Thanks very much for sharing your experiences. We don't hear much from Japan here yet, so I'm looking forward very much to your next hunting trip report! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David in Japan Posted October 12, 2015 Author Share Posted October 12, 2015 Thank you, I will do my best. ~~~~~~~~~~~~〇~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Warmest greetings from Kumamoto、 Japan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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