Langenberg/Oker
The Langenberg/Oker Quarry near Goslar in the Harz Mountains (Lower Saxony) is probably one of the most important Mesozoic vertebrate localities in Europe. Late Jurassic marine limestones contain terrestrial vertebrate remains, including turtles, crocodilians, pterosaurs, sauropod and theropod dinosaurs. The most spectacular fossils from this quarry are several individuals of the dwarfed sauropod Europasaurus holgeri.
It is planned to start an excavation for articulated dinosaur skeletons and all other vertebrate remains in summer 2012. This dig is a cooperation project between the Lower Saxon State Museum Hannover, the Dinosaurier-Park Münchehagen, the University of Bonn, the State Museun of Natural History Braunschweig, and the Rohstoffbetriebe Oker. The excavation will probably be continued during the next years.
Please contact me if you are interested in participation.
