List of fossil sites

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 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 Notability 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 represents 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 Coopers Cave Gladysvale Cave Kromdraai Malapa Motsetsi Plovers Lake Sterkfontein Swartkrans and others		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
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	Africa	South Africa	Hominin: Early Humans
Koobi Fora		Pliocene – Pleistocene	Africa	Kenya	Hominin, stone tools
Laetoli		Pliocene – Pleistocene	Africa	Tanzania	Hominin footprints
Ledi-Geraru		Piacenzian	Africa	Ethiopia	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	Dinosaurs, Crocodylomorphs, etc.
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	Dinosaurs
	Tendaguru Formation	Late Jurassic	Africa	Tanzania	Dinosaurs, etc.
	Usno Formation	Pliocene – Early Pleistocene	Africa	Ethiopia
West Coast Fossil Park		Terminal Miocene/Early Pliocene	Africa	South Africa
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		Dinosaurs, Birds
Seymour Island^{[Note 2]}	Sobral Formation	Paleocene (Danian)	Antarctica
Vega Island	López de Bertodano Formation	Late Cretaceous – Early Paleocene (Maastrichtian – Danian)	Antarctica		Dinosaurs, Birds
Longing Peninsula	Nordenskjöld Formation	Jurassic	Antarctica
	Hanson Formation	Early Jurassic	Antarctica
	Prebble Formation	Middle Jurassic	Antarctica
James Ross Island	Santa Marta Formation Snow Hill Island Formation	Late Cretaceous	Antarctica		Dinosaurs
	Falla Formation	Triassic	Antarctica
	Fremouw Formation	Triassic	Antarctica
Cumulus Hills	Thrinaxodon Col	Triassic	Antarctica
Ashfall Fossil Beds	Ash Hollow Formation (Ogallala Group)	Miocene (Clarendonian)	North America	USA: Nebraska	Mammals^{[Note 1]}
	Astoria Formation	Miocene	North America	USA: Oregon
Page-Ladson prehistory site (Aucilla River)		Pleistocene/Holocene	North America	USA: Florida
	Austin Chalk	Late Cretaceous	North America	USA: Texas
	Aztec Sandstone	Early Jurassic	North America	USA: Nevada, California	Dinosaurs
	Bainbridge Formation	Silurian	North America	USA: Missouri
	Bakken Formation	Late Devonian – Early Carboniferous (Early Mississippian)	North America	USA: Montana, North Dakota and Canada: Saskatchewan
Cleveland's Glen, Oneida County, New York	Beecher's Trilobite Bed	Ordovician	North America	USA: New York	Trilobites ^{[Note 1]}
	Bighill Creek Formation	Late Pleistocene	North America	Canada
	Big Sandy Formation	Miocene	North America	USA: Arizona
Mount Blanco^{[Note 2]}	Blanco Formation	Pliocene/Pleistocene	North America	USA: Kansas, Texas
	Bobcaygeon Formation	Ordovician	North America	Canada: Ontario
Bone Cabin Quarry		Jurassic	North America	USA: Wyoming	Dinosaurs
	Bone Valley Formation	Miocene-Pliocene	North America	USA: Florida
	Breathitt Group	Pennsylvanian	North America	USA: Kentucky
	Bridger Formation	Eocene	North America	USA: Wyoming
	Bromide Formation	Ordovician (Sandbian)	North America	USA: Oklahoma	Trilobites, Echinoderms
Fitterer Ranch Obritsch Ranch Little Badlands in Stark County Badlands National Park	Brule Formation	Oligocene	North America	USA: 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	USA: Maryland
	Cannonball Formation	Paleocene	North America	USA: North Dakota
	Cañón del Tule Formation	Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	North America	Mexico
	Cedar Mountain Formation	Cretaceous	North America	USA: Colorado and Utah	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	USA: South Carolina
Goodsell Ridge, Isle La Motte (Lake Champlain) ^{[Note 2]}	Chazy Formation	Ordovician	North America	USA: Vermont	Early Reef: bryozoa, corals, stromatoporoids
	Chuckanut Formation	Eocene	North America	USA: Washington State	Fossil trackways from birds, mammals and turtles
	Cincinnatian Group	Late Ordovician	North America	USA: Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky
	Clarita Formation	Silurian	North America	USA: Oklahoma
	Clinton Group Keefer Formation Rose Hill Formation	Silurian	North America	USA: New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia
Como Bluff	Cloverly Formation	Early Cretaceous	North America	USA: Montana, Wyoming	Dinosaurs, some mammals, turtles, crocodilians, and fish
	Cobourg Formation	Ordovician	North America	Canada: Ontario
	Coon Creek Formation	Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	North America	USA: Tennessee and Mississippi	Marine reptiles, particularly mosasaurs and plesiosaurs Invertebrates: Turritella (sea snails), bryozoans, clams, crabs, shrimp and some sharks
	Cooper Formation	Late Oligocene (Chattian)	North America	USA: South Carolina
	Dakota Formation	Late Cretaceous	North America	USA: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin	Some Dinosaurs and Dinosaur tracks
	Decorah Shale (Galena Group)	Ordovician	North America	USA: 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	USA: Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee
Denali National Park and Preserve^{[Note 3]}	Cantwell Formation	Late Cretaceous	North America	USA:Alaska	Dinosaur tracks,^[2] plants, insects
Dinosaur Provincial Park^{[Note 2]}	Dinosaur Park Formation	Cretaceous (Campanian)	North America	Canada: Alberta	Dinosaurs
Dinosaur State Park		Jurassic	North America	USA: Connecticut	Dinosaur tracks
Driftwood Canyon Provincial Park		Eocene	North America	Canada: British Columbia
Drumheller, Badlands		Mesozoic	North America	Canada: Alberta
Ellisdale Fossil Site^{[Note 3]}	Marshalltown Formation	Cretaceous (Campanian)	North America	USA: New Jersey
	Eutaw Formation	Cretaceous	North America	USA: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi
Falls of the Ohio^{[Note 3]}	Jefferson Limestone	Devonian	North America	USA: Indiana	Corals (Tabulate coral and Rugosa
Florissant Fossil Beds	Florissant Formation	Eocene (Priabonian)	North America	USA: Colorado
Fossil Prairie Park		Devonian	North America	USA: Iowa
Mazon Creek	Francis Creek Shale	Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)	North America	USA: Illinois	^{[Note 1]}
Ghost Ranch		Triassic	North America	USA: New Mexico	Dinosaurs ^{[Note 1]}
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument	Glenns Ferry Formation	Pliocene/Pleistocene	North America	USA: Idaho	Hagerman horse ('American Zebra'), Camelops
Dinosaur Valley State Park ^{[Note 2]}	Glen Rose Formation	Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian)	North America	USA: Texas
	Gower Formation	Silurian	North America	USA: Iowa
Gray Fossil Site		Miocene	North America	USA: Tennessee
	Green River Formation	Eocene	North America	USA: Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming	^{[Note 1]}
Fossil Butte National Monument ^{[Note 3]}	Green River Formation	Eocene	North America	USA: Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming	Fishes ^{[Note 1]}
	Gunflint Chert	Late Archaean – Early Proterozoic	North America	Canada: western Ontario & USA: Minnesota (Gunflint Range)	Stromatolite colonies of cyanobacteria
	Hawthorne Formation	Miocene	North America	USA: South Carolina[verification needed] to Florida
	Hell Creek Formation	Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	North America	USA: 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	USA: New Jersey
	Huerfano Formation	Eocene	North America	USA: 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	USA: Oregon	Mammals: dogs, cats, oreodonts, saber-toothed cats, horses, camels, and rodents
Clarno Unit, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument	Clarno Formation	Eocene	North America	USA: Oregon	Plants: tropical and subtropical nuts, fruits, roots, branches, and seeds
	Judith River Formation	Cretaceous (Campanian)	North America	USA: Montana
	Kanawha Formation	Pennsylvanian	North America	USA: West Virginia
Zion National Park Capitol Reef National Park the San Rafael Swell Canyonlands National Park	Kayenta Formation (Glen Canyon Group)	Jurassic	North America	USA: Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah	Dinosaurs and other vertebrates
	Keasey Formation	Late Eocene/Early Oligocene[verification needed]	North America	USA: Oregon
Klondike Mountain near Republic, Washington ^{[Note 2]}	Klondike Mountain Formation	Eocene (Ypresian)	North America	USA: Washington	Plants and Insects ^{[Note 1]}
Krukowski Quarry		Cambrian	North America	USA: Wisconsin
La Brea Tar Pits		Pleistocene (Rancholabrean)	North America	USA: California	^{[Note 1]}
	Lance Formation (= Lance Creek Fm.)	Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	North America	USA: North Dakota and Wyoming
	Las Encinas Formation	Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	North America	Mexico
	Las Imágenes Formation	Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	North America	Mexico
Hadrosaurus Foulkii Leidy Site		Cretaceous	North America	USA: New Jersey	Dinosaurs: Hadrosaurus
	Lennep Formation	Cretaceous	North America	USA: Montana
	Lindsay Formation	Ordovician	North America	Canada: Ontario
	Linton Formation	Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)	North America	USA: Ohio
	Lockatong Formation	Triassic	North America	USA: New Jersey
	Ludlow Formation (= Slope Fm.)	Paleocene: Tiffanian	North America	USA: North Dakota[verification needed]
The Mammoth Site		Pleistocene: Rancholabrean	North America	USA: South Dakota	^{[Note 1]}
Manchester Quarry		Triassic	North America	USA: Connecticut
Manuels River		Cambrian	North America	Canada: Newfoundland
	Mascall Formation	Miocene	North America	USA: Oregon
	Mattoon Formation	Pennsylvanian	North America	USA: Illinois
McAbee Fossil Beds		Eocene	North America	Canada: British Columbia	^{[Note 1]}
	McKenzie Formation	Silurian	North America	USA: West Virginia
	Medina Formation	Silurian	North America	USA: New York and Canada: Ontario
Melbourne Bone Bed		Pleistocene	North America	USA: Florida
Miguasha National Park		Devonian (Famennian)	North America	Canada: Québec	^{[Note 1]}
	Mooreville Chalk Formation	Cretaceous	North America	USA: Alabama and Mississippi
	Monterey Formation	Miocene	North America	USA: California
Como Bluff	Morrison Formation	Late Jurassic	North America	Canada/USA (Great Plains)
	Naco Formation	Pennsylvanian, Desmoinesian	North America	USA: Arizona
	Nanjemoy Formation	Eocene	North America	USA: Virginia
	Navesink Formation	Cretaceous	North America	USA: New Jersey	Dinosaurs and shell beds
	Niobrara Formation Smoky Hill Chalk	Cretaceous	North America	USA: Kansas, Nebraska	Marine reptiles ^{[Note 1]}
	Nye Formation	Miocene	North America	USA: Oregon
Edson Quarry	Ogallala Formation	Miocene/Pliocene	North America	USA: Kansas
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area Alibates Flint Quarry National Monument	Ogallala Formation	Miocene/Pliocene	North America	USA: Texas
	Oldman Formation	Cretaceous (Campanian)	North America	Canada: Alberta	Dinosaurs
Champlain Bridge (Ottawa), Quebec side	Pamelia Formation	Late Ordovician	North America	Canada: Quebec, Gatineau, Aylmer
	Pikeville Formation	Pennsylvanian	North America	USA: Kentucky
Pipe Creek Sinkhole		Pliocene	North America	USA: Indiana
	Pittsburg Bluff Formation	Late Eocene/Early Oligocene[verification needed]	North America	USA: Oregon
Minehaha Falls State Park	Platteville Limestone	Ordovician	North America	USA: Minnesota
Minneapolis–Saint Paul (Mississippi River bluffs)	Platteville Limestone	Ordovician	North America	USA: Minnesota
	Pocahontas Formation	Pennsylvanian	North America	USA: West Virginia, Virginia
Burgoon Run in Blair County, Pennsylvania^{[Note 2]}	Pocono Formation	Carboniferous (Mississippian)	North America	USA: Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
	Price West Formation	Early Mississippian	North America	USA: West Virginia
	Puget Group	Late Eocene	North America	USA: Washington
Lee Creek Mine	Pungo River Formation	Miocene	North America	USA: North Carolina
Purgatoire River track site		Late Jurassic	North America	USA: Colorado	Dinosaurs: Footprints
	Quarry Mountain Formation	Silurian	North America	USA: Oklahoma
	Rancho Nuevo Formation	Cretaceous – Paleocene (Maastrichtian-Danian)	North America	Mexico
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument	Rattlesnake Formation	Miocene (Tortonian-Messinian)	North America	USA: Oregon
Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite	Sundance Formation	Middle Jurassic	North America	USA: Wyoming	Dinosaurs: Footprints
	Rexroad Formation	Pliocene	North America	USA: Kansas
Rincón Colorado		Cretaceous	North America	Mexico: Coahuila
	Ripley Formation	Cretaceous	North America	USA: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee
	Rosebud Formation	Miocene	North America	USA: South Dakota
	Round Mountain Silt	Middle Miocene (Barstovian)	North America	USA: California
Walcott-Rust quarry	Rust Formation	Late Ordovician	North America	USA: New York	^{[Note 1]}
	San Diego Formation	Middle-Late Pliocene[verification needed]	North America	USA: California
Schoonmaker Reef and Soldiers' Home Reef		Silurian	North America	USA: Wisconsin	Reefs (the first discovered in North America)
	Sentinel Butte Formation	Paleocene[verification needed]	North America	USA: North Dakota [verification needed]
	Sheep Creek Formation	Miocene	North America	USA: Nebraska
	St. Clair Limestone	Silurian	North America	USA: Arkansas
	St. Peter Sandstone	Ordovician	North America	USA: Minnesota, Missouri, Illinois, Nebraska, South Dakota
	Syracuse Formation	Silurian	North America	USA: New York
Como Bluff	Sundance Formation	Late Jurassic	North America	USA: Wyoming
Path 15 bone bed, San Joaquin Valley	Temblor Formation	Miocene	North America	USA: California
	Tepetate Formation	Cretaceous – Middle Eocene	North America	Mexico
Wichita Falls ^{[Note 2]}	Texas Red Beds	Permian	North America	USA: Texas	Tetrapods
Thomas Farm Site		Miocene	North America	USA: Florida
Wannagan Creek site, Theodore Roosevelt National Park	Tongue River Formation (= Bullion Creek Fm.)	Paleocene: Tiffanian	North America	USA: North Dakota	Mammals, reptiles, birds
	Traverse Group (Petoskey)	Devonian	North America	USA: Michigan
	Trenton Group	Ordovician	North America	Canada: Quebec
	Tuscarora Formation	Silurian	North America	USA: Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia
Egg Mountain site ^{[Note 3]}	Two Medicine Formation	Cretaceous (Campanian)	North America	USA: Montana	Dinosaurs, particularly eggs and young
	Washakie Formation	Eocene	North America	USA: Wyoming
Wheeler Amphitheater in Millard County, Utah ^{[Note 2]}	Wheeler Shale	Cambrian	North America	USA: Utah	Trilobites^{[Note 1]}
	Whitby Formation	Ordovician	North America	Canada: Ontario
	White River Formation	Late Eocene – mid-Oligocene	North America	USA: Colorado
	Widder Formation	Devonian	North America	Canada: Ontario
	Willwood Formation	Paleocene/Eocene	North America	USA: Wyoming	Trace fossils
Woodbine, Texas ^{[Note 2]} Arlington Archosaur Site ^{[Note 3]}	Woodbine Formation	Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	North America	USA: Texas	Dinosaurs and crocodilians
	Woodbury Formation	Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	North America	USA: Haddonfield, New Jersey
Ziegler Reservoir fossil site ('Snowmastodon Site')		Pleistocene (Illinoian (stage))	North America	USA: Colorado	Mastodon and other ice age vertebrates
Zion National Park	Navajo Sandstone	Triassic – Jurassic	North America	USA: Utah	?
	Zuni Basin	Cretaceous	North America	USA: New Mexico
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument	Arikaree Group Gering Formation Monroe Creek formation Harrison Formation	Miocene	North America	USA: Nebraska
Potomac River	Aquia Formation	Paleocene	North America	USA: Maryland and Virginia
	Arkona Shale	Devonian	North America	Canada: Ontario
	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
	Dainichi Formation	Late Pliocene	Asia	Japan
	Daohugou Beds	Jurassic or Cretaceous	Asia	China
	Dashanpu 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
	Khukhtek Formation	Early Cretaceous	Asia	Mongolia	Dinosaurs
Deh Alireza, Kerman		Jurassic	Asia	Iran	Dinosaur 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 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	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			Asia	India
	Maleri Formation	Late Triassic	Asia	India
	Minhe Formation	Cretaceous	Asia	China	Dinosaurs
	Nemegt Formation	Late Cretaceous	Asia	Mongolia	Riverine animals: fish, turtles, crocodilians, birds
Ngandong (Bengawan Solo River)		Pleistocene	Asia	Indonesia: Java	Hominin: Solo Man
	Oi Formation	Early Miocene	Asia	Japan
Qafzeh		Pliocene	Asia	Israel: Nazareth	Hominin
Sambungmacan		Pleistocene	Asia	Indonesia
Sangiran		Pleistocene	Asia	Indonesia	Hominin
Shivalik Fossil Park		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
	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 Chijinbao Formation Digou Formation Zhonggou Formation	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]}
	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
Aetokremnos		Holocene (Mesolithic)	Europe	Cyprus
Monte San Giorgio		Triassic	Europe	Switzerland and Italy
Ana		Late Cretaceous	Europe	Spain
Atapuerca		Pleistocene	Europe	Spain	Hominin
Aust Cliff		Triassic	Europe	England
Batallones		Miocene	Europe	Spain
	Bembridge Marls	Oligocene	Europe	England
	Borgloon Formation	Oligocene	Europe	Belgium
Buñol		Miocene	Europe	Spain
	Calizas de La Huérguina Formation	Cretaceous (Barremian)	Europe	Spain
Ceprano		Pleistocene	Europe	Italy
Isernia La Pineta		Pleistocene	Europe	Italy
Baccinello		Miocene	Europe	Italy	Hominin: Oreopithecus bambolii
	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		Carboniferous (Serpukhovian)	Europe	Scotland	Plants
	Fur Formation	Early Eocene	Europe	Denmark	^{[Note 1]}
	Gauja Formation	Middle Devonian	Europe	Estonia and Latvia
Geisel valley		Eocene	Europe	Germany
Gilwern Hill		Ordovician	Europe	Wales
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		Jurassic	Europe	England
	Kattendijk Sands	Pliocene	Europe	Belgium
Kostolac-Viminacium		Pleistocene	Europe	Serbia
Kozarnika		Pleistocene (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
	Lourinhã Formation Amoreira-Porto Novo Members Sobral Unit	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
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
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
	Solnhofen limestone	Jurassic	Europe	Germany	^{[Note 1]}
Stránská skála	Moravian Karst formation	Pleistocene	Europe	Czech Republic:Moravia	Marine and coastal fauna, fishes, birds, mammals
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
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
Bullock Creek	Camfield Fossil Beds	Miocene	Oceania	Australia: Northern Territory
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	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
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
	Heathcote siltstone	Early Silurian- Late Devonian	Oceania	Australia: Victoria
Horseshoe Bay Limestone Downs		Cretaceous	Oceania	New Zealand: Waikato
Kangaroo Wells			Oceania	Australia: Northern Territory
	Knocklofty Formation	Early Triassic	Oceania	Australia: Tasmania
	Knowsley East Formation	Middle-late Cambrian	Oceania	Australia: Victoria
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)
Lancefield Swamp		Pleistocene	Oceania	Australia: Victoria
Lightning Ridge		Cretaceous	Oceania	Australia: New South Wales	Mammals
Mammoth Cave		Pleistocene?	Oceania	Australia: Western Australia
	Mampuwordu Sands Formation	Pliocene	Oceania	Australia: South Australia
Murgon fossil site		Eocene	Oceania	Australia: Queensland (south-east)	Mammals (Tingamarra Fauna)
Naracoorte Caves		Pleistocene	Oceania	Australia: South Australia
Pindai Caves		Holocene	Oceania	New Caledonia	Hominin
Quanbun		Pliocene/Miocene	Oceania	Australia: Western Australia
Riversleigh		Oligocene/Miocene	Oceania	Australia: Queensland	^{[Note 1]}
Talbragar		Jurassic	Oceania	Australia: New South Wales (central west)
	Tangahoe Mudstone Formation	Late Pliocene	Oceania	New Zealand
	Waipara Formation	Paleogene	Oceania	New Zealand: Canterbury
	Wianamatta Series	Late Triassic	Oceania	Australia: New South Wales (Sydney)
Great Otway National Park		Cretaceous	Oceania	Australia: 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 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
	Anacleto Formation	Cretaceous (Campanian)	South America	Argentina	Dinosaurs (eggs), mammals, bird footprints
	Andalgala 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
	Beauvoir Formation	Late Jurassic – Early Cretaceous	South America	Argentina
	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 Formation	Middle-Late Paleocene	South America	Colombia
Cerro Ballena		Pliocene – Pleistocene	South America	Chile	Cetaceans
	Cerro Bandera Formation	Miocene	South America	Argentina
	Deseado Formation	Oligocene	South America	Argentina
	Ensenada Formation	Pleistocene	South America	Argentina
	Huincul Formation	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	South America	Argentina
	Irati Formation	Early Permian (Artinskian)^[5]	South America	Brazil	Mesosaurs
	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
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
	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)^[5]	South America	Uruguay	^{[Note 1]}
Mylodon Cave		Pleistocene	South America	Chile
	Olmedo Formation	Paleocene	South America	Argentina
	Quinriquina Formation	Cretaceous	South America	Chile
	Paja Formation	Mesozoic	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^[6]		Late Pleistocene	South America	Chile
	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
	Puerto Madryn Formation	Late Miocene	South America	Argentina
	Punta Cactus Formation	Eocene	South America	Argentina
Auca Mahuevo	Rio Colorado Formation	Cretaceous	South America	Argentina	^{[Note 1]}
	Roca Formation	Paleocene	South America	Argentina
	San Julian Formation	Eocene/Oligocene	South America	Argentina
	Santa Cruz Formation	Miocene	South America	Argentina
	Santana Formation (Crato Member)	Cretaceous	South America	Brazil	^{[Note 1]}
Paleorrota	Santa Maria Formation	Middle – Late Triassic (Ladinian-Carnian)	South America	Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul
Cuesta Santo Domingo	Santo Domingo Formation	Miocene	South America	Chile
Sâo José de Itaboraí basin		Paleocene (Itaboraian)	South America	Brazil
	Sloggett Formation (= Bahía Sloggett Formation)	Late Eocene/Early Oligocene	South America	Argentina
	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
Urumaco	Urumaco Formation	Miocene	South America	Venezuela
La Venta	Villavieja Formation	Miocene	South America	Colombia
	Yacoraite Formation	Late Cretaceous/Early Paleocene (Maastrichtian – Danian)	South America	Argentina	Dinosaur tracks; Stromatolites
	Yahgan Formation	Early Cretaceous	South America	Argentina

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