Biology:List of fossil sites
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This list of fossil sites is a worldwide list of localities known well for the presence of fossils. Some entries in this list are notable for a single, unique find, while others are notable for the large number of fossils found there. Many of the entries in this list are considered Lagerstätten (sedimentary deposits that exhibits extraordinary fossils with exceptional preservation—sometimes including preserved soft tissues). Lagerstätten are indicated by a note ([Note 1]) in the noteworthiness column.
Fossils may be found either associated with a geological formation or at a single geographic site. Geological formations consist of rock that was deposited during a specific period of time. They usually extend for large areas, and sometimes there are different important sites in which the same formation is exposed. Such sites may have separate entries if they are considered to be more notable than the formation as a whole. In contrast, extensive formations associated with large areas may be equivalently represented at many locations. Such formations may be listed either without a site, with a site or sites that represent the type locality, or with multiple sites of note. When a type locality is listed as the site for a formation with many good outcrops, the site is flagged with a note ([Note 2]). When a particular site of note is listed for an extensive fossil-bearing formation, but that site is somehow atypical, it is also flagged with a note ([Note 3]).
Many formations are for all practical purposes only studied at a single site, and may not even be named. For example, sites associated with hominin, particularly caves, are frequently not identified with a named geologic formation. Therefore, some sites are listed without an associated formation.
List of sites
| Site | Group, Formation, or Unit | Age | Continent | Country | Noteworthiness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afar Depression | Pliocene | Africa | Ethiopia | ||
| Buia, Danakil Depression | Pleistocene | Africa | Eritrea | Hominin | |
| Ahl al Oughlam | Late Pliocene | Africa | Morocco | ||
| Ameki Formation | Middle Eocene | Africa | Nigeria | ||
| Awash River | Pliocene | Africa | Ethiopia | Hominin | |
Cradle of Humankind
|
Pliocene – Pleistocene | Africa | South Africa | Hominin | |
| Karoo Supergroup: Elliot Formation | Triassic – Jurassic | Africa | South Africa | Dinosaurs | |
| Karoo Supergroup: Bahariya Formation | Late Cretaceous | Africa | Egypt | Dinosaurs | |
| Karoo Supergroup: Clarens Formation | Early Jurassic | Africa | South Africa | Dinosaurs, Dinosaur eggs, Bony fish | |
| Karoo Supergroup: Molteno Formation | Late Triassic | Africa | South Africa | ||
| Elrhaz Formation | Early Cretaceous | Africa | Niger | Dinosaurs | |
| Hadar Formation | Pliocene | Africa | Ethiopia | ||
| Bouri Formation | Pleistocene | Africa | Ethiopia | Hominin | |
| Hoedjiespunt | Pleistocene | Africa | South Africa | Hominin | |
| Hoffmeyr | Pleistocene | Africa | South Africa | Hominin | |
| Alnif | Cambrian – Late Permian | Africa | Morocco | Trilobites | |
| Jebel Irhoud | Pleistocene | Africa | Morocco | Hominin | |
| Jebel Qatrani Formation | Eocene – Oligocene | Africa | Egypt | Mammals, birds | |
| Golden Gate Highlands National Park | Karoo Supergroup | Permian – Early Jurassic | Africa | Southern Africa | |
| Klasies River Caves | Pleistocene (Middle stone age) | Africa | South Africa | Hominin: Early Humans | |
| Koobi Fora | Pliocene – Pleistocene | Africa | Kenya | Hominin, stone tools | |
| Koro Toro | Pliocene | Africa | Chad | Hominin | |
| Laetoli | Pliocene – Pleistocene | Africa | Tanzania | Hominin footprints | |
| Ledi-Geraru | Pliocene (Piacenzian) | Africa | Ethiopia | Hominin: LD 350-1, oldest fossil in genus Homo[1] | |
| Lothagam | Miocene – Pliocene | Africa | Kenya | Hominin and other mammals | |
| Maevarano Formation | Late Cretaceous | Africa | Madagascar | Dinosaurs (Non-Avian), Crocodylomorphs | |
| Kem Kem Beds | Late Cretaceous | Africa | Morocco | Non-Avian Dinosaurs, Crocodylomorphs, etc. | |
| Kamabai rock shelter | Pleistocene | Africa | Sierra Leone | Hominin tools | |
| Olduvai Gorge | Pliocene | Africa | Tanzania | Hominin | |
| Omo Kibish Formation (= Kibish Formation) | Pliocene – Pleistocene | Africa | Ethiopia | Hominin: australopithecine remains and stone tools | |
| Orapa | Late Cretaceous | Africa | Botswana | Flowering Plants, Insects | |
| Qasr el Sagha Formation | Eocene | Africa | Egypt | ||
| Rusinga Island | Miocene | Africa | Kenya | Hominin, mammals | |
| Shungura Formation | Pliocene – Early Pleistocene | Africa | Ethiopia | Hominin tools | |
| Taung | Pliocene | Africa | South Africa | Hominin | |
| Tegana Formation | Early Cretaceous | Africa | Morocco | Non-Avian Dinosaurs | |
| Tendaguru Formation | Late Jurassic | Africa | Tanzania | Non-Avian Dinosaurs, etc. | |
| Usno Formation | Pliocene – Early Pleistocene | Africa | Ethiopia | ||
| West Coast Fossil Park | Terminal Miocene/Early Pliocene | Africa | South Africa | ||
| Yengema cave | Neolithic | Africa | Sierra Leone | Hominin tools | |
| Seymour Island | Cross Valley Formation | Late Paleocene | Antarctica | ||
| Seymour Island[Note 2] | La Meseta Formation | Eocene | Antarctica | Birds, particularly penguins | |
| Seymour Island | López de Bertodano Formation | Late Cretaceous – Early Paleocene (Maastrichtian – Danian) | Antarctica | Non- Avian Dinosaurs, Birds | |
| Seymour Island[Note 2] | Sobral Formation | Paleocene (Danian) | Antarctica | ||
| Vega Island | López de Bertodano Formation | Late Cretaceous – Early Paleocene (Maastrichtian – Danian) | Antarctica | Non-Avian Dinosaurs, Birds | |
| Longing Peninsula | Nordenskjöld Formation | Jurassic | Antarctica | ||
| Hanson Formation | Early Jurassic | Antarctica | Dinosaurs, prosauropods, trees | ||
| Prebble Formation | Middle Jurassic | Antarctica | |||
| James Ross Island | Late Cretaceous | Antarctica | Dinosaurs | ||
| Falla Formation | Triassic | Antarctica | |||
| Fremouw Formation | Triassic | Antarctica | |||
| Cumulus Hills | Thrinaxodon Col | Triassic | Antarctica | ||
| Aguja Formation | Late Cretaceous | North America | US: Texas and Mexico: Chihuahua, Coahuila | ||
| Ashfall Fossil Beds | Ash Hollow Formation (Ogallala Group) | Miocene (Clarendonian) | North America | US: Nebraska | Mammals[Note 1] |
| Astoria Formation | Miocene | North America | US: Oregon | ||
| Cutler Fossil Site | late Pleistocene | North America | US: Florida | humans and vertebrates | |
| Page-Ladson (Aucilla River) | Pleistocene/Holocene | North America | US: Florida | Hominin, human/mastodon coexistence | |
| Austin Chalk | Late Cretaceous | North America | US: Texas | ||
| Aztec Sandstone | Early Jurassic | North America | US: Nevada, California | Dinosaurs | |
| Bainbridge Formation | Silurian | North America | US: Missouri | ||
| Bakken Formation | Late Devonian – Early Carboniferous (Early Mississippian) | North America | US: Montana, North Dakota and Canada: Saskatchewan | ||
| Cleveland's Glen, Oneida County, New York | Beecher's Trilobite Bed | Ordovician | North America | US: New York | Trilobites [Note 1] |
| Bighill Creek Formation | Late Pleistocene | North America | Canada | ||
| Big Sandy Formation | Miocene | North America | US: Arizona | ||
| Mount Blanco[Note 2] | Blanco Formation | Pliocene/Pleistocene | North America | US: Kansas , Texas | Blancan fauna |
| Blue Beach | Tournaisian | North America | Canada: Nova Scotia | [Note 1] | |
| Bobcaygeon Formation | Ordovician | North America | Canada: Ontario | ||
| Bone Cabin Quarry | Jurassic | North America | US: Wyoming | Non-Avian Dinosaurs | |
| Bone Valley Formation | Miocene-Pliocene | North America | US: Florida | ||
| Breathitt Group | Pennsylvanian (Late Carboniferous) | North America | US: Kentucky | ||
| Bridger Formation | Eocene | North America | US: Wyoming | ||
| Bromide Formation | Ordovician (Sandbian) | North America | US: Oklahoma | Trilobites, Echinoderms | |
|
Brule Formation | Oligocene | North America | US: South Dakota | Mammals, sunfish, cat fish |
| Kootenay National Park[Note 2] | Burgess Shale | Cambrian (Albertan) | North America | Canada: British Columbia | [Note 1] |
| Calvert Cliffs State Park[Note 2] | Calvert Formation | Miocene | North America | US: Maryland | Middle Miocene Climate Transition and Middle Miocene disruption |
| Cannonball Formation | Paleocene | North America | US: North Dakota | ||
| Cañón del Tule Formation | Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | North America | Mexico | ||
| Cedar Mountain Formation | Cretaceous | North America | US: Colorado and Utah | Non-Avian Dinosaurs, Amphibians, Fish, Mammals, other reptiles | |
| Cerro del Pueblo Formation | Cretaceous (Campanian) | North America | Mexico | Dinosaurs, etc. | |
| Cerro Grande Formation | Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | North America | Mexico | ||
| Cerro Huerta Formation | Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) | North America | Mexico | ||
| Chandler Bridge Formation | Late Oligocene (Chattian) | North America | US: South Carolina | ||
| Goodsell Ridge, Isle La Motte (Lake Champlain) [Note 2] | Chazy Formation | Ordovician | North America | US: Vermont | Early Reef: bryozoa, corals, stromatoporoids |
| Chuckanut Formation | Eocene | North America | US: Washington (state) | Fossil trackways from birds, mammals and turtles | |
| Cincinnatian Group | Late Ordovician | North America | US: Ohio, Indiana , Kentucky | ||
| Clarita Formation | Silurian | North America | US: Oklahoma | ||
Clinton Group
|
Silurian | North America | US: New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia | ||
| Como Bluff | Cloverly Formation | Early Cretaceous | North America | US: Montana, Wyoming | Non-Avian Dinosaurs, some mammals, turtles, crocodilians, and fish |
| Cobourg Formation | Ordovician | North America | Canada: Ontario | ||
| Coon Creek Formation | Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | North America | US: Tennessee and Mississippi |
| |
| Cooper Formation | Late Oligocene (Chattian) | North America | US: South Carolina | ||
| Dakota Formation | Late Cretaceous | North America | US: Iowa, Kansas , Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin | Some Non-Avian Dinosaurs and Dinosaur tracks | |
| Decorah Shale
(Galena Group) |
Ordovician | North America | US: Minnesota and Upper Midwest[ambiguous] | Trilobites, brachiopods, horn corals, gastropods, crinoids, and bryozoans | |
| Delorme Formation | Silurian-Devonian | North America | Canada: Yukon | ||
| Demopolis Chalk Formation | Cretaceous | North America | US: Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee | ||
| Denali National Park and Preserve[Note 3] | Cantwell Formation | Late Cretaceous | North America | US: Alaska | Non-Avian Dinosaur tracks,[2] plants, insects |
| Dinosaur Provincial Park[Note 2] | Dinosaur Park Formation | Cretaceous (Campanian) | North America | Canada: Alberta | Non- Avian Dinosaurs |
| Dinosaur State Park | Jurassic | North America | US: Connecticut | Dinosaur tracks | |
| Driftwood Canyon Provincial Park | Eocene | North America | Canada: British Columbia | Insects and fish | |
| Drumheller, Badlands | Mesozoic | North America | Canada: Alberta | ||
| Ellisdale Fossil Site[Note 3] | Marshalltown Formation | Cretaceous (Campanian) | North America | US: New Jersey | [Note 1] |
| Eutaw Formation | Cretaceous | North America | US: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi | Dinosaur, mosasaur, and pterosaur | |
| Falls of the Ohio[Note 3] | Jefferson Limestone | Devonian | North America | US: Indiana | Corals (Tabulate coral and Rugosa |
| Florissant Fossil Beds | Florissant Formation | Eocene (Priabonian) | North America | US: Colorado | |
| Fossil Prairie Park | Devonian | North America | US: Iowa | ||
| Mazon Creek | Francis Creek Shale | Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) | North America | US: Illinois | [Note 1] |
| Ghost Ranch | Triassic | North America | US: New Mexico | Non-Avian Dinosaurs [Note 1] | |
| Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument | Glenns Ferry Formation | Pliocene/Pleistocene | North America | US: Idaho | Hagerman horse ('American Zebra'), Camelops |
| Dinosaur Valley State Park[Note 2] | Glen Rose Formation | Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) | North America | US: Texas | Dinosaur footprints |
| Gower Formation | Silurian | North America | US: Iowa | ||
| Gray Fossil Site | Miocene | North America | US: Tennessee | Mammals | |
| Green River Formation | Eocene | North America | US: Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming | [Note 1] | |
| Fossil Butte National Monument[Note 3] | Green River Formation | Eocene | North America | US: Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming | Fishes [Note 1] |
| Gunflint Chert | Late Archaean – Early Proterozoic | North America | Canada: western Ontario & US: Minnesota (Gunflint Range) | Stromatolite colonies of cyanobacteria | |
| Hawthorne Formation | Miocene | North America | US: South Carolina[verification needed] to Florida | ||
| Hell Creek Formation | Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | North America | US: Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming | ||
| Hilda mega-bonebed[Note 3] | Dinosaur Park Formation | Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | North America | Canada: Alberta | Dinosaurs |
| Hornerstown Formation | Cretaceous/Paleocene | North America | US: New Jersey | ||
| Huerfano Formation | Eocene | North America | US: Colorado | ||
| Hungry Hollow Formation | Devonian | North America | Canada: Ontario | ||
| Joggins Fossil Cliffs | Carboniferous | North America | Canada: Nova Scotia | [Note 1] | |
| John Day Fossil Beds National Monument | John Day Formation | Oligocene – Miocene | North America | US: Oregon |
Mammals: dogs, cats, oreodonts, saber-toothed cats, horses, camels, and rodents |
| * Jurassic National Monument in the San Rafael Swell | Morrison Formation | Jurassic | North America | US: Utah | Non- Avian Dinosaurs and other vertebrates |
| Clarno Unit, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument | Clarno Formation | Eocene | North America | US: Oregon | Plants: tropical and subtropical nuts, fruits, roots, branches, and seeds |
| Judith River Formation | Cretaceous (Campanian) | North America | US: Montana | ||
| Kaiparowits Formation | Cretaceous (Campanian) | North America | US: Utah | Dinosaurs, turtles, crocodilians | |
| Kanawha Formation | Pennsylvanian | North America | US: West Virginia | ||
|
Kayenta Formation (Glen Canyon Group) | Jurassic | North America | US: Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah | Non- Avian Dinosaurs and other vertebrates |
| Keasey Formation | Late Eocene/Early Oligocene[verification needed] | North America | US: Oregon | ||
| Klondike Mountain near Republic, Washington [Note 2] | Klondike Mountain Formation | Eocene (Ypresian) | North America | US: Washington (state) | Plants and Insects[Note 1] |
| Krukowski Quarry | Cambrian | North America | US: Wisconsin | ||
| La Brea Tar Pits | Pleistocene (Rancholabrean) | North America | US: California | [Note 1] | |
| Lance Formation (= Lance Creek Fm.) | Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | North America | US: North Dakota and Wyoming | ||
| Las Encinas Formation | Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | North America | Mexico | ||
| Las Imágenes Formation | Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | North America | Mexico | ||
| Hadrosaurus Foulkii Leidy Site | Woodbury Formation | Cretaceous | North America | US: New Jersey | Dinosaurs: Hadrosaurus |
| Franceville basin | Francevillian B Formation | Palaeoproterozoic | Africa|Gabon | Possible earliest evidence for multicellularity in fossil record, known for Francevillian Biota | |
| Lennep Formation | Cretaceous | North America | US: Montana | ||
| Lindsay Formation | Ordovician | North America | Canada: Ontario | ||
| Linton Formation | Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) | North America | US: Indiana | ||
| Lockatong Formation | Triassic | North America | US: New Jersey | ||
| Ludlow Formation (= Slope Fm.) | Paleocene: Tiffanian | North America | US: North Dakota[verification needed] | ||
| The Mammoth Site | Pleistocene: Rancholabrean | North America | US: South Dakota | [Note 1] | |
| Manchester Quarry | Triassic | North America | US: Connecticut | ||
| Manuels River | Cambrian | North America | Canada: Newfoundland | Trilobites | |
| Mascall Formation | Miocene | North America | US: Oregon | ||
| Mattoon Formation | Pennsylvanian | North America | US: Illinois | ||
| McAbee Fossil Beds | Eocene | North America | Canada: British Columbia | [Note 1] Plants, insects, and fish | |
| McKenzie Formation | Silurian | North America | US: West Virginia | ||
| Medina Formation | Silurian | North America | US: New York and Canada: Ontario | ||
| Melbourne Bone Bed | Pleistocene | North America | US: Florida | Megafauna, Hominin (the "Melbourne Man") | |
| Miguasha National Park | Devonian (Famennian) | North America | Canada: Québec | [Note 1] | |
| Mistaken Point | Mistaken Point Formation | Ediacaran | North America | Canada | Ediacara biota (early multicellular life) |
| Mooreville Chalk Formation | Cretaceous | North America | US: Alabama and Mississippi | ||
| Monterey Formation | Miocene | North America | US: California | ||
| Como Bluff | Morrison Formation | Late Jurassic | North America | Canada/United States (Great Plains) | |
| Naco Formation | Pennsylvanian, Desmoinesian | North America | US: Arizona | ||
| Nanjemoy Formation | Eocene | North America | US: Virginia | ||
| Navesink Formation | Cretaceous | North America | US: New Jersey | Non Avian Dinosaurs and shell beds | |
Niobrara Formation
|
Cretaceous | North America | US: Kansas , Nebraska | Marine reptiles[Note 1] | |
| Nye Formation | Miocene | North America | US: Oregon | ||
| Edson Quarry | Ogallala Formation | Miocene/Pliocene | North America | US: Kansas | |
|
Ogallala Formation | Miocene/Pliocene | North America | US: Texas | |
| Oldman Formation | Cretaceous (Campanian) | North America | Canada: Alberta | Non- Avian Dinosaurs | |
| Champlain Bridge (Ottawa), Quebec side | Pamelia Formation | Late Ordovician | North America | Canada: Quebec, Gatineau, Aylmer | |
| Pikeville Formation | Pennsylvanian | North America | US: Kentucky | ||
| Pipe Creek Sinkhole | Pliocene | North America | US: Indiana | ||
| Pittsburg Bluff Formation | Late Eocene/Early Oligocene[verification needed] | North America | US: Oregon | ||
| Minehaha Falls State Park | Platteville Limestone | Ordovician | North America | US: Minnesota | |
| Minneapolis–Saint Paul (Mississippi River bluffs) | Platteville Limestone | Ordovician | North America | US: Minnesota | |
| Pocahontas Formation | Pennsylvanian | North America | US: West Virginia, Virginia | ||
| Burgoon Run in Blair County, Pennsylvania[Note 2] | Pocono Formation | Carboniferous (Mississippian) | North America | US: Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia | |
| Price West Formation | Early Mississippian | North America | US: West Virginia | ||
| Puget Group | Late Eocene | North America | US: Washington | ||
| Lee Creek Mine | Pungo River Formation | Miocene | North America | US: North Carolina | |
| Purgatoire River track site | Late Jurassic | North America | US: Colorado | Dinosaurs: Footprints | |
| Quarry Mountain Formation | Silurian | North America | US: Oklahoma | ||
| Rancho Nuevo Formation | Cretaceous – Paleocene (Maastrichtian-Danian) | North America | Mexico | ||
| John Day Fossil Beds National Monument | Rattlesnake Formation | Miocene (Tortonian-Messinian) | North America | US: Oregon | |
| Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite | Sundance Formation | Middle Jurassic | North America | US: Wyoming | Dinosaurs: Footprints |
| Rexroad Formation | Pliocene | North America | US: Kansas | ||
| Rincón Colorado | Cretaceous | North America | Mexico: Coahuila | ||
| Ripley Formation | Cretaceous | North America | US: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee | ||
| Rosebud Formation | Miocene | North America | US: South Dakota | ||
| Round Mountain Silt | Middle Miocene (Barstovian) | North America | US: California | ||
| Walcott-Rust quarry | Rust Formation | Late Ordovician | North America | US: New York | [Note 1] |
| San Diego Formation | Middle-Late Pliocene[verification needed] | North America | US: California | ||
| Schoonmaker Reef and Soldiers' Home Reef | Silurian | North America | US: Wisconsin | Reefs (the first discovered in North America) | |
| Sentinel Butte Formation | Paleocene[verification needed] | North America | US: North Dakota [verification needed] | ||
| Sheep Creek Formation | Miocene | North America | US: Nebraska | ||
| St. Clair Limestone | Silurian | North America | US: Arkansas | ||
| St. Peter Sandstone | Ordovician | North America | US: Minnesota, Missouri, Illinois, Nebraska, South Dakota | ||
| Syracuse Formation | Silurian | North America | US: New York | ||
| Como Bluff | Sundance Formation | Late Jurassic | North America | US: Wyoming | |
| Path 15 bone bed, San Joaquin Valley | Temblor Formation | Miocene | North America | US: California | |
| Tepetate Formation | Cretaceous – Middle Eocene | North America | Mexico | ||
| Wichita Falls[Note 2] | Texas Red Beds | Permian | North America | US: Texas | Tetrapods |
| Thomas Farm Site | Miocene | North America | US: Florida | ||
| Wannagan Creek site, Theodore Roosevelt National Park | Tongue River Formation (= Bullion Creek Fm.) | Paleocene: Tiffanian | North America | US: North Dakota | Mammals, reptiles, birds |
| Traverse Group (Petoskey) | Devonian | North America | US: Michigan | ||
| Trenton Group | Ordovician | North America | Canada: Quebec | ||
| Tuscarora Formation | Silurian | North America | US: Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia | ||
| Egg Mountain site [Note 3] | Two Medicine Formation | Cretaceous (Campanian) | North America | US: Montana | Dinosaurs, particularly eggs and young |
| Washakie Formation | Eocene | North America | US: Wyoming | ||
| Wheeler Amphitheater in Millard County, Utah [Note 2] | Wheeler Shale | Cambrian | North America | US: Utah | Trilobites[Note 1] |
| Whitby Formation | Ordovician | North America | Canada: Ontario | ||
| White River Formation | Late Eocene – mid-Oligocene | North America | US: Colorado | ||
| Widder Formation | Devonian | North America | Canada: Ontario | ||
| Willwood Formation | Paleocene/Eocene | North America | US: Wyoming | Trace fossils | |
| Woodbine Formation | Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | North America | US: Texas | Dinosaurs and crocodilians | |
| Woodbury Formation | Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | North America | US: Haddonfield, New Jersey | ||
| Ziegler Reservoir fossil site ('Snowmastodon Site') | Pleistocene (Illinoian (stage)) | North America | US: Colorado | Mastodon and other ice age vertebrates | |
| Zion National Park | Navajo Sandstone | Triassic – Jurassic | North America | US: Utah | ? |
| Zuni Basin | Cretaceous | North America | US: New Mexico | ||
| Agate Fossil Beds National Monument | Arikaree Group
|
Miocene | North America | US: Nebraska | |
| Potomac River | Aquia Formation | Paleocene | North America | US: Maryland and Virginia | |
| Arkona Shale | Devonian | North America | Canada: Ontario | ||
| Waco Mammoth National Monument | Pleistocene | North America | US: Texas | ||
| Tanis | Hell Creek Formation | End of Cretaceous/start of Cenozoic (65.76 Ma ± 0.15 Mya) | North America | United States | Apparent Lagerstätte and killing field capturing the first minutes and hours after the Chicxulub impactor and initiation of the KPg extinction event |
| Balabansai Formation | Late Jurassic | Asia | Kazakhstan | Dinosaurs | |
| Barun Goyot Formation | Late Cretaceous | Asia | Mongolia | ||
| Bayan Shireh Formation | Late Cretaceous | Asia | Mongolia | ||
| Baynunah Formation | Late Miocene | Asia | United Arab Emirates | ||
| Bissekty Formation | Cretaceous | Asia | Uzbekistan | ||
| Bostobynskaya Formation (= Bostobe Formation) | Late Cretaceous (Turonian–Campanian) | Asia | Kazakhstan | Dinosaurs | |
| Bugti Hills | Oligocene | Asia | Pakistan | Mammals (Haplorhini) | |
| Chaomidianzi Formation | Early Cretaceous (Barremian-Aptian) | Asia | China | ||
| Dabeigou Formation | Cretaceous | Asia | China | ||
| Rizal, Kalinga | Pleistocene | Asia | Philippines | Hominin | |
| Callao Cave, Cagayan Valley | Pleistocene | Asia | Philippines | Hominin | |
| Tabon Cave, Palawan | Pleistocene | Asia | Philippines | Hominin | |
| Dainichi Formation | Late Pliocene | Asia | Japan | ||
| Shaximiao Formation | Middle Jurassic | Asia | China | Dinosaurs | |
| Dashuigou Formation | Early Cretaceous | Asia | China | Dinosaurs | |
| Flaming Cliffs[Note 2] | Djadochta Formation | Late Cretaceous | Asia | Mongolia | Dinosaurs, eggs |
| Dumugol Formation | Early Ordovician | Asia | Korea | ||
| Ejinhoro Formation | Early Cretaceous | Asia | China | Dinosaurs | |
| Es Skhul | Pliocene | Asia | Israel: Mount Carmel | Hominin | |
| Fangou Formation | Paleocene | Asia | China | ||
| Hakel | Cretaceous | Asia | Lebanon | ||
| Huadian Formation | Eocene | Asia | China | ||
| Indricotherium Formation | Oligocene | Asia | Kazakhstan | ||
| Irdin Manha Formation | Eocene | Asia | Mongolia | ||
| Iren Dabasu Formation | Late Cretaceous | Asia | China | Dinosaurs | |
| Iwaki Formation | Early Oligocene | Asia | Japan | ||
| Jindong Formation | Cretaceous | Asia | Korea | ||
| Jiufotang Formation | Early Cretaceous | Asia | China | Feathered dinosaurs, birds, pterosaurs | |
| Kampong Trach cave | Miocene | Asia | Cambodia | ||
| Khukhtek Formation | Early Cretaceous | Asia | Mongolia | Dinosaurs | |
| Balasinor (Raiyoli) | Asia | India | Dinosaurs | ||
| Deh-e Alireza, Kerman (fa) | Jurassic | Asia | Iran | Dinosaur footprints, fish | |
Kishima Group
|
Late Eocene/Early Oligocene | Asia | Japan | ||
| Kitadani Quarry | Kitadani Formation | Early Cretaceous | Asia | Japan | |
| Kızılırmak Formation[3] | Tortonian | Asia | Turkey: Evren, Ankara | ||
| Kota Formation | Early Jurassic | Asia | India | ||
| Tategahana, Lake Nojiri | Pleistocene (Paleolithic) | Asia | Japan | Paleolithic artifacts | |
| Lameta Formation | Late Cretaceous | Asia | India | ||
| Lang Trang Caves | Pleistocene | Asia | Vietnam | ||
| Liang Bua Cave | Pleistocene | Asia | Indonesia: Flores | Hominin | |
| Lufeng Formation | Jurassic | Asia | China | ||
| Luoping[4] | Middle Triassic | Asia | China: Yunnan | ||
| Chengjiang County | Maotianshan Shales | Cambrian | Asia | China | [Note 1] |
| Minatogawa Limestone Quarry | Neogene | Asia | Japan | Hominin | |
| Nagura Formation | Middle Miocene | Asia | Japan | ||
| Mandla Plant Fossils National Park | Late Jurassic-Paleogene | Asia | India | ||
| Maleri Formation (Upper and Lower) | Late Triassic | Asia | India | ||
| Minhe Formation | Late Cretaceous | Asia | China | Dinosaurs | |
| Nemegt Formation | Late Cretaceous | Asia | Mongolia | Dinosaur fossil, Riverine animals: fish, turtles, crocodilians, birds | |
| Ngandong (Bengawan Solo River) | Pleistocene | Asia | Indonesia: Java | Hominin: Solo Man | |
| Oi Formation | Early Miocene | Asia | Japan | ||
| Qafzeh cave | Pliocene | Asia | Israel: Nazareth | Hominin | |
| Sambungmacan | Pleistocene | Asia | Indonesia | ||
| Sangiran | Pleistocene | Asia | Indonesia | Hominin | |
| Shivalik Fossil Park | Siwaliks formations | Pleistocene | Asia | India | |
| Sao Khua Formation | Early Cretaceous | Asia | Thailand | Dinosaurs | |
| Shishugou Formation | Late Jurassic | Asia | China | Dinosaurs | |
| Tabun Cave | Pliocene | Asia | Israel: Mount Carmel | Hominin | |
| Tham Khuyen cave | Jurassic | Asia | Vietnam | ||
| Tiaojishan Formation | Middle Jurassic | Asia | China | Plants, with dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and insects | |
| Trinil | Pleistocene | Asia | Indonesia: Java | Hominin, "Java Man" | |
| Tuchengzi Formation | Early Cretaceous | Asia | China | ||
| Tugulu Group | Early Cretaceous | Asia | China | ||
| Udurchukan Formation | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian?) | Asia | Russia | Dinosaurs | |
| Uhangri Formation | Late Cretaceous | Asia | Korea | Pterosaur tracks | |
| Wucaiwan Formation | Middle Jurassic | Asia | China | ||
| Xiagou Formation | Cretaceous | Asia | China | ||
Xinminbao Group
|
Early Cretaceous | Asia | China | ||
| Xiushan Formation | Early Silurian (Llandovery) | Asia | China: Guizhou | ||
| Yamaga Formation | Late Oligocene | Asia | Japan | ||
| Yixian Formation | Early Cretaceous | Asia | China | [Note 1] Jehol Biota, See also: Paleobiota of the Yixian Formation | |
| Yuliangze Formation | Late Cretaceous | Asia | China | ||
| Yushima Formation (= Tatsunokuchi Formation) | Early Pliocene | Asia | Japan | ||
| Baissa | Zaza Formation | Early Cretaceous | Asia | Russia | Insects: Pterygota |
| Zhongming Formation | Devonian | Asia | China | ||
| Zhoukoudian | Pleistocene | Asia | China | Hominin, "Peking Man" | |
| Shanwang National Geological Park | Shanwang Formation | Miocene | Asia | China: Shandong | Exceptional preservation of external body features such as skin, hair, scales and feathers |
| Aetokremnos | Holocene (Mesolithic) | Europe | Cyprus | ||
| Monte San Giorgio | Triassic | Europe | Switzerland and Italy | ||
| Ana | Late Cretaceous | Europe | Spain | ||
| Atapuerca | Pleistocene (Lower Paleolithic) | Europe | Spain | Hominin | |
| Aust Cliff | Triassic | Europe | England | Insects, Rhaetic bone bed | |
| Batallones | Miocene | Europe | Spain | Carnivora | |
| Bembridge Marls | Oligocene | Europe | England | ||
| Borgloon Formation | Oligocene | Europe | Belgium | ||
| Schmerling Caves | Holocene | Europe | Belgium | hominin, Engis 2 was the first Neanderthal fossil ever found | |
| Buñol | Miocene | Europe | Spain | ||
| Calizas de La Huérguina Formation | Cretaceous (Barremian) | Europe | Spain | ||
| Dinosaur Quarry of Altamura | Upper Cretaceous | Europe | Italy | Dinosaur footprints (at least four thousand) | |
| Ceprano | Pleistocene | Europe | Italy | Hominin, Homo cepranensis (single find) | |
| Isernia La Pineta | Pleistocene | Europe | Italy | ||
| Baccinello | Miocene | Europe | Italy | Hominin: Oreopithecus bambolii | |
| Binagadi asphalt lake | Early Pleistocene | Europe | Azerbaijan | Birds, Mammals | |
| Crevillente | Miocene | Europe | Spain | ||
| Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil | Pleistocene | Europe | France | Hominin: Crô-Magnon | |
| Cuevas de los Murciélagos | Pleistocene/Holocene | Europe | Spain: La Palma, Canary Islands | ||
| Dmanisi | Pleistocene | Europe | Georgia | Hominin (Homo erectus georgicus), stone tools | |
| Dob's Linn | Ordovician-Silurian boundary | Europe | Scotland | Graptolites | |
| Dorkovo | Early Pliocene | Europe | Bulgaria | Mastodon | |
| Es Pouás | Pleistocene/Holocene | Europe | Spain: Ibiza (Balearic Islands) | ||
| Fossil Grove | Limestone Coal Formation (Clackmannan Group) | Carboniferous (Serpukhovian) | Europe | Scotland: Glasgow | Plants |
| Fur Formation | Early Eocene | Europe | Denmark | [Note 1] | |
| Gram Formation | Middle-Late Miocene | Europe | Denmark | ||
| Gauja Formation | Middle Devonian | Europe | Estonia and Latvia | ||
| Geisel valley | Eocene | Europe | Germany | ||
| Gilwern Hill | Ordovician | Europe | Wales | ||
| Gotland | Silurian | Europe | Sweden | ||
| Grès à Reptiles | Jurassic | Europe | France | Dinosaurs | |
| Guimarota | Late Jurassic | Europe | Portugal | Dinosaurs and mammals | |
| Hampstead Formation | Oligocene | Europe | England | ||
| Hunsrück Slates | Devonian | Europe | Germany: Bundenbach | [Note 1] | |
| Jurassic Coast | Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous | Europe | England | Ammonites and reptiles | |
| Kattendijk Sands | Pliocene | Europe | Belgium | Auk (birds) | |
| Kostolac-Viminacium | Pleistocene | Europe | Serbia | ||
| Kozarnika | Pleistocene (Lower Paleolithic) | Europe | Bulgaria | Hominin: Early human symbolic behavior | |
| Hušnjak hill (Krapina) | Pleistocene | Europe | Croatia | ||
| La Chapelle-aux-Saints | Pleistocene | Europe | France | Hominin: Neanderthal burial | |
| La Ferrassie | Pleistocene | Europe | France | Hominin | |
| La Roma | Miocene | Europe | Spain | ||
| Las Hoyas | Cretaceous | Europe | Spain | Dinosaurs [Note 1] | |
| Liedena Sandstone | Late Eocene (Priabonian) | Europe | Spain: Navarra | ||
| Lo Hueco | Cretaceous | Europe | Spain | ||
| London Clay | Eocene | Europe | England | [Note 1] | |
| Löwenstein Formation | Late Triassic | Europe | Germany | Dinosaurs | |
Lourinhã Formation
|
Late Jurassic | Europe | Portugal | ||
| Lyme Regis | Jurassic | Europe | England: Dorset | Jurassic Coast | |
| Maastricht Formation | Cretaceous | Europe | Benelux | Dinosaurs | |
| Maltravieso Cave | Pleistocene | Europe | Spain | ||
| Mauer | Pleistocene | Europe | Germany | Hominin | |
| Messel Pit | Messel Oil Shale | Eocene | Europe | Germany | Geiseltalian flora and fauna [Note 1] |
| Monte Bolca | Eocene | Europe | Italy | [Note 1] | |
| Murero | Cambrian | Europe | Spain | ||
| Neandertal (e.g., Kleine Feldhofer Grotte) | Pleistocene | Europe | Germany | Hominin | |
| Oxford Clay | Jurassic | Europe | England | Fish and invertebrates | |
| Paris Basin (Argille Plastique) | Early Eocene | Europe | France | ||
| Pobiti Kamani | Mesozoic | Europe | Bulgaria | ||
| Pontnewydd Cave | Pleistocene (Paleolithic) | Europe | Wales | Hominin: Neanderthals | |
| Quercy Phosphorites | Eocene/Oligocene | Europe | France | ||
| Repedea Hill Fossil Site | Neogene | Europe | Romania | ||
| Cozla Fossil Site | Oligocene | Europe | Romania | ||
| Pietricica Fossil Site | Oligocene | Europe | Romania | ||
| Cernegura Fossil Site | Oligocene | Europe | Romania | ||
| Rhynie, Aberdeenshire | Rhynie Chert | Devonian | Europe | Scotland | Plants, Cyanobacteria[Note 1] |
| Riodeva | Jurassic/Cretaceous | Europe | Spain | Dinosaurs | |
| Sajóvölgyi Formation | Miocene (Serravallian) | Europe | Hungary | ||
| Sânpetru Formation | Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Europe | Romania | ||
| Sansan | Miocene | Europe | France | Hominin: Pliopithecus | |
| Santa Ana Cave | Pleistocene | Europe | Spain | ||
| Sieblos Dysodil | Oligocene | Europe | Germany | ||
| Slieve Anierin | Namurian | Europe | Ireland | Goniatites, and Bivalvia, marine and coastal fauna. | |
| Solnhofen limestone | Jurassic | Europe | Germany | [Note 1] | |
| Stránská skála | Moravian Karst formation | Pleistocene | Europe | Czech Republic:Moravia | Marine and coastal fauna, fishes, birds, mammals |
| Trachilos footprints | Miocene | Europe | Greece | Hominin footprints | |
| Turritellenplatte | Miocene (mid-Burdigalian) | Europe | Germany: Baden-Württemberg | Gastropods:sea snail Turritella turris | |
| Upper Valdarno | Pleistocene (Villafranchian) | Europe | Italy: Tuscany | ||
| Valkenburg Formation | Cretaceous | Europe | Belgium | ||
| Donetsk | Carboniferous | Europe | Ukraine | Plants | |
| Razdolne | Devonian | Europe | Ukraine | ||
| Venta del Moro | Miocene | Europe | Spain | ||
| Venta Micena | Pliocene | Europe | Spain | ||
| Wessex Formation | Cretaceous | Europe | England | ||
| Untermassfeld | Early Pleistocene | Europe | Germany | Hominin (controversial) | |
| Alcoota | Miocene | Oceania | Australia: Northern Territory | Marsupials, birds and crocodiles | |
| Apex Chert | Archaean | Oceania | Australia: Western Australia (Marble Bar) | ||
| Saint Bathans Fauna | Bannockburn Formation | Miocene | Oceania | New Zealand: Otago | |
| Bluff Downs | Allingham Formation | Pliocene | Oceania | Australia: Queensland | wetland fauna |
| Bullock Creek | Camfield Fossil Beds | Miocene | Oceania | Australia: Northern Territory | Marsupials |
| Canowindra-Gooloogong | Devonian | Oceania | Australia: New South Wales | [Note 1] | |
| Cape Range National Park | Miocene-Pleistocene | Oceania | Australia: Western Australia | Coral reefs, marine and coastal fauna | |
| Cuddie Springs | Pleistocene | Oceania | Australia: New South Wales | Megafauna/human interaction (bones with stone artifacts) | |
| Curio Bay | Jurassic | Oceania | New Zealand: Southland (The Catlins) | Petrified forest | |
| Denmark Hill Insect Bed | Late Triassic | Oceania | Australia: Ipswich, Queensland | Insects | |
| Dinosaur Cove | Cretaceous | Oceania | Australia: Victoria | Dinosaurs | |
| Dinosaur Dreaming | Cretaceous | Oceania | Australia: Victoria | Mammals | |
| Ditjimanka LF | Oligocene | Oceania | Australia: South Australia | ||
| Ediacara Hills | Ediacaran | Oceania | Australia: South Australia (Flinders Ranges) | Ediacara biota (early multicellular life)[Note 1] | |
| Emu Bay Shale | Early Cambrian | Oceania | Australia: South Australia (Kangaroo Island) | [Note 1] | |
| Etadunna Formation | Oligocene/Miocene | Oceania | Australia: South Australia | ||
| Foulden Maar | Early Miocene | Oceania | New Zealand: Otago | ||
| Georgina Basin | Neoproterozoic – late Paleozoic | Oceania | Australia: Northern Territory, Queensland | ||
| Gogo Formation | Devonian | Oceania | Australia: Western Australia | [Note 1] | |
| Goldie Chert | Middle-Late Cambrian | Oceania | Australia: Victoria | ||
| Grenfell fossil site | Hunter Siltstone Formation | Devonian | Oceania | Australia: New South Wales | Fishes |
| Greta Siltstone Formation | Late Pliocene | Oceania | New Zealand: Canterbury (Hurunui) | ||
| Heathcote siltstone | Early Silurian- Late Devonian | Oceania | Australia: Victoria | [citation needed] | |
| Horseshoe Bay Limestone Downs | Cretaceous | Oceania | New Zealand: Waikato | [citation needed] | |
| Kangaroo Wells | Miocene | Oceania | Australia: Northern Territory | [citation needed] | |
| Knocklofty Formation | Early Triassic | Oceania | Australia: Tasmania | [citation needed] | |
| Knowsley East Formation | Middle-late Cambrian | Oceania | Australia: Victoria | [citation needed] | |
| Lake Callabonna | Pleistocene | Oceania | Australia: South Australia | Marsupials, birds | |
| Lake Mungo | Pleistocene | Oceania | Australia: New South Wales | Hominin | |
| Lake Ngapakaldi to Lake Palankarinna Fossil Area | Pliocene | Oceania | Australia: South Australia (Tirari Desert) | Variety of vertebrates | |
| Lancefield Swamp | Pleistocene | Oceania | Australia: Victoria | Australian megafauna, mostly Macropus giganteus | |
| Lightning Ridge | Cretaceous | Oceania | Australia: New South Wales | Mammals | |
| Mammoth Cave | Pleistocene? | Oceania | Australia: Western Australia | ||
| Mampuwordu Sands | Miocene | Oceania | Australia: South Australia | ||
| Murgon fossil site | Eocene | Oceania | Australia: Queensland (south-east) | Mammals (Tingamarra Fauna) | |
| Naracoorte Caves | Pleistocene | Oceania | Australia: South Australia | Australian megafauna, World Heritage List | |
| Pindai Caves | Holocene | Oceania | New Caledonia | Hominin, Birds | |
| Quanbun | Pliocene/Miocene | Oceania | Australia: Western Australia | ||
| Riversleigh | Oligocene/Miocene | Oceania | Australia: Queensland | [Note 1] | |
| Talbragar fossil site | Jurassic | Oceania | Australia: New South Wales (central west) | ||
| Tangahoe Formation | Late Pliocene | Oceania | New Zealand: Taranaki | ||
| Waipara Greensand | Paleogene | Oceania | New Zealand: Canterbury | ||
| Wianamatta Shale and Ashfield Shale | Late Triassic | Oceania | Australia: New South Wales (Sydney) | Prehistoric amphibians (Capitosauridae, Trematosaurinae), ray finned fish (Semionotiformes and Palaeoniscidae), cartilaginous fish (Xenacanthida) and insects (Protorthoptera)[5] | |
| Great Otway National Park | Cretaceous | Oceania | Australia: Victoria | ||
Otway Basin
|
Late Oligocene – Early Pliocene | Oceania | Australia: Victoria | ||
| Tinguiririca | Abanico Formation | Oligocene (Rupelian) | South America | Chile | |
| Acre Conglomerate | Miocene (Huayquerian) | South America | Brazil | ||
| Allen Formation | Cretaceous (Campanian – Maastrichtian) | South America | Argentina | dinosaurs (including eggs), pterosaurs, and mammals | |
| Anacleto Formation | Cretaceous (Campanian) | South America | Argentina | Dinosaurs (eggs), mammals, bird footprints | |
| Andalhualá Formation | Miocene/Pliocene | South America | Argentina | ||
| Bajo de la Carpa Formation | Cretaceous (Santonian) | South America | Argentina | ||
| Bahía Inglesa Formation | Middle Miocene-Late Pliocene | South America | Chile | ||
| Bauru Basin | Bauru Group | Cretaceous | South America | Brazil | Dinosaurs |
| Camacho Formation | Miocene | South America | Uruguay | ||
| Candeleros Hill, Neuquén Province[Note 2] | Candeleros Formation | Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | South America | Argentina | |
| Capadare Formation | Middle Miocene | South America | Venezuela | ||
| Paleorrota | Caturrita Formation | Triassic (Carnian – Norian) | South America | Brazil : Rio Grande do Sul | |
| Cerrejón | Cerrejón Formation | Middle-Late Paleocene | South America | Colombia | |
| Cerro Ballena | Plio–Pleistocene | South America | Chile | Cetaceans | |
| Cerro Bandera Formation | Miocene | South America | Argentina | ||
| Chapadmalal Sea Cliff | Chapadmalalan | Pliocene | South America | Argentina | Mammals, Terror birds, Paleoburrows |
| Deseado Formation | Oligocene | South America | Argentina | ||
| Ensenada Formation | Pleistocene | South America | Argentina | ||
| Huincul Formation | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | South America | Argentina | Dinosaurs, including Argentinosaurus huinculensis and Mapusaurus | |
| Ischigualasto Formation | Triassic | South America | Argentina | ||
| Ituzaingó Formation | Late Miocene (Huayquerian) | South America | Argentina | ||
| Jaguel Formation | Late Cretaceous/Early Paleocene (Maastrichtian – Danian) | South America | Argentina | ||
| Cerro Cuadrado Petrified Forest | La Matilde Formation | Middle to Late Jurassic (Bathonian – Oxfordian) | South America | Argentina | Dinosaurs |
| Laguna Manantiales Farm | La Matilde Formation | Middle to Late Jurassic (Bathonian – Oxfordian) | South America | Argentina | Dinosaur tracks |
| Las Curtiembres Formation | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | South America | Argentina | ||
| Lecho Formation | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | South America | Argentina | Titanosaur Saltasaurus, avian and non-avian theropods | |
| Lemaire Formation | Late Jurassic | South America | Argentina | ||
| Leticia Formation | Eocene (Bartonian) | South America | Argentina | ||
| Cerro Lisandro, Neuquén province [Note 2] | Lisandro Formation (= Cerro Lisandro Fm.) | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian – Turonian) | South America | Argentina | |
| Lohan Cura Formation | Early Cretaceous (Aptian – Albian) | South America | Argentina | Mesosaurs; Oldest known amniote embryos | |
| Mangrullo Formation | Early Permian (Artinskian)[6] | South America | Uruguay | [Note 1] | |
| Mylodon Cave | Pleistocene | South America | Chile | ||
| Olmedo Formation | Paleocene | South America | Argentina | [citation needed] | |
| Quiriquina Formation | Cretaceous | South America | Chile | ||
| Paja Formation | Cretaceous | South America | Colombia | ||
| Licán Ray | Panguipulli Formation | Triassic | South America | Chile | |
| Punta Peters (5 km east of Panguipulli) | Panguipulli Formation | Triassic | South America | Chile | |
| Patagonia Molasses | Miocene | South America | Argentina | ||
| Pilauco Bajo[7] | Late Pleistocene | South America | Chile | Megafauna, human activity | |
| Pinturas Formation | Miocene (Burdigalian – Langhian)[verification needed] | South America | Argentina | ||
| Pisco Formation | Late[verification needed] Miocene/Early Pliocene | South America | Peru | ||
| Plottier Formation | Late Cretaceous (Coniacian – ?Santonian) | South America | Argentina | ||
| Portezuelo Formation | Late Cretaceous (Turonian – Coniacian) | South America | Argentina | Dinosaurs, turtles, and other animals | |
| Puerto Madryn Formation | Late Miocene | South America | Argentina | ||
| Punta Cactus Formation | Eocene | South America | Argentina | [citation needed] | |
| Auca Mahuevo | Río Colorado Subgroup | Cretaceous | South America | Argentina | [Note 1] |
| Roca Formation | Paleocene | South America | Argentina | ||
| San Julián Formation | Eocene/Oligocene | South America | Argentina | ||
| Santa Cruz Formation | Miocene | South America | Argentina | ||
| Santana Group (Crato Formation) | Aptian-Albian | South America | Brazil | [Note 1] | |
| Paleorrota | Santa Maria Formation | Middle–Late Triassic (Ladinian-Carnian) | South America | Brazil : Rio Grande do Sul | Early dinosaurs |
| Cuesta Santo Domingo | Santo Domingo Formation | Miocene | South America | Chile | |
| Sâo José de Itaboraí basin | Itaboraí Formation | Paleocene (Itaboraian) | South America | Brazil | |
| Sloggett Formation (= Bahía Sloggett Formation) | Late Eocene/Early Oligocene | South America | Argentina | [citation needed] | |
| Solimões Formation | Late Miocene/Early Pliocene[verification needed] | South America | Brazil | ||
| Toca da Boa Vista Cave | Pleistocene | South America | Brazil | ||
| Touro Passo Formation | Late Pleistocene–Holocene | South America | Brazil : Rio Grande do Sul | ||
| Tralcán | Tralcán Formation | Triassic | South America | Chile | |
| Tunal Formation | Paleocene | South America | Argentina | [citation needed] | |
| Urumaco | Urumaco Formation | Miocene | South America | Venezuela | |
| La Venta | Honda Group | Middle Miocene | South America | Colombia | [Note 1] |
| Yacoraite Formation | Late Cretaceous/Early Paleocene (Maastrichtian – Danian) | South America | Argentina | Dinosaur tracks; Stromatolites | |
| Yahgan Formation | Early Cretaceous | South America | Argentina | ||
| Pindaï Peninsula | Népoui Formation | Late Miocene | Oceania | New Caledonia | Fossil flora[8] |
Notes
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 This site and/or formation is considered a Lagerstätte.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 This site is an example or type locality for an extensive fossil-bearing formation.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 This site occurs within a widespread fossil bearing formation, but is noteworthy for additional reasons not typical of that formation.
See also
- Biology:Fossil collecting – Collecting fossils to study, collect or sell
- Biology:Fossil park
- Biology:Lists of dinosaur-bearing stratigraphic units – None
- Pleistocene fossils in Michigan
- Biology:List of human evolution fossils – None
- Earth:Malapa Fossil Site, Cradle of Humankind – Cave
- Biology:Paleobiology – Study of organic evolution using fossils
- Biology:Paleontology – Study of life before 11,700 years ago
- Earth:Amateur geology, also known as Rockhounding – Non-professional study and collecting of rocks
References
- ↑ Bryn, Brandon. "Science: Oldest Fossil of Homo Genus Found in Ethiopia". American Association for the Advancement of Science. http://www.aaas.org/news/science-oldest-fossil-homo-genus-found-ethiopia.
- ↑ Fiorillo, Anthony; Hasiotis, Stephen; Kobayashi, Yoshitsugu (August 2014). "Herd structure in Late Cretaceous polar dinosaurs: A remarkable new dinosaur tracksite, Denali National Park, Alaska, USA". Geology 42 (8): 719–722. doi:10.1130/G35740.1. Bibcode: 2014Geo....42..719F.
- ↑ "10 milyon yıllık hayvan fosilleri bulundu" (in tr). ntvmsnbc.com. 2009-10-07. http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/id/25007679/.
- ↑ "New Fossil Site in China Shows Long Recovery of Life from the Largest Extinction in Earth's History". ScienceDaily. 22 Dec 2010. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101222093204.htm.
- ↑ Cosgriff, J. W. (1973). "Notobrachyops picketti, a brachyopid from the Ashfield Shale, Wiannamatta Group, New South Wales". Journal of Paleontology 47 (6): 1094–1101.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Garrouste, Romain; Munzinger, Jérôme; Leslie, Andrew; Fisher, Jessica; Folcher, Nicolas; Locatelli, Emma; Foy, Wyndy; Chaillon, Thibault et al. (2021-09-15). "New fossil discoveries illustrate the diversity of past terrestrial ecosystems in New Caledonia" (in en). Scientific Reports 11 (1): 18388. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-97938-5. ISSN 2045-2322. PMID 34526644. Bibcode: 2021NatSR..1118388G.
Further reading
- Vickers-Rich, Patricia; Rich, Thomas Hewett (1993). Wildlife of Gondwana. Reed. ISBN 978-0-7301-0315-8.
- "Fossil sites". The Virtual Fossil Museum. 2001–2011. http://www.fossilmuseum.net/FossilSites.htm.
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