List of fossil sites

This is a worldwide list of important and/or well-known localities where fossils have been found. Such locations may either be a geological formation or a single site.

Geological formations consist of rock that was deposited throughout 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. In such cases, the sites should be listed under the appropriate formation. On the other hand, many formations are for all practical purposes only studied at a single site, usually the type locality.

Africa (including Madagascar)

Site	Country/State	Age
Afar Depression	Ethiopia	Pliocene
Ahl al Oughlam	Morocco	Upper Pliocene
Awash River	Ethiopia	Pliocene
Bahariya Formation	Egypt	Upper Cretaceous
Clarens Formation	South Africa	Lower Jurassic
Cradle of Humankind - Coopers Cave - Gladysvale Cave - Kromdraai - Motsetsi - Plovers Lake - Sterkfontein - Swartkrans and others	South Africa	Pliocene-Pleistocene
Elliot Formation	South Africa	Triassic-Jurassic
Erlhaz Formation	Niger	Lower Cretaceous
Hadar Formation	Ethiopia	Pliocene
Herto Bouri	Ethiopia	Pleistocene
Hoedjiespunt	South Africa	Pleistocene
Jebel Irhoud	Morocco	Pleistocene
Jebel Qatrani Formation	Egypt	Eocene-Oligocene
Karoo Supergroup	Southern Africa	Permian-Lower Jurassic
Klasies River Caves	South Africa	Pleistocene
Koobi Fora	Kenya	Pliocene-Pleistocene
Laetoli	Tanzania	Pliocene-Pleistocene
Lothagam	Kenya	Miocene-Pliocene
Maevarano Formation	Madagascar	Upper Cretaceous
Molteno Formation	South Africa	Upper Triassic
Olduvai Gorge	Tanzania	Pliocene
Omo Kibish	Ethiopia	Pliocene-Pleistocene
Orapa	Botswana	Upper Cretaceous
Qasr el Sagha Formation	Egypt	Eocene
Rusinga Island	Kenya	Miocene
Taung	South Africa	Pliocene
Tegana Formation	Morocco	Lower Cretaceous
Tendaguru Formation	Tanzania	Upper Jurassic

Antarctica

Site	Age
Cross Valley Formation Seymour Island	Upper Paleocene
La Meseta Formation Seymour Island	Eocene
López de Bertodano Formation Seymour Island Vega Island	Upper Cretaceous – Lower Paleocene (Maastrichtian – Danian)
Mount Kirkpatrick Formation	Triassic-Middle Jurassic
Santa Marta Formation	Upper Cretaceous
Sobral Formation Seymour Island	Lower Paleocene (Danian)

Asia

Site	Country/State	Age
Baissa	Russia	Lower Cretaceous
Balabansai Formation	Kazakhstan	Upper Jurassic
Barun Goyot Formation	Mongolia	Upper Cretaceous
Bayan Shireh Formation	Mongolia	Upper Cretaceous
Baynunah Formation	United Arab Emirates	Upper Miocene
Bissekty Formation	Uzbekistan	Cretaceous
Bugti Hills	Pakistan	Oligocene
Chaomidianzi Formation	China	Lower Cretaceous
Chengjiang	China	Cambrian
Dabeigou Formation	China	Cretaceous
Daohugou Beds	China	Jurassic or Cretaceous
Dashanpu Formation	China	Middle Jurassic
Dashuigou Formation	China	Lower Cretaceous
Djadochta Formation	Mongolia	Upper Cretaceous
Eijnhoro Formation	China	Lower Cretaceous
Es Skhul	Israel: Mount Carmel	Pliocene
Flaming Cliffs	Mongolia	Cretaceous
Hakel	Lebanon	Cretaceous
Huadian Formation	China	Eocene
Indricotherium Formation	Kazakhstan	Oligocene
Irdin Manha Formation	Mongolia	Eocene
Iren Dabasu Formation	China	Upper Cretaceous
Jindong Formation	Korea	Cretaceous
Jiufotang Formation	China	Lower Cretaceous
Khukhtek Formation	Mongolia	Lower Cretaceous
Kerman	Iran	Jurassic
Kitadani Quarry	Japan	Lower Cretaceous
Kota Formation	India	Lower Jurassic
Minatogawa Man	Japan	Neogene
Lake Nojiri	Japan	Pleistocene
Lameta Formation	India	Upper Cretaceous
Lang Trang Caves	Vietnam	Pleistocene
Liang Bua Cave, Flores	Indonesia	Pleistocene
Lufeng Formation	China	Jurassic
Maleri Formation	India	Upper Triassic
Minhe Formation	China	Cretaceous
Nemegt Formation	Mongolia	Upper Cretaceous
Oi Formation	Japan	Miocene
Qafzeh	Israel: Nazareth	Pliocene
Saketi Fossil Park	India	Pleistocene
Sao Khua Formation	Thailand	Lower Cretaceous
Shishugou Formation	China	Upper Jurassic
Tabun	Israel	Pliocene
Tham Khuyen Caves	Vietnam	Jurassic
Tiaojishan Formation	China	Middle Jurassic
Trinil, Java	Indonesia	Pleistocene
Tuchengzi Formation	China	Lower Cretaceous
Tugulu Group	China	Lower Cretaceous
Udurchukan Formation	Russia	Upper Cretaceous: Maastrichtian?
Ulansuhai Formation	China	Lower Cretaceous
Wucaiwan Formation	China	Middle Jurassic
Xiagou Formation	China	Cretaceous
Xinminbao Group	China	Lower Cretaceous
Xiushan Formation	China: Guizhou	Lower Silurian: Llandovery
Yixian Formation	China	Lower Cretaceous
Yuliangze Formation	China	Upper Cretaceous
Zhongming Formation	China	Devonian
Zhoukoudian	China	Pleistocene

Europe

Site	Country/State	Age
Aetokremnos	Cyprus	Holocene: Mesolithic
Ana	Spain	Late Cretaceous
Atapuerca	Spain	Pleistocene
Batallones	Spain	Miocene
Bembridge Marls	England	Oligocene
Borgloon Formation	Belgium	Oligocene
Buñol	Spain	Miocene
Calizas de La Huérguina Formation	Spain	Cretaceous: Barremian
Crevillente	Spain	Miocene
Crô-Magnon	France	Pleistocene
Dmanisi	Georgia	Pleistocene
Es Pouás	Ibiza (Balearic Islands)	Pleistocene/Holocene
Fossil Grove	Scotland	Carboniferous: Serpukhovian
Fur Formation	Denmark	Lower Eocene
Grès à Reptiles	France	Jurassic
Guimarota	Portugal	Late Jurassic
Hampstead Formation	England	Oligocene
Hunsrück Slates	Germany: Bundenbach	Devonian
Jurassic coast	England	Jurassic
Kattendijk Sands	Belgium	Pliocene
La Chapelle-aux-Saints	France	Pleistocene
La Ferrassie	France	Pleistocene
La Roma	Spain	Miocene
Las Hoyas	Spain	Cretaceous
Liedenas Sandstone	Spain	Upper Eocene: Priabonian
Lo Hueco	Spain	Cretaceous
London Clay	England	Eocene
Lourinhã Formation	Portugal	Late Jurassic
Lyme Regis	England: Dorset	Jurassic
Maastricht Formation	Benelux	Cretaceous
Maltravieso Cave	Spain	Pleistocene
Mauer	Germany	Pleistocene
Messel Pit	Germany	Eocene
Monte Bolca	Italy	Eocene
Murero	Spain	Cambrian
Neandertal - Feldhofer grotto	Germany	Pleistocene
Oxford Clay	England	Jurassic
Paris Basin - Argile Plastique	France	Eocene - Lower Eocene
Pobiti Kamani	Bulgaria	Mesozoic
Pontnewydd Cave	Wales	Pleistocene
Quercy Phosphorites	France	Eocene/Oligocene
Rhynie Chert	Scotland	Devonian
Riodeva	Spain	Tithonian/Berriasian
Sajóvölgyi Formation	Hungary	Miocene: Late Badenian
Sânpetru Formation	Romania	Cretaceous: Maastrichtian
Santa Ana Cave	Spain	Pleistocene
Sieblos Dysodil	Germany	Oligocene
Solnhofen limestone	Germany	Jurassic
Turritellenplatte	Germany: Baden-Württemberg	Miocene: mid-Burdigalian
Valkenburg Formation	Belgium	Cretaceous
Venta del Moro	Spain	Miocene
Venta Micena	Spain	Pliocene
Wessex Formation	England	Cretaceous

North America

Site	Country/State	Age
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument	USA: Nebraska	Miocene
Aquia Formation	USA: Maryland and Virginia	Paleocene
Ash Hollow Formation - Ashfall Fossil Beds	USA: Nebraska	Miocene - Clarendonian
Aucilla River	USA: Florida	Pleistocene/Holocene
Austin Chalk	USA: Texas	Late Cretaceous
Bainbridge Formation	USA: Missouri	Silurian
Bakken Formation	USA/Canada: Montana, North Dakota and Saskatchewan	Upper Devonian - Lower Carboniferous (Early Mississippian)
Bighill Creek Formation	Canada	Upper Pleistocene
Big Sandy Formation	USA: Arizona	Miocene
Blanco Formation	USA: Kansas, Texas	Pliocene/Pleistocene
Bone Cabin Quarry	USA: Wyoming	Jurassic
Bone Valley Formation	USA: Florida	Pliocene
Bridger Formation	USA: Wyoming	Eocene
Brule Formation	USA : South Dakota	Oligocene
Burgess Shale	Canada: British Columbia	Cambrian: Albertan
Calvert Formation	USA: Maryland	Miocene
Cañón del Tule Formation	Mexico	Cretaceous: Maastrichtian
Cedar Mountain Formation	USA: Colorado and Utah	Cretaceous
Cerro del Pueblo Formation	Mexico	Cretaceous: Campanian
Cerro Grande Formation	Mexico	Cretaceous: Maastrichtian
Cerro Huerta Formation	Mexico	Cretaceous: Campanian-Maastrichtian
Chuckanut Formation	USA: Washington	Eocene
Clarita Formation	USA: Oklahoma	Silurian
Clarno Formation	USA: Oregon	Eocene
Como Bluff	USA: Wyoming	Mesozoic
Coon Creek Formation	USA: Tennessee and Mississippi	Cretaceous: Maastrichtian
Decorah Shale	Upper Midwestern USA, esp. Minnesota	Ordovician
Delorme Formation	Canada: Yukon	Silurian-Devonian
Demopolis Chalk Formation	USA: Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee	Cretaceous
Dinosaur Park Formation	Canada: Alberta	Cretaceous: Campanian
Dinosaur State Park	USA: Connecticut	Jurassic
Driftwood Canyon Provincial Park	Canada: British Columbia	Eocene
Drumheller, Badlands	Canada: Alberta	Mesozoic
Dumugol Formation	USA:
Edson Beds	USA: Kansas	Pliocene: Blancan
Eutaw Formation	USA: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi	Cretaceous
Falls of the Ohio	USA: Indiana	Devonian
Florissant Fossil Beds	USA: Colorado	Eocene: Priabonian
Fossil Prairie Park	USA: Iowa	Devonian
Ghost Ranch	USA: New Mexico	Triassic
Glenns Ferry Formation - Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument	USA: Idaho	Pliocene/Pleistocene
Glen Rose Formation	USA: Texas	Cretaceous: Aptian-Albian
Gower Formation	USA: Iowa	Silurian
Gray Fossil Site	USA: Tennessee	Miocene
Green River Formation	USA: Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming	Eocene
Gunflint Chert in Gunflint Range	Canada: western Ontario & USA: Minnesota	Upper Archaean - Lower Proterozoic
Hawthorne Formation	USA: South Carolina	Miocene
Hell Creek Formation	USA: Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming	Cretaceous: Maastrichtian
Hornerstown Formation	USA: New Jersey	Cretaceous/Paleocene
Huerfano Formation	USA: Colorado	Eocene
Joggins	Canada: Nova Scotia	Carboniferous
John Day Formation	USA: Oregon	Oligocene/Miocene
Judith River Formation	USA: Montana	Cretaceous: Campanian
Kanawha Formation	USA: West Virginia	Pennsylvanian
Kayenta Formation	USA: Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah	Jurassic
Keefer Formation	USA
Klondike Mountain Formation	USA: Washington	Eocene: Ypresian
Krukowski Quarry	USA:Wisconsin	Cambrian
La Brea Tar Pits	USA: California	Pleistocene: Rancholabrean
Lance Creek Formation	USA: North Dakota and Wyoming	Cretaceous: Maastrichtian
Las Encinas Formation	Mexico	Cretaceous: Maastrichtian
Las Imágenes Formation	Mexico	Cretaceous: Maastrichtian
Lennep Formation	USA: Montana	Cretaceous
Linton Formation	USA: Ohio	Pennsylvanian
Lockatong Formation	USA: New Jersey	Triassic
Mascall Formation	USA: Oregon	Miocene
Mattoon Formation	USA:
Mazon Creek	USA: Illinois	Carboniferous: Pennsylvanian
McAbee Fossil Beds	Canada: British Columbia	Eocene
McKenzie Formation	USA: West Virginia	Silurian
Melbourne Bone Bed	USA: Florida	Pleistocene
Medina Formation		Silurian
Miguasha National Park	Canada: Québec	Devonian: Famennian
Mooreville Chalk Formation	USA: Alabama and Mississippi	Cretaceous
Monterey Formation	USA: California	Miocene
Morrison Formation	Canada/USA: Great Plains	Upper Jurassic
Naco Formation	USA:
Nanjemoy Formation	USA: Virginia	Eocene
Navesink Formation	USA: New Jersey	Cretaceous
Niobrara Formation	USA: Kansas	Cretaceous
Ogalalla Formation	USA: Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico	Miocene/Pliocene
Oldman Formation	Canada: Alberta	Cretaceous: Campanian
Page-Ladson prehistory site	USA: Florida	Pleistocene/Holocene
Pikeville Formation	USA:
Pipe Creek Sinkhole	USA: Indiana	Pliocene
Pocahontas Formation	USA: West Virginia
Pocono Formation	USA: Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia	Mississippian
Price West Formation	USA: West Virginia
Puget Group	USA: Washington	Upper Eocene
Quarry Mountain Formation	USA: Oklahoma	Silurian
Rancho Nuevo Formation	Mexico	Cretaceous-Paleocene: Maastrichtian-Danian
Rattlesnake Formation	USA: Oregon	Miocene: Tortonian-Messinian
Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite	USA: Wyoming	Middle Jurassic
Rexroad Formation	USA: Kansas	Pliocene
Rincón Colorado	Mexico: Coahuila	Cretaceous
Ripley Formation	USA: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee	Cretaceous
Rosebud Formation	USA: South Dakota	Miocene
Rose Hill Formation	USA:
Sheep Creek Formation	USA: Nebraska	Miocene: Upper Hemingfordian?
Smoky Hill Chalk	USA: Nebraska	Cretaceous
St. Clair Limestone	USA: Arkansas	Silurian
Syracuse Formation	USA: New York	Silurian
Temblor Formation	USA: California	Miocene
Texas Red Beds	USA: Texas	Permian
Thomas Farm	USA: Florida	Miocene
Traverse Group (Petoskey)	USA: Michigan	Devonian
Tuscacora Formation	USA:	Silurian
Two Medicine Formation	USA: Montana	Cretaceous: Campanian
Wannagan Creek Fossil Site	USA: North Dakota	Paleocene
Washakie Formation	USA: Wyoming	Eocene
Wheeler Shale	USA: Utah	Cambrian
White River Formation	USA: Colorado	Upper Eocene to mid-Oligocene
Willwood Formation	USA: Wyoming	Paleocene/Eocene
Woodbine Formation	USA: Texas	Cenomanian
Zion National Park	USA: Utah	Triassic and Jurassic
Zuni Basin	USA: New Mexico	Cretaceous

Oceania

Site	State/Territory/region	Age
Alcoota	Northern Territory (Australia)	Miocene
Apex chert, Pilbara Craton	Western Australia: Marble Bar	Archaean eon
Bathans Formation	Otago (New Zealand)	Miocene
Bluff Downs	Queensland (Australia)	Pliocene
Bullock Creek	Northern Territory (Australia)	Miocene
Canowindra-Gooloogong	New South Wales	Devonian
Cape Range	Western Australia	Miocene
Cuddie Springs	New South Wales (Australia)	Pleistocene
Curio Bay	Southland (New Zealand)	Jurassic
Dinosaur Cove	Victoria (Australia)	Cretaceous
Dinosaur Dreaming	Victoria (Australia)	Cretaceous
Ediacara Hills	South Australia: Flinders Ranges	Ediacaran
Emu Bay shale	South Australia: Kangaroo Island	Lower Cambrian
Etadunna Formation	South Astralia	Oligocene/Miocene
Georgina Basin	Queensland, Northern Territory (Australia)	Neoproterozoic to the late Paleozoic
Gogo Formation	Western Australia	Devonian
Great Otway National Park	Victoria (Australia)	Cretaceous
Horseshoe Bay Limestone downs	Waikato (New Zealand)	Cretaceous
Knocklofty Formation	Tasmania (Australia)	Lower Triassic
Lake Callabonna	South Australia	Pleistocene
Lake Mungo	New South Wales (Australia)	Pleistocene
Lake Palankarinna Fossil Reserve	South Australia: Tirari Desert	Pliocene
Lancefield Swamp	Victoria (Australia)	Pleistocene
Lightning Ridge	New South Wales (Australia)	Cretaceous
Mammoth Cave	Western Australia	Pleistocene?
Mampuwordu Sands Formation	South Australia	Pliocene
Murgon	Queensland (Australia)	Eocene
Naracoorte Caves	South Australia	Pleistocene
Quanbun	Western Australia	Pliocene/Miocene
Riversleigh	Queensland (Australia)	Oligocene/Miocene
Waipara Formation	Canterbury (New Zealand)	Paleogene
Wianamatta Series	New South Wales: Sydney	Late Triassic

South America

Site	Country/State	Age
Abanico Formation Tinguiririca	Chile	Oligocene (Rupelian)
Allen Formation	Argentina	Upper Cretaceous (Campanian – Maastrichtian)
Anacleto Formation	Argentina	Upper Cretaceous (Campanian)
Andalgala Formation	Argentina	Miocene/Pliocene
Bajo de la Carpa Formation	Argentina	Upper Cretaceous (Santonian)
Beauvoir Formation	Argentina	Upper Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous
Camacho Formation	Uruguay	Miocene
Candeleros Formation	Argentina	Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
Caturrita Formation, Santa Maria Formation Paleorrota	Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul	Permian – Triassic (Carnian, Norian)
Cerro Bandera Formation	Argentina	Miocene
Deseado Formation	Argentina	Oligocene
Ensenada Formation	Argentina	Pleistocene
Huincul Formation	Argentina	Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
Ishigualasto Formation	Argentina	Triassic
Ituzaingó Formation	Argentina	Upper Miocene (Huayquerian)
Jaguel Formation	Argentina	Upper Cretaceous/Lower Paleocene (Maastrichtian – Danian)
Lemaire Formation	Argentina	Upper Jurassic
Leticia Formation	Argentina	Eocene (Bartonian)
Lecho Formation	Argentina	Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Lisandro Formation	Argentina	Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian – Turonian)
Lohan Cura Formation	Argentina	Lower Cretaceous (Aptian – Albian)
Mylodon Cave	Chile	Pleistocene
Olmedo Formation	Argentina	Paleocene
Quinriquina Formation	Chile	Cretaceous
Patagonia Molasses	Argentina	Miocene
Pinturas Formation	Argentina	Miocene (Burdigalian – Langhian)
Plottier Formation	Argentina	Upper Cretaceous (Coniacian – ?Santonian)
Portezuelo Formation	Argentina	Upper Cretaceous (Turonian – Coniacian)
Rio Colorado Formation Auca Mahuevo	Argentina	Cretaceous
Roca Formation	Argentina	Paleocene
San Julian Formation	Argentina	Eocene/Oligocene
Santa Cruz Formation	Argentina	Miocene
Santana Formation Crato Member	Brazil	Cretaceous
Santa Maria Formation Paleorrota	Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul	Permian – Triassic (Ladinian – Carnian)
Sloggett Formation	Argentina	Upper Eocene/Lower Oligocene
Solimões Formation	Brazil	Upper Miocene/Lower Pliocene
Toca de Boa Vista Caves	Brazil	Pleistocene
Touro Passo Formation	Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul	Upper Pleistocene – Holocene
Tunal Formation	Argentina	Paleocene
Urumaco Formation Urumaco	Venezuela	Miocene
Villavieja Formation La Venta	Colombia	Miocene
Yacoraite Formation	Argentina	Upper Cretaceous/Lower Paleocene (Maastrichtian – Danian)

See also

• Fossil parks
• Fossil collecting
• List of fossil parks around the world
• List of fossil parks in India
• List of dinosaur bearing rock formations
• List of human fossils
• List of notable fossils
• Mary Anning
• Paleobiology
• Paleontology
• Rockhounding

References

• Vickers-Rich, Patricia & Rich, Thomas Hewett (1993); Wildlife of Gondwana. Reed. ISBN 0-7301-0315-3