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 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.
Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum
Exterior view
Museum Exterior
Euoplocephalus skeleton
Katsuyama is a city located in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 May 2018, the city has an estimated population of 23,527, with 7,973 households, and a population density of 93 persons per km2. The total area of the city was 253.88 square kilometres (98.02 sq mi). Katsuyama was the ninth-best ranking city in a ranking that compared health and sanitation in cities around the world published in April 2007.
Katsuyama City Hall
Downtown Katsuyama as seen from the west
Katsuyama Castle Museum
Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum