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* Dungville Basin: First excavated in 1924 with the purpose of finding sauropods from the Greater Levantine Formation for public display. Several specimens of ''[[Makrylaimis]]'' as well as partial specimens of ''[[Joanusaurus]]'' have been excavated in the Dungville Basin. | * Dungville Basin: First excavated in 1924 with the purpose of finding sauropods from the Greater Levantine Formation for public display. Several specimens of ''[[Makrylaimis]]'' as well as partial specimens of ''[[Joanusaurus]]'' have been excavated in the Dungville Basin. | ||
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* [[Great Lime Quarry]]: First excavated by geologists from the [[University of Dunaird]] in the late 1920s. [[Jour & Leon]] led an expedition in 1931 which discovered that, during the Jurassic, the quarry was a mudhole where several enormous sauropods got stuck and apparently caused a feeding frenzy that lured and trapped many carnivorous dinosaurs. Most specimens of the ''[[Joanusaurus]]'' subspecies ''J. carnae'' are from this site, as well as the | * [[Great Lime Quarry]]: First excavated by geologists from the [[University of Dunaird]] in the late 1920s. [[Jour & Leon]] led an expedition in 1931 which discovered that, during the Jurassic, the quarry was a mudhole where several enormous sauropods got stuck and apparently caused a feeding frenzy that lured and trapped many carnivorous dinosaurs. Most specimens of the ''[[Joanusaurus]]'' subspecies ''J. carnae'' are from this site, as well as the ''[[Ligmaceratops]]'' and the unique ''[[Dunairdsaurus]]''. | ||
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* Ardriville: Numerous specimens of mammals, lizards, and crocodiles were found. Most recently the new dinosaur ''[[Ardrivilletadens]]'' was described from the area. | * Ardriville: Numerous specimens of mammals, lizards, and crocodiles were found. Most recently the new dinosaur ''[[Ardrivilletadens]]'' was described from the area. | ||