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This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by editing the page to add missing items, with references to reliable sources.

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

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Site Group, Formation, or Unit Age Continent Country Noteworthiness
Afar DepressionPlioceneAfricaEthiopia
Buia, Danakil DepressionPleistoceneAfricaEritreaHominin
Ahl al OughlamLate PlioceneAfricaMorocco
Ameki FormationMiddle EoceneAfricaNigeria
Awash RiverPlioceneAfricaEthiopiaHominin
Cradle of Humankind Pliocene – PleistoceneAfricaSouth AfricaHominin
HoedjiespuntPleistoceneAfricaSouth AfricaHominin
HofmeyrPleistoceneAfricaSouth AfricaHominin
AlnifCambrian – Late PermianAfricaMoroccoTrilobites
Jebel IrhoudPleistoceneAfricaMoroccoHominin
Jebel Qatrani FormationEocene – OligoceneAfricaEgyptMammals, birds
Golden Gate Highlands National ParkKaroo SupergroupPermian – Early JurassicAfricaSouthern Africa
Gats River Fossil Bed Karoo Supergroup Permian Africa South Africa Therapsida
Klasies River CavesPleistocene (Middle Stone Age)AfricaSouth AfricaHominin: Early Humans
Koobi ForaPliocene – PleistoceneAfricaKenyaHominin, stone tools
Koro ToroPlioceneAfricaChadHominin
LaetoliPliocene – PleistoceneAfricaTanzaniaHominin footprints
Ledi-GeraruPliocene (Piacenzian)AfricaEthiopiaHominin: LD 350-1, oldest fossil in genus Homo[1]
LothagamMiocene – PlioceneAfricaKenyaHominin and other mammals
BerivotraMaevarano FormationLate CretaceousAfricaMadagascarDinosaurs (Non-Avian), Crocodylomorphs
Kem Kem BedsLate CretaceousAfricaMoroccoNon-Avian Dinosaurs, Crocodylomorphs, etc.
Kamabai rock shelterPleistoceneAfricaSierra LeoneHominin tools
Olduvai GorgePlioceneAfricaTanzaniaHominin
Omo KibishOmo Kibish Formation (= Kibish Formation)Pliocene – PleistoceneAfricaEthiopiaHominin: australopithecine remains and stone tools
Orapa diamond mineLate CretaceousAfricaBotswanaFlowering Plants, Insects
Qasr el Sagha FormationEoceneAfricaEgypt
Rusinga IslandMioceneAfricaKenyaHominin, mammals
Shungura FormationPliocene – Early PleistoceneAfricaEthiopiaHominin tools
Soom Shale Table Mountain Group (Cederberg Formation) Late Ordovician Africa South Africa Typical Ordovician microfossils, such as chitinozoa, acritarchs and spores, in addition to shelly and soft tissue fauna.
TaungPlioceneAfricaSouth AfricaHominin
Tendaguru FormationLate JurassicAfricaTanzaniaNon-Avian Dinosaurs, etc.
West Coast Fossil ParkTerminal Miocene/Early PlioceneAfricaSouth Africa
YengemaNeolithicAfricaSierra LeoneHominin tools
Seymour IslandCross Valley FormationLate PaleoceneAntarctica
Seymour Island[Note 2]La Meseta FormationEoceneAntarcticaBirds, particularly penguins
Seymour IslandLópez de Bertodano FormationLate Cretaceous – Early Paleocene (Maastrichtian – Danian)AntarcticaNon- Avian Dinosaurs, Birds
Seymour Island[Note 2]Sobral FormationPaleocene (Danian)Antarctica
Vega IslandLópez de Bertodano FormationLate Cretaceous – Early Paleocene (Maastrichtian – Danian)AntarcticaNon-Avian Dinosaurs, Birds
Longing PeninsulaNordenskjöld FormationJurassicAntarctica
Mount KirkpatrickHanson FormationEarly JurassicAntarcticaRoss dependencyDinosaurs, prosauropods, trees|
James Ross Island Late CretaceousAntarcticaDinosaurs
Mount FallaFalla FormationTriassicAntarctica
Fremouw PeakFremouw FormationTriassicAntarcticaRoss Dependency
Cumulus HillsThrinaxodon ColTriassicAntarcticaRoss Dependency
Aguja FormationLate CretaceousNorth AmericaUS: Texas and Mexico: Chihuahua, Coahuila
Ashfall Fossil BedsAsh Hollow Formation (Ogallala Group)Miocene (Clarendonian)North AmericaUS: NebraskaMammals[Note 1]
Astoria, OregonAstoria FormationMioceneNorth AmericaUS: Oregon
Cutler Fossil SiteSinkhole in Miami Limestonelate PleistoceneNorth AmericaUS: Floridahumans and vertebrates
Page-Ladson siteSinkhole in Suwannee LimestonePleistocene/HoloceneNorth AmericaUS: FloridaHominin, human/mastodon coexistence
White Rock Creek (Dallas, Texas)Austin ChalkLate CretaceousNorth AmericaUS: Texas
Travis County, TexasAustin ChalkLate CretaceousNorth AmericaUS: Texas
Beecher's Trilobite BedFrankfort FormationOrdovicianNorth AmericaUS: New YorkTrilobites [Note 1]
Mount Blanco[Note 2]Blanco FormationPliocene/PleistoceneNorth AmericaUS: Kansas, TexasBlancan fauna
Blue BeachTournaisianNorth AmericaCanada: Nova Scotia[Note 1]
Little Bob Quarry, Bobcaygeon, OntarioBobcaygeon FormationOrdovicianNorth AmericaCanada: Ontario
Bone Cabin QuarryMorrison FormationJurassicNorth AmericaUS: WyomingNon-Avian Dinosaurs
Brule FormationOligoceneNorth AmericaUS: South DakotaMammals, sunfish, cat fish
Kootenay National Park[Note 2]Burgess ShaleCambrian (Albertan)North AmericaCanada: British Columbia[Note 1]
Calvert Cliffs State Park[Note 2]Calvert FormationMioceneNorth AmericaUS: MarylandMiddle Miocene Climate Transition and Middle Miocene disruption
Goodsell Ridge, Isle La Motte (Lake Champlain) [Note 2]Chazy FormationOrdovicianNorth AmericaUS: VermontEarly Reef: bryozoa, corals, stromatoporoids
Chuckanut Drive, south of Bellingham, WashingtonChuckanut FormationEoceneNorth AmericaUS: Washington stateFossil trackways from birds, mammals and turtles
Como BluffCloverly FormationEarly CretaceousNorth AmericaUS: Montana, WyomingNon-Avian Dinosaurs, some mammals, turtles, crocodilians, and fish
Coon Creek[Note 2]Coon Creek FormationCretaceous (Maastrichtian)North AmericaUS: Tennessee and Mississippi
  • Marine reptiles, particularly mosasaurs and plesiosaurs
  • Invertebrates: Turritella (sea snails), bryozoans, clams, crabs, shrimp and some sharks
Denali National Park and Preserve[Note 3]Cantwell FormationLate CretaceousNorth AmericaUS: AlaskaNon-Avian Dinosaur tracks,[2] plants, insects
Dinosaur Provincial Park[Note 2]Dinosaur Park FormationCretaceous (Campanian)North AmericaCanada: AlbertaNon- Avian Dinosaurs
Dinosaur State ParkJurassicNorth AmericaUS: ConnecticutDinosaur tracks
Driftwood Canyon Provincial ParkEoceneNorth AmericaCanada: British ColumbiaInsects and fish
Drumheller, BadlandsMesozoicNorth AmericaCanada: Alberta
Ellisdale Fossil Site[Note 3]Marshalltown FormationCretaceous (Campanian)North AmericaUS: New Jersey[Note 1]
Ochillee Creek at Old Ochillee [Note 2]Eutaw FormationCretaceousNorth AmericaUS: Alabama, Georgia, MississippiDinosaur, mosasaur, and pterosaur
Falls of the Ohio[Note 3]Jefferson LimestoneDevonianNorth AmericaUS: IndianaCorals (Tabulate coral and Rugosa)
Florissant Fossil BedsFlorissant FormationEocene (Priabonian)North AmericaUS: ColoradoInsects
Fossil Prairie ParkDevonianNorth AmericaUS: Iowa
Mazon CreekFrancis Creek ShaleCarboniferous (Pennsylvanian)North AmericaUS: Illinois[Note 1]
Ghost RanchTriassicNorth AmericaUS: New MexicoNon-Avian Dinosaurs [Note 1]
Hagerman Fossil Beds National MonumentGlenns Ferry FormationPliocene/PleistoceneNorth AmericaUS: IdahoHagerman horse ('American Zebra'), Camelops
Dinosaur Valley State Park[Note 2]Glen Rose FormationCretaceous (Aptian-Albian)North AmericaUS: TexasDinosaur footprints
Gray Fossil SitePlioceneNorth AmericaUS: TennesseeMammals
Fossil Butte National Monument[Note 3]Green River FormationEoceneNorth AmericaUS: Utah, Colorado, and WyomingFishes [Note 1]
Schreiber, Ontario[Note 2]Gunflint ChertLate Archaean – Early ProterozoicNorth AmericaCanada: western Ontario & US: Minnesota (Gunflint Range)Stromatolite colonies of cyanobacteria
Hilda mega-bonebed[Note 3]Dinosaur Park FormationCretaceous (Maastrichtian)North AmericaCanada: AlbertaDinosaurs
Joggins Fossil CliffsCarboniferousNorth AmericaCanada: Nova Scotia[Note 1]
John Day Fossil Beds National MonumentJohn Day FormationEocene – MioceneNorth AmericaUS: Oregon

Mammals: dogs, cats, oreodonts, saber-toothed cats, horses, camels, and rodents

* Jurassic National Monument in the San Rafael SwellMorrison FormationJurassicNorth AmericaUS: UtahNon- Avian Dinosaurs and other vertebrates
Clarno Unit, John Day Fossil Beds National MonumentClarno FormationEoceneNorth AmericaUS: OregonPlants: tropical and subtropical nuts, fruits, roots, branches, and seeds
  • Zion National Park
  • Capitol Reef National Park
  • Canyonlands National Park
 Kayenta Formation (Glen Canyon Group)JurassicNorth AmericaUS: Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, and UtahNon- Avian Dinosaurs and other vertebrates
KishenehnKishenehn FormationMid-EoceneNorth AmericaUS: MontanaInsects
Klondike Mountain near Republic, Washington [Note 2]Klondike Mountain FormationEocene (Ypresian)North AmericaUS: WashingtonPlants and Insects[Note 1]
Krukowski QuarryCambrianNorth AmericaUS: Wisconsin
La Brea Tar PitsPleistocene (Rancholabrean)North AmericaUS: California[Note 1]
Hadrosaurus Foulkii Leidy SiteWoodbury Formation CretaceousNorth AmericaUS: New JerseyDinosaurs: Hadrosaurus
Franceville basinFrancevillian B Formation PalaeoproterozoicAfricaGabonPossible earliest evidence for multicellularity in fossil record, known for Francevillian Biota
The Mammoth SitePleistocene: RancholabreanNorth AmericaUS: South Dakota[Note 1]
Manchester QuarryTriassicNorth AmericaUS: Connecticut
Manuels RiverCambrianNorth AmericaCanada: NewfoundlandTrilobites
McAbee Fossil BedsEoceneNorth AmericaCanada: British Columbia[Note 1] Plants, insects, and fish
Melbourne Bone BedPleistoceneNorth AmericaUS: FloridaMegafauna, Hominin (the "Melbourne Man")
Miguasha National ParkDevonian (Famennian)North AmericaCanada: Québec[Note 1]
Mistaken PointMistaken Point FormationEdiacaranNorth AmericaCanadaEdiacara biota (early multicellular life)
Como BluffMorrison FormationLate JurassicNorth AmericaCanada/United States (Great Plains)
Edson QuarryOgallala FormationMiocene/PlioceneNorth AmericaUS: Kansas
Ogallala FormationMiocene/PlioceneNorth AmericaUS: Texas
Champlain Bridge (Ottawa), Quebec sidePamelia FormationLate OrdovicianNorth AmericaCanada: Quebec, Gatineau, Aylmer
Pipe Creek SinkholePlioceneNorth AmericaUS: Indiana
Minnehaha ParkPlatteville LimestoneOrdovicianNorth AmericaUS: Minnesota
Minneapolis–Saint Paul (Mississippi River bluffs)Platteville LimestoneOrdovicianNorth AmericaUS: Minnesota
Burgoon Run in Blair County, Pennsylvania[Note 2][citation needed]Pocono FormationCarboniferous (Mississippian)North AmericaUS: Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
Lee Creek MinePungo River FormationMioceneNorth AmericaUS: North Carolina
Purgatoire River track siteLate JurassicNorth AmericaUS: ColoradoDinosaurs: Footprints
John Day Fossil Beds National MonumentRattlesnake FormationMiocene (Tortonian-Messinian)North AmericaUS: Oregon
Red Gulch Dinosaur TracksiteSundance FormationMiddle JurassicNorth AmericaUS: WyomingDinosaurs: Footprints
Rincón ColoradoCretaceousNorth AmericaMexico: Coahuila
Walcott-Rust quarryRust FormationLate OrdovicianNorth AmericaUS: New York[Note 1]
Schoonmaker Reef and Soldiers' Home ReefSilurianNorth AmericaUS: WisconsinReefs (the first discovered in North America)
Como BluffSundance FormationLate JurassicNorth AmericaUS: Wyoming
Path 15 bone bed, San Joaquin ValleyTemblor FormationOligocene - MioceneNorth AmericaCalifornia
Tepetate FormationCretaceous – Middle EoceneNorth AmericaMexico
Wichita Falls[Note 2]Texas Red BedsPermianNorth AmericaUS: TexasTetrapods
Thomas Farm SiteMioceneNorth AmericaUS: Florida
Wannagan Creek site, Theodore Roosevelt National ParkTongue River Formation (= Bullion Creek Fm.)Paleocene: TiffanianNorth AmericaUS: North DakotaMammals, reptiles, birds
Egg Mountain site [Note 3]Two Medicine FormationCretaceous (Campanian)North AmericaUS: MontanaDinosaurs, particularly eggs and young
Wheeler Amphitheater in Millard County, Utah [Note 2]Wheeler ShaleCambrianNorth AmericaUS: UtahTrilobites[Note 1]
Woodbine FormationCretaceous (Cenomanian)North AmericaUS: TexasDinosaurs and crocodilians
Ziegler Reservoir fossil site ('Snowmastodon Site')Pleistocene (Illinoian (stage))North AmericaUS: ColoradoMastodon and other ice age vertebrates
Zion National ParkNavajo SandstoneTriassic – JurassicNorth AmericaUS: Utah?
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument Arikaree Group
  • Gering Formation
  • Monroe Creek formation
  • Harrison Formation
 MioceneNorth AmericaUS: Nebraska
Potomac RiverAquia FormationPaleoceneNorth AmericaUS: Maryland and Virginia
Arkona ShaleDevonianNorth AmericaCanada: Ontario
Waco Mammoth National MonumentPleistoceneNorth AmericaUS: Texas
TanisHell Creek FormationEnd of Cretaceous/start of Cenozoic (65.76 Ma ± 0.15 Mya)North AmericaUnited StatesApparent Lagerstätte and killing field capturing the first minutes and hours after the Chicxulub impactor and initiation of the KPg extinction event
Anjar Formation Maastrichtian Asia India Dinosaur eggs
Balabansai FormationLate JurassicAsiaKazakhstanDinosaurs
Barun Goyot FormationLate CretaceousAsiaMongoliaDinosaurs, birds and mammals
Bayan Shireh FormationLate CretaceousAsiaMongolia
Baynunah FormationLate MioceneAsiaUnited Arab Emirates
Bes-KonakOligocene to PlioceneAsiaTurkeyInsects, Pliocene Plants
Bissekty FormationCretaceousAsiaUzbekistan
Bostobynskaya Formation (= Bostobe Formation)Late Cretaceous (Turonian–Campanian)AsiaKazakhstanDinosaurs
Bugti HillsOligoceneAsiaPakistanMammals (Haplorhini)
Chaomidianzi FormationEarly Cretaceous (Barremian-Aptian)AsiaChina
Dabeigou FormationCretaceousAsiaChina
Rizal, KalingaPleistoceneAsiaPhilippinesHominin
Callao Cave, Cagayan ValleyPleistoceneAsiaPhilippinesHominin
Denisova Cave Asia Russia Hominin
Tabon Cave, PalawanPleistoceneAsiaPhilippinesHominin
Dainichi FormationLate PlioceneAsiaJapan
Shaximiao FormationMiddle JurassicAsiaChinaDinosaurs
Dashuigou FormationEarly CretaceousAsiaChinaDinosaurs
Flaming Cliffs[Note 2]Djadochta FormationLate CretaceousAsiaMongoliaDinosaurs, eggs
Dumugol FormationEarly OrdovicianAsiaKorea
Ejinhoro FormationEarly CretaceousAsiaChinaDinosaurs
Es SkhulPlioceneAsiaIsrael: Mount CarmelHominin
Fangou FormationPaleoceneAsiaChina
Sannine FormationCretaceousAsiaLebanon
Huadian FormationEoceneAsiaChina
Indricotherium FormationOligoceneAsiaKazakhstan
Irdin Manha FormationEoceneAsiaMongolia
Iren Dabasu FormationLate CretaceousAsiaChinaDinosaurs
Iwaki FormationEarly OligoceneAsiaJapan
Jindong FormationCretaceousAsiaKorea
Jiufotang FormationEarly CretaceousAsiaChinaFeathered dinosaurs, birds, pterosaurs
Kampong Trach caveMioceneAsiaCambodia
Khukhtek FormationEarly CretaceousAsiaMongoliaDinosaurs
Balasinor (Raiyoli)AsiaIndiaDinosaurs
Deh-e Alireza, Kerman (fa)JurassicAsiaIranDinosaur footprints, fish
Kishima Group
  • Daimyoji Formation
  • Funazu Formation
  • Itanoura Formation
  • Kakinoura Formation
  • Kishima Formation
  • Magome Formation
  • Matsushima Formation
  • Okinoshima Formation
  • Oshima Formation
 Late Eocene/Early OligoceneAsiaJapan
Kitadani QuarryKitadani FormationEarly CretaceousAsiaJapan
Kızılırmak Formation[3] TortonianAsiaTurkey: Evren, Ankara
Kota FormationEarly JurassicAsiaIndia
Tategahana, Lake NojiriPleistocene (Paleolithic)AsiaJapanPaleolithic artifacts
Lameta FormationLate CretaceousAsiaIndia
Lang Trang CavesPleistoceneAsiaVietnam
Liang Bua CavePleistoceneAsiaIndonesia: FloresHominin
Lufeng FormationJurassicAsiaChina
Luoping[4]Middle TriassicAsiaChina: YunnanVery numerous fossils of diverse marine ecosystem
Chengjiang CountyMaotianshan ShalesCambrianAsiaChina[Note 1]
Li Mae Long Miocene Asia Thailand Mammals
Minatogawa Limestone QuarryNeogeneAsiaJapanHominin
Nagura FormationMiddle MioceneAsiaJapan
Mandla Plant Fossils National ParkLate Jurassic-PaleogeneAsiaIndiaplants
Maleri Formation (Upper and Lower)Late TriassicAsiaIndia
Minhe FormationLate CretaceousAsiaChinaDinosaurs
Nemegt FormationLate CretaceousAsiaMongoliaDinosaur fossil, Riverine animals: fish, turtles, crocodilians, birds
Ngandong (Bengawan Solo River)PleistoceneAsiaIndonesia: JavaHominin: Solo Man
Oi FormationEarly MioceneAsiaJapan
Qafzeh cavePlioceneAsiaIsrael: NazarethHominin
SambungmacanPleistoceneAsiaIndonesia
SangiranPleistoceneAsiaIndonesiaHominin
Shivalik Fossil ParkSiwaliks formationsPleistoceneAsiaIndia
Sao Khua FormationEarly CretaceousAsiaThailandDinosaurs
Shishugou FormationLate JurassicAsiaChinaDinosaurs
Tabun CavePlioceneAsiaIsrael: Mount CarmelHominin
Tham Khuyen caveJurassicAsiaVietnam
Tiaojishan FormationMiddle JurassicAsiaChinaPlants, with dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and insects
TrinilPleistoceneAsiaIndonesia: JavaHominin, "Java Man"
Tuchengzi FormationJurassic - Early CretaceousAsiaChina
Tugulu GroupEarly CretaceousAsiaChina
Udurchukan FormationLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian?)AsiaRussiaDinosaurs
Uhangri FormationLate CretaceousAsiaKoreaPterosaur tracks
Wucaiwan member, Shishugou FormationMiddle JurassicAsiaChinaDinosaurs
Xiagou FormationCretaceousAsiaChina
Xinminbao Group
  • Chijinbao Formation
  • Digou Formation
  • Zhonggou Formation
 Early CretaceousAsiaChina
Xiushan FormationEarly Silurian (Llandovery)AsiaChina: Guizhou
Yamaga FormationLate OligoceneAsiaJapan
Yixian FormationEarly CretaceousAsiaChina[Note 1] Jehol Biota, See also: Paleobiota of the Yixian Formation
Yuliangze FormationLate CretaceousAsiaChinaDinosaurs and other vertebrates
Yushima Formation (= Tatsunokuchi Formation)Early PlioceneAsiaJapan
BaissaZaza FormationEarly CretaceousAsiaRussiaInsects: Pterygota
Zhongming FormationDevonianAsiaChina
ZhoukoudianPleistoceneAsiaChinaHominin, "Peking Man"
Shanwang National Geological ParkShanwang FormationMioceneAsiaChina: ShandongExceptional preservation of external body features such as skin, hair, scales and feathers
AetokremnosHolocene (Mesolithic)EuropeCyprus
Monte San GiorgioTriassicEuropeSwitzerland and Italy
Aix-en-ProvenceOligoceneEuropeFranceInsects, fishes
AnaArcillas de Morella FormationLate CretaceousEuropeSpain
AtapuercaPleistocene (Lower Paleolithic)EuropeSpainHominin
Aust CliffTriassicEuropeEnglandInsects, Rhaetic bone bed
BatallonesMioceneEuropeSpainCarnivora
Bouldner, Isle of WightBembridge Marls, Bouldnor Formation ("Bembridge Insect Bed")OligoceneEuropeEnglandInsects, Leaves
Bois d'AssonOligoceneEuropeFranceInsects
Borgloon FormationOligoceneEuropeBelgium
Schmerling CavesHoloceneEuropeBelgiumhominin, Engis 2 was the first Neanderthal fossil ever found
BuñolMioceneEuropeSpain
Calizas de La Huérguina FormationCretaceous (Barremian)EuropeSpain
Dinosaur Quarry of AltamuraUpper CretaceousEuropeItalyDinosaur footprints (at least four thousand)
CepranoPleistoceneEuropeItalyHominin, Homo cepranensis (single find)
CéresteOligoceneEuropeFranceInsects, fishes
Isernia La PinetaPleistoceneEuropeItaly
BaccinelloMioceneEuropeItalyHominin: Oreopithecus bambolii
Binagadi asphalt lakeEarly PleistoceneEuropeAzerbaijanBirds, Mammals
CrevillenteMioceneEuropeSpain
Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-SireuilPleistoceneEuropeFranceHominin: Crô-Magnon
Cuevas de los MurciélagosPleistocene/HoloceneEuropeSpain: La Palma, Canary Islands
DmanisiPleistoceneEuropeGeorgiaHominin (Homo erectus georgicus), stone tools
Dob's LinnOrdovician-Silurian boundaryEuropeScotlandGraptolites
DorkovoEarly PlioceneEuropeBulgariaMastodon
EnspelOligoceneEuropeGermanyInsects, mammals
Es PouásPleistocene/HoloceneEuropeSpain: Ibiza (Balearic Islands)
Fossil GroveLimestone Coal Formation (Clackmannan Group)Carboniferous (Serpukhovian)EuropeScotland: GlasgowPlants
Fur FormationEarly EoceneEuropeDenmark[Note 1]
Gram FormationMiddle-Late MioceneEuropeDenmark
Gauja FormationMiddle DevonianEuropeEstonia and Latvia
Gargano Late Miocene-Early Pliocene Europe Italy Mammals, birds
Geisel valleyEoceneEuropeGermany
Gilwern HillOrdovicianEuropeWales
GotlandSilurianEuropeSweden
Grès à ReptilesCretaceousEuropeFranceDinosaurs
GuimarotaLate JurassicEuropePortugalDinosaurs and mammals
Hampstead FormationOligoceneEuropeEngland
Hațeg Late Cretaceous Europe Romania
HrútagílMókollsdalur formationMioceneEuropeIcelandInsects
Hunsrück SlatesDevonianEuropeGermany: Bundenbach[Note 1]
Jurassic CoastTriassic, Jurassic and CretaceousEuropeEnglandAmmonites and reptiles
Kattendijk SandsPlioceneEuropeBelgiumAuk (birds)
KleinkemsOligoceneEuropeGermanyInsects
Kostolac-ViminaciumPleistoceneEuropeSerbia
KozarnikaPleistocene (Lower Paleolithic)EuropeBulgariaHominin: Early human symbolic behavior
Hušnjak hill (Krapina)PleistoceneEuropeCroatia
La Chapelle-aux-SaintsPleistoceneEuropeFranceHominin: Neanderthal burial
La FerrassiePleistoceneEuropeFranceHominin
La RomaMioceneEuropeSpain
Las HoyasCretaceousEuropeSpainDinosaurs [Note 1]
Liedena SandstoneLate Eocene (Priabonian)EuropeSpain: Navarra
Lo HuecoCretaceousEuropeSpain
London ClayEoceneEuropeEngland[Note 1]
Löwenstein FormationLate TriassicEuropeGermanyDinosaurs
Lourinhã Formation Late JurassicEuropePortugal
Lyme RegisJurassicEuropeEngland: DorsetJurassic Coast
Maastricht FormationCretaceous - PaleogeneEuropeBeneluxDinosaurs
Maltravieso CavePleistoceneEuropeSpain
MauerPleistoceneEuropeGermanyHominin
Messel PitMessel Oil ShaleEoceneEuropeGermanyGeiseltalian flora and fauna [Note 1]
Monte BolcaEoceneEuropeItaly[Note 1]
MureroCambrianEuropeSpain
Neandertal (e.g., Kleine Feldhofer Grotte)PleistoceneEuropeGermanyHominin
ÖhningenMioceneEuropeGermanyInsects, fishes
Oxford ClayJurassicEuropeEnglandFish and invertebrates
Paris Basin (Argille Plastique)Early EoceneEuropeFrance
Pobiti KamaniMesozoicEuropeBulgaria
Pontnewydd CavePleistocene (Paleolithic)EuropeWalesHominin: Neanderthals
Quercy PhosphoritesEocene/OligoceneEuropeFrance
RadobojMioceneEuropeCroatiaInsects
Repedea Hill Fossil SiteNeogeneEuropeRomania
Cozla Fossil SiteOligoceneEuropeRomania
Pietricica Fossil SiteOligoceneEuropeRomania
Cernegura Fossil SiteOligoceneEuropeRomania
Rhynie, AberdeenshireRhynie ChertDevonianEuropeScotlandPlants, Cyanobacteria, first Hexapoda[Note 1]
RiodevaJurassic/CretaceousEuropeSpainDinosaurs
RottOligoceneEuropeGermanyInsects, fishes
Sajóvölgyi FormationMiocene (Serravallian)EuropeHungary
Sânpetru FormationCretaceous (Maastrichtian)EuropeRomania
Sandberg (sandstone hill) Around Jurassic Europe
SansanMioceneEuropeFranceHominin: Pliopithecus
Santa Ana CavePleistoceneEuropeSpain
Sieblos DysodilOligoceneEuropeGermany
Slieve AnierinNamurianEuropeIrelandGoniatites, and Bivalvia, marine and coastal fauna.
Solnhofen limestoneJurassicEuropeGermany[Note 1]
Stránská skálaMoravian Karst formationPleistoceneEuropeCzech Republic:MoraviaMarine and coastal fauna, fishes, birds, mammals
Trachilos footprintsMioceneEuropeGreeceHominin footprints
TurritellenplatteMiocene (mid-Burdigalian)EuropeGermany: Baden-WürttembergGastropods:sea snail Turritella turris
Upper ValdarnoPleistocene (Villafranchian)EuropeItaly: Tuscany
Valkenburg FormationCretaceousEuropeBelgium
DonetskCarboniferousEuropeUkrainePlants
RazdolneDevonianEuropeUkraine
Venta del MoroMioceneEuropeSpain
Venta MicenaPlioceneEuropeSpain
Wessex FormationCretaceousEuropeEngland
WillershausenPlioceneEuropeGermanyInsects
UntermassfeldEarly PleistoceneEuropeGermanyHominin (controversial)
AlcootaMioceneOceaniaAustralia: Northern TerritoryMarsupials, birds and crocodiles
Apex ChertArchaeanOceaniaAustralia: Western Australia (Marble Bar)
Saint Bathans FaunaBannockburn FormationMioceneOceaniaNew Zealand: Otago
Bluff DownsAllingham FormationPlioceneOceaniaAustralia: Queenslandwetland fauna
Bullock CreekCamfield Fossil BedsMioceneOceaniaAustralia: Northern TerritoryMarsupials
Canowindra-GooloogongDevonianOceaniaAustralia: New South Wales[Note 1]
Cape Range National ParkMiocene-PleistoceneOceaniaAustralia: Western AustraliaCoral reefs, marine and coastal fauna
Cuddie SpringsPleistoceneOceaniaAustralia: New South WalesMegafauna/human interaction (bones with stone artifacts)
Curio BayJurassicOceaniaNew Zealand: Southland (The Catlins)Petrified forest
Denmark Hill Insect BedLate TriassicOceaniaAustralia: Ipswich, QueenslandInsects
Dinosaur CoveCretaceousOceaniaAustralia: VictoriaDinosaurs
Dinosaur DreamingCretaceousOceaniaAustralia: VictoriaMammals
Ditjimanka LFOligoceneOceaniaAustralia: South Australia
Ediacara HillsEdiacaranOceaniaAustralia: South Australia (Flinders Ranges)Ediacara biota (early multicellular life)[Note 1]
Emu Bay ShaleEarly CambrianOceaniaAustralia: South Australia (Kangaroo Island)[Note 1]
Etadunna FormationOligocene/MioceneOceaniaAustralia: South Australia
Foulden MaarEarly MioceneOceaniaNew Zealand: Otago
Georgina BasinNeoproterozoic – late PaleozoicOceaniaAustralia: Northern Territory, Queensland
Gogo FormationDevonianOceaniaAustralia: Western Australia[Note 1]
Goldie ChertMiddle-Late CambrianOceaniaAustralia: Victoria
Grenfell fossil siteHunter Siltstone FormationDevonianOceaniaAustralia: New South WalesFishes
Greta Siltstone FormationLate PlioceneOceaniaNew Zealand: Canterbury (Hurunui)
Heathcote siltstoneEarly Silurian- Late DevonianOceaniaAustralia: Victoria[citation needed]
Horseshoe Bay Limestone DownsCretaceousOceaniaNew Zealand: Waikato[citation needed]
Kangaroo WellsMioceneOceaniaAustralia: Northern Territory[citation needed]
Knocklofty FormationEarly TriassicOceaniaAustralia: Tasmania[citation needed]
Knowsley East FormationMiddle-late CambrianOceaniaAustralia: Victoria[citation needed]
Lake CallabonnaPleistoceneOceaniaAustralia: South AustraliaMarsupials, birds
Lake MungoPleistoceneOceaniaAustralia: New South WalesHominin
Lake Ngapakaldi to Lake Palankarinna Fossil AreaPlioceneOceaniaAustralia: South Australia (Tirari Desert)Variety of vertebrates
Lancefield SwampPleistoceneOceaniaAustralia: VictoriaAustralian megafauna, mostly Macropus giganteus
Lightning RidgeCretaceousOceaniaAustralia: New South WalesMammals
Mammoth CavePleistocene?OceaniaAustralia: Western Australia
Mampuwordu SandsMioceneOceaniaAustralia: South Australia
Murgon fossil siteEoceneOceaniaAustralia: Queensland (south-east)Mammals (Tingamarra Fauna)
Naracoorte CavesPleistoceneOceaniaAustralia: South AustraliaAustralian megafauna, World Heritage List
Pindai CavesHoloceneOceaniaNew CaledoniaHominin, Birds
QuanbunPliocene/MioceneOceaniaAustralia: Western Australia
RiversleighOligocene/MioceneOceaniaAustralia: Queensland[Note 1]
Talbragar fossil siteJurassicOceaniaAustralia: New South Wales (central west)Plants and fishes
Tangahoe FormationLate PlioceneOceaniaNew Zealand: Taranaki
Waipara GreensandPaleogeneOceaniaNew Zealand: Canterburysharks, some proto-penguins
Wianamatta Shale and Ashfield ShaleLate TriassicOceaniaAustralia: New South Wales (Sydney)Prehistoric amphibians (Capitosauridae, Trematosaurinae), ray finned fish (Semionotiformes and Palaeoniscidae), cartilaginous fish (Xenacanthida) and insects (Protorthoptera)[5]
Great Otway National ParkCretaceousOceaniaAustralia: Victoria
Otway Basin
  • Dutton Way – Early Pliocene
  • Arch site – Middle Miocene
  • Clifton Banks – Middle to late Miocene
  • Forsyth's Banks and Fossil rock stack – Early Pliocene
  • Spring Creek – Late Miocene to Early Pliocene
  • Kawarren – Late Oligocene
  • Leigh River – Early Miocene
  • Hopkins River – Middle to Late Miocene
  • Gibson's Steps – Bairnsdalian (Middle Miocene)
  • Curdie – Balcombian (Middle Miocene)
  • Princetown Beach – Late Oligocene
  • Castle Cove – Late Oligocene
 Late Oligocene – Early PlioceneOceaniaAustralia: Victoria
TinguiriricaAbanico FormationOligocene (Rupelian)South AmericaChileMammals (defines one interval of the South American land mammal age (SALMA))
Acre ConglomerateMiocene (Huayquerian)South AmericaBrazil
Agua de la ZorraTriassicSouth AmericaArgentinaPetrified forest of Charles Darwin
Allen FormationCretaceous (Campanian – Maastrichtian)South AmericaArgentinadinosaurs (including eggs), pterosaurs, and mammals
Anacleto FormationCretaceous (Campanian)South AmericaArgentinaDinosaurs (eggs), mammals, bird footprints
Andalhualá FormationMiocene/PlioceneSouth AmericaArgentina
Bajo de la Carpa FormationCretaceous (Santonian)South AmericaArgentina
Bahía Inglesa FormationMiddle Miocene-Late PlioceneSouth AmericaChile
Bauru BasinBauru GroupCretaceousSouth AmericaBrazilDinosaurs
Camacho FormationMioceneSouth AmericaUruguayDiversity of terrestrial mammals and marine invertebrates
Candeleros Hill, Neuquén Province[Note 2]Candeleros FormationCretaceous (Cenomanian)South AmericaArgentina
Capadare FormationMiddle MioceneSouth AmericaVenezuela
PaleorrotaCaturrita FormationTriassic (Carnian – Norian)South AmericaBrazil: Rio Grande do Sul
CerrejónCerrejón FormationMiddle-Late PaleoceneSouth AmericaColombia
Cerro BallenaPlio–PleistoceneSouth AmericaChileCetaceans
Cerro Bandera FormationMioceneSouth AmericaArgentina
Chapadmalal Sea CliffChapadmalalanPlioceneSouth AmericaArgentinaMammals, terror birds, paleoburrows
Deseado FormationOligoceneSouth AmericaArgentina
Ensenada FormationPleistoceneSouth AmericaArgentina
Huincul FormationLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian)South AmericaArgentinaDinosaurs, including Argentinosaurus huinculensis and Mapusaurus
Irati FormationEarly Permian (Artinskian)[6]South AmericaBrazilMesosaurs
Ischigualasto Provincial ParkIschigualasto FormationTriassicSouth AmericaArgentinaTetrapods, early dinosaurs, plants
Ituzaingó FormationLate Miocene (Huayquerian)South AmericaArgentinaMammals, birds, reptiles, fish, bivalves, foraminifera, ichnofossils and flora
Jaguel FormationLate Cretaceous - Early Paleocene (Maastrichtian – Danian)South AmericaArgentina
Cerro Cuadrado Petrified ForestLa Matilde FormationMiddle to Late Jurassic (Bathonian – Oxfordian)South AmericaArgentinaDinosaurs
Laguna Manantiales FarmLa Matilde FormationMiddle to Late Jurassic (Bathonian – Oxfordian)South AmericaArgentinaDinosaur tracks
Las Curtiembres FormationLate Cretaceous (Campanian)South AmericaArgentina
Lecho FormationLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)South AmericaArgentinaTitanosaur Saltasaurus, avian and non-avian theropods
Lemaire FormationLate JurassicSouth AmericaArgentina
Leticia FormationEocene (Bartonian)South AmericaArgentina
Cerro Lisandro, Neuquén province [Note 2]Lisandro Formation (= Cerro Lisandro Fm.)Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian – Turonian)South AmericaArgentina
Lohan Cura FormationEarly Cretaceous (Aptian – Albian)South AmericaArgentinaMesosaurs; Oldest known amniote embryos
Mangrullo FormationEarly Permian (Artinskian)[6]South AmericaUruguay[Note 1]
Mylodon CavePleistoceneSouth AmericaChile
Olmedo FormationPaleoceneSouth AmericaArgentina[citation needed]
Quiriquina FormationCretaceousSouth AmericaChile
Paja FormationCretaceousSouth AmericaColombia
Licán RayPanguipulli FormationTriassicSouth AmericaChilePlants
Punta Peters (5 km east of Panguipulli)Panguipulli FormationTriassicSouth AmericaChilePlants
Patagonia MolassesMioceneSouth AmericaArgentina
Pilauco Bajo[7] Late PleistoceneSouth AmericaChileMegafauna, human activity
Pinturas FormationMiocene (Burdigalian – Langhian)[verification needed]South AmericaArgentina
Pisco FormationLate[verification needed] Miocene/Early PlioceneSouth AmericaPeru
Plottier FormationLate Cretaceous (Coniacian – ?Santonian)South AmericaArgentinaDinosaurs, Trace fossils
Portezuelo FormationLate Cretaceous (Turonian – Coniacian)South AmericaArgentinaDinosaurs, turtles, and other animals
Puerto Madryn FormationLate MioceneSouth AmericaArgentina
Punta Cactus FormationEoceneSouth AmericaArgentina[citation needed]
Auca MahuevoRío Colorado SubgroupCretaceousSouth AmericaArgentinaDinosaurs [Note 1]
Roca FormationCretaceous - PaleoceneSouth AmericaArgentinaMarine invertebrates
San Julián FormationEocene/OligoceneSouth AmericaArgentina
Santa Cruz FormationMioceneSouth AmericaArgentina
Santana Group (Crato Formation)Aptian-AlbianSouth AmericaBrazilInsects, Fish, Pterosaurs [Note 1]
PaleorrotaSanta Maria FormationMiddle–Late Triassic (Ladinian-Carnian)South AmericaBrazil: Rio Grande do SulEarly dinosaurs
Cuesta Santo DomingoSanto Domingo FormationMioceneSouth AmericaChile
Sâo José de Itaboraí basinItaboraí FormationPaleocene (Itaboraian)South AmericaBrazil
Sloggett Formation (= Bahía Sloggett Formation)Late Eocene/Early OligoceneSouth AmericaArgentina[citation needed]
Solimões FormationLate Miocene/Early Pliocene[verification needed]South AmericaBrazil
Tanohata FormationEarly Cretaceous (Aptian)AsiaJapan
Toca da Boa Vista CavePleistoceneSouth AmericaBrazil
Touro Passo FormationLate Pleistocene–HoloceneSouth AmericaBrazil: Rio Grande do Sul
TralcánTralcán FormationTriassicSouth AmericaChile
Tunal FormationPaleoceneSouth AmericaArgentina[citation needed]
UrumacoUrumaco FormationMioceneSouth AmericaVenezuela
La VentaHonda GroupMiddle MioceneSouth AmericaColombia[Note 1]
Yacoraite FormationLate Cretaceous/Early Paleocene (Maastrichtian – Danian)South AmericaArgentinaDinosaur tracks; Stromatolites
Yahgan FormationEarly CretaceousSouth AmericaArgentina
Sahel AlmaLate Cretaceous (Santonian)AsiaLebanonFish, Arthropods, Molluscs
White Springs Local FaunaParachucla Formationlate OligoceneNorth AmericaUnited States: Floridanearshore marine and terrestrial vertebrates
Pindaï PeninsulaNépoui FormationLate MioceneOceaniaNew CaledoniaFossil flora[8]
Mount DunfeeDeep Spring FormationEdiacaran-CambrianNorth AmericaUnited States: Nevada
Syuzma and Onega RiversUstʹ Pinega FormationEdiacaranEuropeRussia: Arkhangelsk Oblast
Victoria IslandWynniatt FormationTonianNorth AmericaCanada: Nunavut

Notes

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 This site and/or formation is considered a Lagerstätte.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 This site is an example or type locality for an extensive fossil-bearing formation.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 This site occurs within a widespread fossil bearing formation, but is noteworthy for additional reasons not typical of that formation.

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References

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  1. ↑ Bryn, Brandon. "Science: Oldest Fossil of Homo Genus Found in Ethiopia". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  2. ↑ 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. Bibcode:2014Geo....42..719F. doi:10.1130/G35740.1.
  3. ↑ "10 milyon yıllık hayvan fosilleri bulundu" [10 million years old fossils of animals found] (in Turkish). NTV MSNBC. 2009-10-07. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  4. ↑ "New Fossil Site in China Shows Long Recovery of Life from the Largest Extinction in Earth's History". ScienceDaily. 22 Dec 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  5. ↑ Cosgriff, J. W. (1973). "Notobrachyops picketti, a brachyopid from the Ashfield Shale, Wiannamatta Group, New South Wales". Journal of Paleontology. 47 (6): 1094–1101. JSTOR 1303172.
  6. 1 2 Piñeiro, G.; Ramos, A.; Goso, C. S.; Scarabino, F.; Laurin, M. (2012). "Unusual Environmental Conditions Preserve a Permian Mesosaur-Bearing Konservat-Lagerstätte from Uruguay". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 57 (2): 299. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0113.
  7. ↑ Pino, Mario; Chávez-Hoffmeister, Martín; Navarro-Harris, Ximena; Labarca, Rafael (2013), "The late Pleistocene Pilauco site, Osorno, south-central Chile", Quaternary International, 299: 3–12, Bibcode:2013QuInt.299....3P, doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2012.05.001, hdl:10533/131324
  8. ↑ Garrouste, Romain; Munzinger, Jérôme; Leslie, Andrew; Fisher, Jessica; Folcher, Nicolas; Locatelli, Emma; Foy, Wyndy; Chaillon, Thibault; Cantrill, David J.; Maurizot, Pierre; Cluzel, Dominique; Lowry, Porter P.; Crane, Peter; Bahain, Jean-Jacques; Voinchet, Pierre (2021-09-15). "New fossil discoveries illustrate the diversity of past terrestrial ecosystems in New Caledonia". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 18388. Bibcode:2021NatSR..1118388G. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-97938-5. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 8443626. PMID 34526644.

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