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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 (<ref group=Note name=Lagerstaette/>) 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 (<ref group=Note name=typelocality/>). 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 (<ref group=Note name=atypical/>).
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 == {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Site ! Group, Formation, or Unit ! data-sort-type="number"|Age ! Continent ! Country ! Noteworthiness |- | Afar Depression||||data-sort-value="5.333"|Pliocene||Africa||Ethiopia|| |- | Buia, Danakil Depression||||data-sort-value="3.2"|Pleistocene||Africa||Eritrea||Hominin |- | Ahl al Oughlam|| || data-sort-value="3.6" |Late Pliocene ||Africa||Morocco|| |- | ||Ameki Formation||data-sort-value="47.8"|Middle Eocene||Africa||Nigeria|| |- | Awash River||||data-sort-value="5.6"|Pliocene||Africa||Ethiopia||Hominin |- | Cradle of Humankind * Coopers Cave * Gladysvale Cave * Kromdraai * Malapa * Motsetsi * Plovers Lake * Sterkfontein * Swartkrans * and others |||data-sort-value="3.5"|Pliocene – Pleistocene||Africa||South Africa||Hominin |- | Hoedjiespunt||||data-sort-value="0.7741"|Pleistocene||Africa||South Africa||Hominin |- | Hofmeyr||||data-sort-value="0.036"|Pleistocene||Africa||South Africa||Hominin |- | Alnif||||data-sort-value="539"|Cambrian – Late Permian||Africa||Morocco||Trilobites |- | Jebel Irhoud||||data-sort-value="0.315"|Pleistocene||Africa||Morocco||Hominin |- | ||Jebel Qatrani Formation||data-sort-value="34.8"|Eocene – Oligocene||Africa||Egypt||Mammals, birds |- | Golden Gate Highlands National Park||Karoo Supergroup||data-sort-value="298.9"|Permian – Early Jurassic||Africa||Southern Africa|| |- |Gats River Fossil Bed |Karoo Supergroup |Permian |Africa |South Africa |Therapsida |- | Klasies River Caves||||data-sort-value="0.125"|Pleistocene (Middle Stone Age)||Africa||South Africa||Hominin: Early Humans |- | Koobi Fora||||data-sort-value="5.333"|Pliocene – Pleistocene||Africa||Kenya||Hominin, stone tools |- | Koro Toro||||data-sort-value="5.333"|Pliocene||Africa||Chad||Hominin |- | Laetoli||||data-sort-value="3.7"|Pliocene – Pleistocene||Africa||Tanzania||Hominin footprints |- | Ledi-Geraru||||data-sort-value="2.8"|Pliocene (Piacenzian)||Africa||Ethiopia||Hominin: LD 350-1, oldest fossil in genus ''Homo''<ref name="aaas">{{cite web |last=Bryn |first=Brandon |title=Science: Oldest Fossil of Homo Genus Found in Ethiopia |url=http://www.aaas.org/news/science-oldest-fossil-homo-genus-found-ethiopia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315013228/http://www.aaas.org/news/science-oldest-fossil-homo-genus-found-ethiopia |archive-date=15 March 2015 |access-date=7 May 2015 |publisher=American Association for the Advancement of Science}}</ref> |- | Lothagam||||data-sort-value="23"|Miocene – Pliocene||Africa||Kenya||Hominin and other mammals |- | Berivotra ||Maevarano Formation||data-sort-value="70"|Late Cretaceous||Africa||Madagascar||Dinosaurs (Non-Avian), Crocodylomorphs |- | Kem Kem Beds||||data-sort-value="100"|Late Cretaceous||Africa||Morocco||Non-Avian Dinosaurs, Crocodylomorphs, etc. |- | Kamabai rock shelter||||data-sort-value="0.201"|Pleistocene||Africa||Sierra Leone||Hominin tools |- | Olduvai Gorge||||data-sort-value="1.9"|Pliocene||Africa||Tanzania||Hominin |- | Omo Kibish ||Omo Kibish Formation (= Kibish Formation)||data-sort-value="0.233"|Pliocene – Pleistocene||Africa||Ethiopia||Hominin: australopithecine remains and stone tools |- | Orapa diamond mine||||data-sort-value="94"|Late Cretaceous||Africa||Botswana||Flowering Plants, Insects |- | ||Qasr el Sagha Formation||data-sort-value="37"|Eocene||Africa||Egypt|| |- | Rusinga Island||||data-sort-value="18"|Miocene||Africa||Kenya||Hominin, mammals |- | ||Shungura Formation||data-sort-value="3.600"|Pliocene – Early Pleistocene||Africa||Ethiopia||Hominin 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. |- | Taung||||data-sort-value="2.8"|Pliocene||Africa||South Africa||Hominin |- | ||Tendaguru Formation||data-sort-value="165"|Late Jurassic||Africa||Tanzania||Non-Avian Dinosaurs, etc. |- | West Coast Fossil Park||||data-sort-value="5.2"|Terminal Miocene/Early Pliocene||Africa||South Africa|| |- | Yengema ||||data-sort-value=".201"|Neolithic||Africa||Sierra Leone||Hominin tools |- | Seymour Island||Cross Valley Formation||data-sort-value="59.2"|Late Paleocene||Antarctica|||| |- | Seymour Island<ref group=Note name=typelocality/> ||La Meseta Formation||data-sort-value="59.2"|Eocene||Antarctica||||Birds, particularly penguins |- | Seymour Island||López de Bertodano Formation||data-sort-value="70"|Late Cretaceous – Early Paleocene (Maastrichtian – Danian)||Antarctica||||Non- Avian Dinosaurs, Birds |- | Seymour Island<ref group=Note name=typelocality/> ||Sobral Formation||data-sort-value="66"|Paleocene (Danian)||Antarctica|||| |- | Vega Island||López de Bertodano Formation||data-sort-value="70"|Late Cretaceous – Early Paleocene (Maastrichtian – Danian)||Antarctica||||Non-Avian Dinosaurs, Birds |- | Longing Peninsula||Nordenskjöld Formation||data-sort-value="201.3"|Jurassic||Antarctica|||| |- | Mount Kirkpatrick||Hanson Formation||data-sort-value="194.6"|Early Jurassic||Antarctica||Ross dependency ||Dinosaurs, prosauropods, trees| |- | James Ross Island || * Santa Marta Formation * Snow Hill Island Formation |data-sort-value="86.3"|Late Cretaceous||Antarctica||||Dinosaurs |- | Mount Falla ||Falla Formation||data-sort-value="252"|Triassic||Antarctica|||| |- | Fremouw Peak ||Fremouw Formation||data-sort-value="252"|Triassic||Antarctica||Ross Dependency|| |- | Cumulus Hills||Thrinaxodon Col||data-sort-value="252"|Triassic||Antarctica||Ross Dependency || |- | ||Aguja Formation||data-sort-value="81.5"|Late Cretaceous||North America||US: Texas and Mexico: Chihuahua, Coahuila|| |- | Ashfall Fossil Beds||Ash Hollow Formation (Ogallala Group)||data-sort-value="23"|Miocene (Clarendonian)||North America||US: Nebraska||Mammals<ref group=Note name=Lagerstaette/> |- | Astoria, Oregon ||Astoria Formation||data-sort-value="15.97"|Miocene||North America||US: Oregon|| |- | Cutler Fossil Site ||Sinkhole in Miami Limestone||data-sort-value="2.558"|late Pleistocene||North America||US: Florida||humans and vertebrates |- | Page-Ladson site||Sinkhole in Suwannee Limestone||data-sort-value=".015"|Pleistocene/Holocene||North America||US: Florida||Hominin, human/mastodon coexistence |- | White Rock Creek (Dallas, Texas) ||Austin Chalk||data-sort-value="86"|Late Cretaceous||North America||US: Texas|| |- | Travis County, Texas ||Austin Chalk||data-sort-value="86"|Late Cretaceous||North America||US: Texas|| |- | Beecher's Trilobite Bed||Frankfort Formation||data-sort-value="485"|Ordovician||North America||US: New York||Trilobites <ref group=Note name=Lagerstaette/> |- | Mount Blanco<ref group=Note name=typelocality/> ||Blanco Formation||data-sort-value="5.333"|Pliocene/Pleistocene||North America||US: Kansas, Texas||Blancan fauna |- |Blue Beach||||data-sort-value="358.9"|Tournaisian||North America||Canada: Nova Scotia||<ref group=Note name=Lagerstaette/> |- | Little Bob Quarry, Bobcaygeon, Ontario ||Bobcaygeon Formation||data-sort-value="485"|Ordovician||North America||Canada: Ontario|| |- | Bone Cabin Quarry||Morrison Formation||data-sort-value="156.3"|Jurassic||North America||US: Wyoming||Non-Avian Dinosaurs |- | * Fitterer Ranch * Obritsch Ranch * Little Badlands in Stark County * Badlands National Park ||Brule Formation||data-sort-value="33.9"|Oligocene||North America||US: South Dakota||Mammals, sunfish, cat fish |- | Kootenay National Park<ref group=Note name=typelocality/>||Burgess Shale||data-sort-value="508"|Cambrian (Albertan)||North America||Canada: British Columbia||<ref group=Note name=Lagerstaette/> |- | Calvert Cliffs State Park<ref group=Note name=typelocality/> ||Calvert Formation||data-sort-value="23"|Miocene||North America||US: Maryland||Middle Miocene Climate Transition and Middle Miocene disruption |- |Goodsell Ridge, Isle La Motte (Lake Champlain) <ref group=Note name=typelocality/> ||Chazy Formation||data-sort-value="486.85"|Ordovician||North America||US: Vermont||Early Reef: bryozoa, corals, stromatoporoids |- |Chuckanut Drive, south of Bellingham, Washington ||Chuckanut Formation||data-sort-value="55"|Eocene||North America||US: Washington state||Fossil trackways from birds, mammals and turtles |- | Como Bluff||Cloverly Formation||data-sort-value="137.05"|Early Cretaceous||North America||US: Montana, Wyoming||Non-Avian Dinosaurs, some mammals, turtles, crocodilians, and fish |- |Coon Creek<ref group=Note name=typelocality/> ||Coon Creek Formation||data-sort-value="71"|Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)||North America||US: 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<ref group=Note name=atypical/>||Cantwell Formation||data-sort-value="100"|Late Cretaceous||North America||US: Alaska||Non-Avian Dinosaur tracks,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Fiorillo |first1=Anthony |author-link=Anthony Fiorillo |last2=Hasiotis |first2=Stephen |last3=Kobayashi |first3=Yoshitsugu |author-link3=Yoshitsugu Kobayashi |date=August 2014 |title=Herd structure in Late Cretaceous polar dinosaurs: A remarkable new dinosaur tracksite, Denali National Park, Alaska, USA |journal=Geology |volume=42 |issue=8 |pages=719–722 |bibcode=2014Geo....42..719F |doi=10.1130/G35740.1 |doi-access=free}}</ref> plants, insects |- | Dinosaur Provincial Park<ref group=Note name=typelocality/>||Dinosaur Park Formation||data-sort-value="76.5"|Cretaceous (Campanian)||North America||Canada: Alberta||Non- Avian Dinosaurs |- | Dinosaur State Park||||data-sort-value="201.3"|Jurassic||North America||US: Connecticut||Dinosaur tracks |- | Driftwood Canyon Provincial Park||||data-sort-value="50"|Eocene||North America||Canada: British Columbia||Insects and fish |- | Drumheller, Badlands||||data-sort-value="252.2"|Mesozoic||North America||Canada: Alberta|| |- | Ellisdale Fossil Site<ref group=Note name=atypical/>||Marshalltown Formation||data-sort-value="75"|Cretaceous (Campanian)||North America||US: New Jersey||<ref group=Note name=Lagerstaette/> |- | Ochillee Creek at Old Ochillee <ref group=Note name=typelocality/> ||Eutaw Formation||data-sort-value="86.3"|Cretaceous||North America||US: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi||Dinosaur, mosasaur, and pterosaur |- | Falls of the Ohio<ref group=Note name=atypical/>||Jefferson Limestone||data-sort-value="387"|Devonian||North America||US: Indiana||Corals (Tabulate coral and Rugosa) |- | Florissant Fossil Beds||Florissant Formation||data-sort-value="37.2"|Eocene (Priabonian)||North America||US: Colorado||Insects |- | Fossil Prairie Park||||data-sort-value="419"|Devonian||North America||US: Iowa|| |- | Mazon Creek||Francis Creek Shale||data-sort-value="309"|Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)||North America||US: Illinois||<ref group=Note name=Lagerstaette/> |- | Ghost Ranch||||data-sort-value="252"|Triassic||North America||US: New Mexico||Non-Avian Dinosaurs <ref group=Note name=Lagerstaette/> |- | Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument||Glenns Ferry Formation||data-sort-value="5.333"|Pliocene/Pleistocene||North America||US: Idaho||Hagerman horse ('American Zebra'), Camelops |- | Dinosaur Valley State Park<ref group=Note name=typelocality/>||Glen Rose Formation||data-sort-value="113"|Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian)||North America||US: Texas||Dinosaur footprints |- | Gray Fossil Site||||data-sort-value="4.9"|Pliocene||North America||US: Tennessee||Mammals |- |Fossil Butte National Monument<ref group=Note name=atypical/> ||Green River Formation||data-sort-value="53.5"|Eocene||North America||US: Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming||Fishes <ref group=Note name=Lagerstaette/> |- | Schreiber, Ontario<ref group=Note name=typelocality/> ||Gunflint Chert||data-sort-value="2300"|Late Archaean – Early Proterozoic||North America||Canada: western Ontario & US: Minnesota (Gunflint Range)|| Stromatolite colonies of cyanobacteria |- | Hilda mega-bonebed<ref group=Note name=atypical/>||Dinosaur Park Formation||data-sort-value="76.5"|Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)||North America||Canada: Alberta||Dinosaurs |- | Joggins Fossil Cliffs||||data-sort-value="310"|Carboniferous||North America||Canada: Nova Scotia||<ref group=Note name=Lagerstaette/> |- |John Day Fossil Beds National Monument ||John Day Formation||data-sort-value="45"|Eocene – 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||data-sort-value="156.3"|Jurassic||North America||US: Utah|| Non- Avian Dinosaurs and other vertebrates |- |Clarno Unit, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument || Clarno Formation||data-sort-value="45"|Eocene||North America||US: Oregon||Plants: tropical and subtropical nuts, fruits, roots, branches, and seeds |- | * Zion National Park * Capitol Reef National Park * Canyonlands National Park ||Kayenta Formation (Glen Canyon Group)||data-sort-value="198"|Jurassic||North America||US: Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah|| Non- Avian Dinosaurs and other vertebrates |- | Kishenehn||Kishenehn Formation||data-sort-value="56"|Mid-Eocene ||North America||US: Montana||Insects |- |Klondike Mountain near Republic, Washington <ref group=Note name=typelocality/> ||Klondike Mountain Formation||data-sort-value="50.1"|Eocene (Ypresian)||North America||US: Washington|| Plants and Insects<ref group=Note name=Lagerstaette/> |- | Krukowski Quarry||||data-sort-value="510"|Cambrian||North America||US: Wisconsin|| |- | La Brea Tar Pits||||data-sort-value="0.038"|Pleistocene (Rancholabrean)||North America||US: California||<ref group=Note name=Lagerstaette/> |- | Hadrosaurus Foulkii Leidy Site||Woodbury Formation | data-sort-value="83.6" |Cretaceous||North America||US: New Jersey||Dinosaurs: Hadrosaurus |- | Franceville basin||Francevillian B Formation | data-sort-value="2140" |Palaeoproterozoic||Africa||Gabon||Possible earliest evidence for multicellularity in fossil record, known for Francevillian Biota |- | The Mammoth Site||||data-sort-value="0.128"|Pleistocene: Rancholabrean||North America||US: South Dakota||<ref group=Note name=Lagerstaette/> |- | Manchester Quarry||||data-sort-value="252"|Triassic||North America||US: Connecticut|| |- | Manuels River||||data-sort-value="504.5"|Cambrian||North America||Canada: Newfoundland||Trilobites |- | McAbee Fossil Beds||||data-sort-value="51"|Eocene||North America||Canada: British Columbia||<ref group=Note name=Lagerstaette/> Plants, insects, and fish |- | Melbourne Bone Bed||||data-sort-value=".020"|Pleistocene||North America||US: Florida||Megafauna, Hominin (the "Melbourne Man") |- | Miguasha National Park||||data-sort-value="375"|Devonian (Famennian)||North America||Canada: Québec||<ref group=Note name=Lagerstaette/> |- | Mistaken Point||Mistaken Point Formation||data-sort-value="565"|Ediacaran||North America||Canada||Ediacara biota (early multicellular life) |- | Como Bluff||Morrison Formation||data-sort-value="156.3"|Late Jurassic||North America||Canada/United States (Great Plains)|| |- | Edson Quarry ||Ogallala Formation||data-sort-value="23"|Miocene/Pliocene||North America||US: Kansas|| |- | * Lake Meredith National Recreation Area * Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument ||Ogallala Formation||data-sort-value="23"|Miocene/Pliocene||North America||US: Texas|| |- | Champlain Bridge (Ottawa), Quebec side||Pamelia Formation||data-sort-value="458.2"|Late Ordovician||North America||Canada: Quebec, Gatineau, Aylmer|| |- | Pipe Creek Sinkhole||||data-sort-value="2.0"|Pliocene||North America||US: Indiana|| |- |Minnehaha Park ||Platteville Limestone||data-sort-value="485"|Ordovician||North America||US: Minnesota|| |- |Minneapolis–Saint Paul (Mississippi River bluffs) ||Platteville Limestone||data-sort-value="485"|Ordovician||North America||US: Minnesota|| |- | Burgoon Run in Blair County, Pennsylvania<ref group=Note name=typelocality/>{{Citation needed|date= August 2024}} ||Pocono Formation||data-sort-value="358.9"|Carboniferous (Mississippian)||North America||US: Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia|| |- | Lee Creek Mine||Pungo River Formation||data-sort-value="15.97"|Miocene||North America||US: North Carolina|| |- | Purgatoire River track site||||data-sort-value="163.5"|Late Jurassic||North America||US: Colorado||Dinosaurs: Footprints |- | John Day Fossil Beds National Monument ||Rattlesnake Formation||data-sort-value="6.4"|Miocene (Tortonian-Messinian)||North America||US: Oregon|| |- | Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite||Sundance Formation||data-sort-value="160"|Middle Jurassic||North America||US: Wyoming|| Dinosaurs: Footprints |- | Rincón Colorado||||data-sort-value="145"|Cretaceous||North America||Mexico: Coahuila|| |- | Walcott-Rust quarry||Rust Formation||data-sort-value="457"|Late Ordovician||North America||US: New York||<ref group=Note name=Lagerstaette/> |- | Schoonmaker Reef and Soldiers' Home Reef||||data-sort-value="425"|Silurian||North America||US: Wisconsin||Reefs (the first discovered in North America) |- | Como Bluff||Sundance Formation||data-sort-value="168"|Late Jurassic||North America||US: Wyoming|| |- | Path 15 bone bed, San Joaquin Valley||Temblor Formation||data-sort-value="28"|Oligocene - Miocene||North America||California|| |- | ||Tepetate Formation||data-sort-value="145"|Cretaceous – Middle Eocene||North America||Mexico|| |- | Wichita Falls<ref group=Note name=typelocality/>||Texas Red Beds||data-sort-value="298.9"|Permian||North America||US: Texas||Tetrapods |- | Thomas Farm Site||||data-sort-value="23"|Miocene||North America||US: Florida|| |- | Wannagan Creek site, Theodore Roosevelt National Park||Tongue River Formation (= Bullion Creek Fm.)||data-sort-value="66"|Paleocene: Tiffanian||North America||US: North Dakota||Mammals, reptiles, birds |- | Egg Mountain site <ref group=Note name=atypical/>||Two Medicine Formation||data-sort-value="82.4"|Cretaceous (Campanian)||North America||US: Montana|| Dinosaurs, particularly eggs and young |- | Wheeler Amphitheater in Millard County, Utah <ref group=Note name=typelocality/> ||Wheeler Shale||data-sort-value="507"|Cambrian||North America||US: Utah|| Trilobites<ref group=Note name=Lagerstaette/> |- | * Woodbine, Texas<ref group=Note name=typelocality/> * Arlington Archosaur Site <ref group=Note name=atypical/> ||Woodbine Formation||data-sort-value="96"|Cretaceous (Cenomanian)||North America||US: Texas|| Dinosaurs and crocodilians |- | Ziegler Reservoir fossil site ('Snowmastodon Site') ||||data-sort-value="0.140"|Pleistocene (Illinoian (stage))||North America||US: Colorado|| Mastodon and other ice age vertebrates |- |Zion National Park||Navajo Sandstone||data-sort-value="200"|Triassic – Jurassic||North America||US: Utah||? |- | Agate Fossil Beds National Monument ||Arikaree Group * Gering Formation * Monroe Creek formation * Harrison Formation |data-sort-value="20"|Miocene||North America||US: Nebraska|| |- | Potomac River||Aquia Formation||data-sort-value="66"|Paleocene||North America||US: Maryland and Virginia|| |- | ||Arkona Shale||data-sort-value="419"|Devonian||North America||Canada: Ontario|| |- | Waco Mammoth National Monument|| || data-sort-value="0.040" |Pleistocene||North America||US: Texas|| |- | Tanis || Hell Creek Formation || data-sort-value="65.76" | 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 |- | |Anjar Formation |Maastrichtian |Asia |India |Dinosaur eggs |- | ||Balabansai Formation||data-sort-value="168"|Late Jurassic||Asia||Kazakhstan||Dinosaurs |- | ||Barun Goyot Formation||data-sort-value="72"|Late Cretaceous||Asia||Mongolia||Dinosaurs, birds and mammals |- | ||Bayan Shireh Formation||data-sort-value="96"|Late Cretaceous||Asia||Mongolia|| |- | ||Baynunah Formation||data-sort-value="8.0"|Late Miocene||Asia||United Arab Emirates|| |- |- | Bes-Konak||||data-sort-value="33.9"|Oligocene to Pliocene||Asia||Turkey||Insects, Pliocene Plants |- | ||Bissekty Formation||data-sort-value="92"|Cretaceous||Asia||Uzbekistan|| |- | ||Bostobynskaya Formation (= Bostobe Formation)||data-sort-value="85"|Late Cretaceous (Turonian–Campanian)||Asia||Kazakhstan||Dinosaurs |- | Bugti Hills||||data-sort-value="30"|Oligocene||Asia||Pakistan||Mammals (Haplorhini) |- | ||Chaomidianzi Formation||data-sort-value="125.8"|Early Cretaceous (Barremian-Aptian)||Asia||China|| |- | ||Dabeigou Formation||data-sort-value="135"|Cretaceous||Asia||China|| |- | ||Rizal, Kalinga||data-sort-value="0.709"|Pleistocene||Asia||Philippines||Hominin |- | Callao Cave, Cagayan Valley|| ||data-sort-value=".066"|Pleistocene||Asia||Philippines||Hominin |- |Denisova Cave | | |Asia |Russia |Hominin |- | Tabon Cave, Palawan|| ||data-sort-value="0.025"|Pleistocene||Asia||Philippines||Hominin |- | ||Dainichi Formation||data-sort-value="3.6"|Late Pliocene||Asia||Japan|| |- | ||Shaximiao Formation|| data-sort-value="174.1" |Middle Jurassic||Asia||China|| Dinosaurs |- | ||Dashuigou Formation||data-sort-value="110"|Early Cretaceous||Asia||China|| Dinosaurs |- | Flaming Cliffs<ref group=Note name=typelocality/> ||Djadochta Formation||data-sort-value="100"|Late Cretaceous||Asia||Mongolia|| Dinosaurs, eggs |- | ||Dumugol Formation||data-sort-value="485.4"|Early Ordovician||Asia||Korea|| |- | ||Ejinhoro Formation||data-sort-value="125.77"|Early Cretaceous||Asia||China|| Dinosaurs |- | ||Es Skhul||data-sort-value="0.200"|Pliocene||Asia||Israel: Mount Carmel|| Hominin |- | ||Fangou Formation||data-sort-value="66"|Paleocene||Asia||China|| |- | ||Sannine Formation||data-sort-value="95"|Cretaceous||Asia||Lebanon|| |- | ||Huadian Formation||data-sort-value="56"|Eocene||Asia||China|| |- | ||Indricotherium Formation||data-sort-value="33.9"|Oligocene||Asia||Kazakhstan|| |- | ||Irdin Manha Formation||data-sort-value="56"|Eocene||Asia||Mongolia|| |- | ||Iren Dabasu Formation||data-sort-value="83.6"|Late Cretaceous||Asia||China|| Dinosaurs |- | ||Iwaki Formation||data-sort-value="33.9"|Early Oligocene||Asia||Japan|| |- | ||Jindong Formation||data-sort-value="99.9"|Cretaceous||Asia||Korea|| |- | ||Jiufotang Formation||data-sort-value="122"|Early Cretaceous||Asia||China||Feathered dinosaurs, birds, pterosaurs |- | Kampong Trach cave||||data-sort-value="201.3"|Miocene||Asia||Cambodia|| |- | ||Khukhtek Formation||data-sort-value="119.7"|Early Cretaceous||Asia||Mongolia||Dinosaurs |- |Balasinor (Raiyoli)||||||Asia||India||Dinosaurs |- | Deh-e Alireza, Kerman <small>(fa)</small>||||data-sort-value="201.3"|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 |data-sort-value="37.71"|Late Eocene/Early Oligocene||Asia||Japan|| |- | Kitadani Quarry||Kitadani Formation||data-sort-value="121"|Early Cretaceous||Asia||Japan|| |- | ||Kızılırmak Formation<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-10-07 |title=10 milyon yıllık hayvan fosilleri bulundu |trans-title=10 million years old fossils of animals found |url=http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/id/25007679/ |access-date=22 May 2012 |publisher=NTV MSNBC |language=tr}}</ref> |data-sort-value="29"|Tortonian ||Asia||Turkey: Evren, Ankara|| |- | ||Kota Formation||data-sort-value="190.8"|Early Jurassic||Asia||India|| |- | Tategahana, Lake Nojiri||||data-sort-value=".040"|Pleistocene (Paleolithic)||Asia||Japan||Paleolithic artifacts |- | ||Lameta Formation||data-sort-value="70"|Late Cretaceous||Asia||India|| |- | Lang Trang Caves||||data-sort-value="2.58"|Pleistocene||Asia||Vietnam|| |- | Liang Bua Cave||||data-sort-value=".046"|Pleistocene||Asia||Indonesia: Flores||Hominin |- | ||Lufeng Formation||data-sort-value="201.3"|Jurassic||Asia||China|| |- | Luoping<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101222093204.htm |title=New Fossil Site in China Shows Long Recovery of Life from the Largest Extinction in Earth's History |newspaper=ScienceDaily |date=22 Dec 2010 |access-date=22 May 2012}}</ref>||||data-sort-value="247"|Middle Triassic||Asia||China: Yunnan||Very numerous fossils of diverse marine ecosystem |- | Chengjiang County||Maotianshan Shales||data-sort-value="518"|Cambrian||Asia||China||<ref group=Note name=Lagerstaette/> |- |Li Mae Long | |Miocene |Asia |Thailand |Mammals |- | Minatogawa Limestone Quarry||||data-sort-value="0.022"|Neogene||Asia||Japan||Hominin |- | ||Nagura Formation||data-sort-value="15.97"|Middle Miocene||Asia||Japan|| |- |Mandla Plant Fossils National Park||||data-sort-value="150"|Late Jurassic-Paleogene||Asia||India||plants |- | ||Maleri Formation (Upper and Lower)||data-sort-value="237"|Late Triassic||Asia||India|| |- | ||Minhe Formation||data-sort-value="83.6"|Late Cretaceous||Asia||China||Dinosaurs |- | ||Nemegt Formation||data-sort-value="70 "|Late Cretaceous||Asia||Mongolia|| Dinosaur fossil, Riverine animals: fish, turtles, crocodilians, birds |- | Ngandong (Bengawan Solo River)||||data-sort-value="2.58"|Pleistocene||Asia||Indonesia: Java||Hominin: Solo Man |- | ||Oi Formation||data-sort-value="23"|Early Miocene||Asia||Japan|| |- | Qafzeh cave||||data-sort-value="0.092"|Pliocene||Asia||Israel: Nazareth||Hominin |- | Sambungmacan||||data-sort-value="0.07"|Pleistocene||Asia||Indonesia|| |- | Sangiran||||data-sort-value="1.0"|Pleistocene||Asia||Indonesia||Hominin |- | Shivalik Fossil Park||Siwaliks formations||data-sort-value="2.58"|Pleistocene||Asia||India|| |- | ||Sao Khua Formation||data-sort-value="133.6"|Early Cretaceous||Asia||Thailand||Dinosaurs |- | ||Shishugou Formation||data-sort-value="163"|Late Jurassic||Asia||China||Dinosaurs |- | Tabun Cave||||data-sort-value="0.5"|Pliocene||Asia||Israel: Mount Carmel||Hominin |- | Tham Khuyen cave||||data-sort-value="201.3"|Jurassic||Asia||Vietnam|| |- | ||Tiaojishan Formation||data-sort-value="165"|Middle Jurassic||Asia||China||Plants, with dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and insects |- | Trinil||||data-sort-value=".700"|Pleistocene||Asia||Indonesia: Java||Hominin, "Java Man" |- | ||Tuchengzi Formation||data-sort-value="154"|Jurassic - Early Cretaceous||Asia||China|| |- | ||Tugulu Group||data-sort-value="145.1"|Early Cretaceous||Asia||China|| |- | ||Udurchukan Formation||data-sort-value="70"|Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian?)||Asia||Russia||Dinosaurs |- | ||Uhangri Formation||data-sort-value="81"|Late Cretaceous||Asia||Korea||Pterosaur tracks |- | ||Wucaiwan member, Shishugou Formation||data-sort-value="163"|Middle Jurassic||Asia||China||Dinosaurs |- | ||Xiagou Formation||data-sort-value="123"|Cretaceous||Asia||China|| |- | ||Xinminbao Group * Chijinbao Formation * Digou Formation * Zhonggou Formation |data-sort-value="125"|Early Cretaceous||Asia||China|| |- | ||Xiushan Formation||data-sort-value="443.9"|Early Silurian (Llandovery)||Asia||China: Guizhou|| |- | ||Yamaga Formation||data-sort-value="27.82"|Late Oligocene||Asia||Japan|| |- | ||Yixian Formation||data-sort-value="125.8"|Early Cretaceous||Asia||China||<ref group=Note name=Lagerstaette/> Jehol Biota, See also: Paleobiota of the Yixian Formation |- | ||Yuliangze Formation||data-sort-value="72"|Late Cretaceous||Asia||China||Dinosaurs and other vertebrates |- | ||Yushima Formation (= Tatsunokuchi Formation)||data-sort-value="5.33"|Early Pliocene||Asia||Japan|| |- | Baissa||Zaza Formation||data-sort-value="137.05"|Early Cretaceous||Asia||Russia||Insects: Pterygota |- | ||Zhongming Formation||data-sort-value="419"|Devonian||Asia||China|| |- | Zhoukoudian||||data-sort-value=".530"|Pleistocene||Asia||China||Hominin, "Peking Man" |- | Shanwang National Geological Park||Shanwang Formation ||data-sort-value="18.22"|Miocene||Asia||China: Shandong||Exceptional preservation of external body features such as skin, hair, scales and feathers |- | Aetokremnos||||data-sort-value=".012"|Holocene (Mesolithic)||Europe||Cyprus|| |- | Monte San Giorgio||||data-sort-value="252"|Triassic||Europe||Switzerland and Italy|| |- | Aix-en-Provence||||data-sort-value="33.9"|Oligocene||Europe||France||Insects, fishes |- | Ana||Arcillas de Morella Formation ||data-sort-value="100.5"|Late Cretaceous||Europe||Spain|| |- | Atapuerca||||data-sort-value=".600"|Pleistocene (Lower Paleolithic)||Europe||Spain||Hominin |- | Aust Cliff||||data-sort-value="201"|Triassic||Europe||England||Insects, Rhaetic bone bed |- | Batallones||||data-sort-value="23"|Miocene||Europe||Spain||Carnivora |- |Bouldner, Isle of Wight||Bembridge Marls, Bouldnor Formation ("Bembridge Insect Bed")||data-sort-value="38"|Oligocene||Europe||England|| Insects, Leaves |- | Bois d'Asson||||data-sort-value="33.9"|Oligocene||Europe||France||Insects |- | ||Borgloon Formation||data-sort-value="33.9"|Oligocene||Europe||Belgium|| |- | Schmerling Caves|| || data-sort-value="0.008"|Holocene||Europe||Belgium||hominin, Engis 2 was the first Neanderthal fossil ever found |- | Buñol||||data-sort-value="23"|Miocene||Europe||Spain|| |- | ||Calizas de La Huérguina Formation||data-sort-value="125"|Cretaceous (Barremian)||Europe||Spain|| |- | Dinosaur Quarry of Altamura||||data-sort-value="85"|Upper Cretaceous||Europe||Italy||Dinosaur footprints (at least four thousand) |- | Ceprano||||data-sort-value="0.800"|Pleistocene||Europe||Italy||Hominin, Homo cepranensis (single find) |- | Céreste||||data-sort-value="33.9"|Oligocene||Europe||France||Insects, fishes |- | Isernia La Pineta||||data-sort-value="2.58"|Pleistocene||Europe||Italy|| |- | Baccinello||||data-sort-value="23"|Miocene||Europe||Italy||Hominin: Oreopithecus bambolii |- | Binagadi asphalt lake||||data-sort-value="358.9"|Early Pleistocene||Europe||Azerbaijan|| Birds, Mammals |- | ||Crevillente||data-sort-value="23"|Miocene||Europe||Spain|| |- | Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil||||data-sort-value="2.58"|Pleistocene||Europe||France||Hominin: Crô-Magnon |- | Cuevas de los Murciélagos||||data-sort-value="2.58"|Pleistocene/Holocene||Europe||Spain: La Palma, Canary Islands|| |- | Dmanisi||||data-sort-value="1.85"|Pleistocene||Europe||Georgia||Hominin (Homo erectus georgicus), stone tools |- | Dob's Linn||||data-sort-value="485.4"|Ordovician-Silurian boundary||Europe||Scotland||Graptolites |- | Dorkovo||||data-sort-value="5.33"|Early Pliocene||Europe||Bulgaria||Mastodon |- | Enspel||||data-sort-value="33.9"|Oligocene||Europe||Germany||Insects, mammals |- | Es Pouás||||data-sort-value="2.58"|Pleistocene/Holocene||Europe||Spain: Ibiza (Balearic Islands)|| |- | Fossil Grove||Limestone Coal Formation (Clackmannan Group)||data-sort-value="325"|Carboniferous (Serpukhovian)||Europe||Scotland: Glasgow||Plants |- | ||Fur Formation||data-sort-value="55.8"|Early Eocene||Europe||Denmark||<ref group=Note name=Lagerstaette/> |- | ||Gram Formation||data-sort-value="11.6"|Middle-Late Miocene||Europe||Denmark|| |- | ||Gauja Formation||data-sort-value="388"|Middle Devonian||Europe||Estonia and Latvia|| |- |Gargano | |Late Miocene-Early Pliocene |Europe |Italy |Mammals, birds |- | Geisel valley||||data-sort-value="56"|Eocene||Europe||Germany|| |- | Gilwern Hill||||data-sort-value="485"|Ordovician||Europe||Wales|| |- | Gotland||||data-sort-value="443.8"|Silurian||Europe||Sweden|| |- | Grès à Reptiles||||data-sort-value="74"|Cretaceous||Europe||France||Dinosaurs |- | Guimarota||||data-sort-value="156.9"|Late Jurassic||Europe||Portugal||Dinosaurs and mammals |- | ||Hampstead Formation||data-sort-value="33.9"|Oligocene||Europe||England|| |- |Hațeg | |Late Cretaceous |Europe |Romania | |- | Hrútagíl||Mókollsdalur formation||data-sort-value="23"|Miocene||Europe||Iceland||Insects |- | ||Hunsrück Slates||data-sort-value="408"|Devonian||Europe||Germany: Bundenbach||<ref group=Note name=Lagerstaette/> |- | Jurassic Coast||||data-sort-value="201.3"|Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous||Europe||England||Ammonites and reptiles |- | ||Kattendijk Sands||data-sort-value="5.333"|Pliocene||Europe||Belgium||Auk (birds) |- | Kleinkems||||data-sort-value="33.9"|Oligocene||Europe||Germany||Insects |- | Kostolac-Viminacium||||data-sort-value="2.58"|Pleistocene||Europe||Serbia|| |- | Kozarnika||||data-sort-value="1.60"|Pleistocene (Lower Paleolithic)||Europe||Bulgaria||Hominin: Early human symbolic behavior |- | Hušnjak hill (Krapina)||||data-sort-value="2.58"|Pleistocene||Europe||Croatia|| |- | La Chapelle-aux-Saints||||data-sort-value="2.58"|Pleistocene||Europe||France||Hominin: Neanderthal burial |- | La Ferrassie||||data-sort-value="0.045"|Pleistocene||Europe||France||Hominin |- | La Roma||||data-sort-value="23"|Miocene||Europe||Spain|| |- | Las Hoyas||||data-sort-value="125"|Cretaceous||Europe||Spain||Dinosaurs <ref group=Note name=Lagerstaette/> |- | ||Liedena Sandstone||data-sort-value="37.8"|Late Eocene (Priabonian)||Europe||Spain: Navarra|| |- | Lo Hueco||||data-sort-value="145"|Cretaceous||Europe||Spain|| |- | ||London Clay||data-sort-value="54"|Eocene||Europe||England||<ref group=Note name=Lagerstaette/> |- | ||Löwenstein Formation||data-sort-value="215.6"|Late Triassic||Europe||Germany||Dinosaurs |- | ||Lourinhã Formation * Amoreira-Porto Novo Members * Sobral Unit |data-sort-value="152.5"|Late Jurassic||Europe||Portugal|| |- | Lyme Regis||||data-sort-value="201.3"|Jurassic||Europe||England: Dorset||Jurassic Coast |- | ||Maastricht Formation||data-sort-value="66"|Cretaceous - Paleogene||Europe||Benelux||Dinosaurs |- | Maltravieso Cave||||data-sort-value="0.064"|Pleistocene||Europe||Spain|| |- | Mauer||||data-sort-value="2.58"|Pleistocene||Europe||Germany||Hominin |- | Messel Pit||Messel Oil Shale||data-sort-value="47"|Eocene||Europe||Germany||Geiseltalian flora and fauna <ref group=Note name=Lagerstaette/> |- | Monte Bolca||||data-sort-value="50"|Eocene||Europe||Italy||<ref group=Note name=Lagerstaette/> |- | Murero||||data-sort-value="539"|Cambrian||Europe||Spain|| |- | Neandertal (e.g., Kleine Feldhofer Grotte)||||data-sort-value="2.58"|Pleistocene||Europe||Germany||Hominin |- | Öhningen||||data-sort-value="23"|Miocene||Europe||Germany||Insects, fishes |- | ||Oxford Clay||data-sort-value="166"|Jurassic||Europe||England||Fish and invertebrates |- | Paris Basin (Argille Plastique)||||data-sort-value="56.1"|Early Eocene||Europe||France|| |- | Pobiti Kamani||||data-sort-value="252.2"|Mesozoic||Europe||Bulgaria|| |- | Pontnewydd Cave||||data-sort-value="0.041"|Pleistocene (Paleolithic)||Europe||Wales||Hominin: Neanderthals |- | Quercy Phosphorites||||data-sort-value="38"|Eocene/Oligocene||Europe||France|| |- | Radoboj||||data-sort-value="23"|Miocene||Europe||Croatia||Insects |- | Repedea Hill Fossil Site||||data-sort-value="23.1"|Neogene||Europe||Romania|| |- | Cozla Fossil Site||||data-sort-value="23.1"|Oligocene||Europe||Romania|| |- | Pietricica Fossil Site||||data-sort-value="23.1"|Oligocene||Europe||Romania|| |- | Cernegura Fossil Site||||data-sort-value="23.1"|Oligocene||Europe||Romania|| |- | Rhynie, Aberdeenshire||Rhynie Chert||data-sort-value="410"|Devonian||Europe||Scotland||Plants, Cyanobacteria, first Hexapoda<ref group=Note name=Lagerstaette/> |- | Riodeva||||data-sort-value="201.3"|Jurassic/Cretaceous||Europe||Spain||Dinosaurs |- | Rott||||data-sort-value="33.9"|Oligocene||Europe||Germany||Insects, fishes |- | ||Sajóvölgyi Formation||data-sort-value="23"|Miocene (Serravallian)||Europe||Hungary|| |- | ||Sânpetru Formation||data-sort-value="70"|Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)||Europe||Romania|| |- |Sandberg (sandstone hill) | |Around Jurassic |Europe | | |- | Sansan||||data-sort-value="15.97"|Miocene||Europe||France||Hominin: Pliopithecus |- | Santa Ana Cave||||data-sort-value="2.58"|Pleistocene||Europe||Spain|| |- | Sieblos Dysodil||||data-sort-value="33.9"|Oligocene||Europe||Germany|| |- | Slieve Anierin||||data-sort-value="326"|Namurian||Europe||Ireland||Goniatites, and Bivalvia, marine and coastal fauna. |- | ||Solnhofen limestone||data-sort-value="149.2"|Jurassic||Europe||Germany||<ref group=Note name=Lagerstaette/> |- | Stránská skála||Moravian Karst formation||data-sort-value="2.58"|Pleistocene||Europe||Czech Republic:Moravia||Marine and coastal fauna, fishes, birds, mammals |- | Trachilos footprints||||data-sort-value="5.7"|Miocene||Europe||Greece||Hominin footprints |- | Turritellenplatte||||data-sort-value="18.5"|Miocene (mid-Burdigalian)||Europe||Germany: Baden-Württemberg||Gastropods:sea snail Turritella turris |- | ||Upper Valdarno||data-sort-value="2.58"|Pleistocene (Villafranchian)||Europe||Italy: Tuscany|| |- | ||Valkenburg Formation||data-sort-value="145"|Cretaceous||Europe||Belgium|| |- | Donetsk||||data-sort-value="358.9"|Carboniferous||Europe||Ukraine||Plants |- | Razdolne||||data-sort-value="419"|Devonian||Europe||Ukraine|| |- | Venta del Moro||||data-sort-value="23"|Miocene||Europe||Spain|| |- | Venta Micena||||data-sort-value="5.333"|Pliocene||Europe||Spain|| |- | ||Wessex Formation||data-sort-value="127.3"|Cretaceous||Europe||England|| |- | Willershausen||||data-sort-value="5.333"|Pliocene||Europe||Germany||Insects |- | Untermassfeld|| ||data-sort-value="1.2"|Early Pleistocene||Europe||Germany||Hominin (controversial) |- | Alcoota||||data-sort-value="23"|Miocene||Oceania||Australia: Northern Territory||Marsupials, birds and crocodiles |- | ||Apex Chert||data-sort-value="3465"|Archaean||Oceania||Australia: Western Australia (Marble Bar)|| |- | Saint Bathans Fauna||Bannockburn Formation||data-sort-value="23"|Miocene||Oceania||New Zealand: Otago|| |- | Bluff Downs||Allingham Formation||data-sort-value="5.333"|Pliocene||Oceania||Australia: Queensland||wetland fauna |- | Bullock Creek||Camfield Fossil Beds||data-sort-value="12"|Miocene||Oceania||Australia: Northern Territory||Marsupials |- | Canowindra-Gooloogong||||data-sort-value="419"|Devonian||Oceania||Australia: New South Wales||<ref group=Note name=Lagerstaette/> |- | Cape Range National Park||||data-sort-value="23"|Miocene-Pleistocene||Oceania||Australia: Western Australia||Coral reefs, marine and coastal fauna |- | Cuddie Springs||||data-sort-value="2.58"|Pleistocene||Oceania||Australia: New South Wales|| Megafauna/human interaction (bones with stone artifacts) |- | Curio Bay||||data-sort-value="180"|Jurassic||Oceania||New Zealand: Southland (The Catlins) ||Petrified forest |- | Denmark Hill Insect Bed||||data-sort-value="237"|Late Triassic||Oceania||Australia: Ipswich, Queensland||Insects |- | Dinosaur Cove||||data-sort-value="106"|Cretaceous||Oceania||Australia: Victoria||Dinosaurs |- | Dinosaur Dreaming||||data-sort-value="145"|Cretaceous||Oceania||Australia: Victoria|| Mammals |- | Ditjimanka LF||||data-sort-value="33.9"|Oligocene||Oceania||Australia: South Australia|| |- | Ediacara Hills||||data-sort-value="635"|Ediacaran||Oceania||Australia: South Australia (Flinders Ranges)||Ediacara biota (early multicellular life)<ref group=Note name=Lagerstaette/> |- | ||Emu Bay Shale||data-sort-value="514"|Early Cambrian||Oceania||Australia: South Australia (Kangaroo Island)||<ref group=Note name=Lagerstaette/> |- | ||Etadunna Formation||data-sort-value="33.9"|Oligocene/Miocene||Oceania||Australia: South Australia|| |- | Foulden Maar|| ||data-sort-value="23.0"|Early Miocene||Oceania||New Zealand: Otago|| |- | Georgina Basin||||data-sort-value="850"|Neoproterozoic – late Paleozoic||Oceania||Australia: Northern Territory, Queensland|| |- | ||Gogo Formation||data-sort-value="382.7"|Devonian||Oceania||Australia: Western Australia||<ref group=Note name=Lagerstaette/> |- | ||Goldie Chert||data-sort-value="509"|Middle-Late Cambrian||Oceania||Australia: Victoria|| |- | Grenfell fossil site||Hunter Siltstone Formation||data-sort-value="419"|Devonian||Oceania||Australia: New South Wales||Fishes |- | ||Greta Siltstone Formation||data-sort-value="3.6"|Late Pliocene||Oceania||New Zealand: Canterbury (Hurunui)|| |- | ||Heathcote siltstone||data-sort-value="443.8"|Early Silurian- Late Devonian||Oceania||Australia: Victoria||{{citation needed|date=May 2019}} |- | Horseshoe Bay Limestone Downs||||data-sort-value="145"|Cretaceous||Oceania||New Zealand: Waikato||{{citation needed|date=May 2019}} |- | Kangaroo Wells||||data-sort-value="23"|Miocene||Oceania||Australia: Northern Territory||{{citation needed|date=May 2019}} |- | ||Knocklofty Formation||data-sort-value="252.1"|Early Triassic||Oceania||Australia: Tasmania||{{citation needed|date=May 2019}} |- | ||Knowsley East Formation||data-sort-value="509"|Middle-late Cambrian||Oceania||Australia: Victoria||{{citation needed|date=May 2019}} |- | Lake Callabonna||||data-sort-value="2.58"|Pleistocene||Oceania||Australia: South Australia||Marsupials, birds |- | Lake Mungo||||data-sort-value="2.58"|Pleistocene||Oceania||Australia: New South Wales||Hominin |- | Lake Ngapakaldi to Lake Palankarinna Fossil Area||||data-sort-value="5.333"|Pliocene||Oceania||Australia: South Australia (Tirari Desert)||Variety of vertebrates |- | Lancefield Swamp||||data-sort-value="2.58"|Pleistocene||Oceania||Australia: Victoria||Australian megafauna, mostly Macropus giganteus |- | Lightning Ridge||||data-sort-value="145"|Cretaceous||Oceania||Australia: New South Wales||Mammals |- | Mammoth Cave||||data-sort-value="2.58"|Pleistocene?||Oceania||Australia: Western Australia|| |- | ||Mampuwordu Sands||data-sort-value="5.333"|Miocene||Oceania||Australia: South Australia|| |- | Murgon fossil site||||data-sort-value="55"|Eocene||Oceania||Australia: Queensland (south-east)||Mammals (Tingamarra Fauna) |- | Naracoorte Caves||||data-sort-value="2.58"|Pleistocene||Oceania||Australia: South Australia||Australian megafauna, World Heritage List |- | Pindai Caves||||data-sort-value="0.0117"|Holocene||Oceania||New Caledonia||Hominin, Birds |- | Quanbun||||data-sort-value="5.333"|Pliocene/Miocene||Oceania||Australia: Western Australia|| |- | Riversleigh||||data-sort-value="28.4"|Oligocene/Miocene||Oceania||Australia: Queensland||<ref group=Note name=Lagerstaette/> |- | Talbragar fossil site||||data-sort-value="149.2"|Jurassic||Oceania||Australia: New South Wales (central west)||Plants and fishes |- | ||Tangahoe Formation||data-sort-value="3.4"|Late Pliocene||Oceania||New Zealand: Taranaki|| |- | ||Waipara Greensand||data-sort-value="62"|Paleogene||Oceania||New Zealand: Canterbury||sharks, some proto-penguins |- | ||Wianamatta Shale and Ashfield Shale||data-sort-value="237"|Late Triassic||Oceania||Australia: New South Wales (Sydney)|| Prehistoric amphibians (Capitosauridae, Trematosaurinae), ray finned fish (Semionotiformes and Palaeoniscidae), cartilaginous fish (Xenacanthida) and insects (Protorthoptera)<ref name="cosgriff">{{cite journal |last=Cosgriff |first=J. W. |year=1973 |title=''Notobrachyops picketti'', a brachyopid from the Ashfield Shale, Wiannamatta Group, New South Wales |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=47 |issue=6 |pages=1094–1101 |jstor=1303172}}</ref> |- | Great Otway National Park||||data-sort-value="145"|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 |||data-sort-value="28.1"|Late Oligocene – Early Pliocene||Oceania||Australia: Victoria|| |- | Tinguiririca||Abanico Formation||data-sort-value="33.9"|Oligocene (Rupelian)||South America||Chile||Mammals (defines one interval of the South American land mammal age (SALMA)) |- | ||Acre Conglomerate||data-sort-value="23"|Miocene (Huayquerian)||South America||Brazil|| |- |Agua de la Zorra|| ||data-sort-value="225"|Triassic||South America||Argentina||Petrified forest of Charles Darwin |- | ||Allen Formation||data-sort-value="73"|Cretaceous (Campanian – Maastrichtian)||South America||Argentina||dinosaurs (including eggs), pterosaurs, and mammals |- | || Anacleto Formation || data-sort-value="83" | Cretaceous (Campanian) || South America || Argentina || Dinosaurs (eggs), mammals, bird footprints |- | || Andalhualá Formation || data-sort-value="23" | Miocene/Pliocene || South America || Argentina || |- | || Bajo de la Carpa Formation || data-sort-value="86" | Cretaceous (Santonian) || South America || Argentina || |- | || Bahía Inglesa Formation || data-sort-value="16" | Middle Miocene-Late Pliocene || South America || Chile || |- | Bauru Basin || Bauru Group || data-sort-value="89" | Cretaceous || South America || Brazil || Dinosaurs |- | || Camacho Formation || data-sort-value="9" | Miocene || South America || Uruguay || Diversity of terrestrial mammals and marine invertebrates |- | Candeleros Hill, Neuquén Province<ref group=Note name=typelocality/> || Candeleros Formation || data-sort-value="99" | Cretaceous (Cenomanian) || South America || Argentina || |- | || Capadare Formation || data-sort-value="16" | Middle Miocene || South America || Venezuela || |- | Paleorrota || Caturrita Formation || data-sort-value="225.42" | Triassic (Carnian – Norian) || South America || Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul || |- | Cerrejón || Cerrejón Formation || data-sort-value="60" | Middle-Late Paleocene || South America || Colombia || |- | Cerro Ballena || || data-sort-value="8.4" | Plio–Pleistocene || South America || Chile || Cetaceans |- | ||Cerro Bandera Formation||data-sort-value="21"|Miocene||South America||Argentina|| |- | Chapadmalal Sea Cliff ||Chapadmalalan ||data-sort-value=4.0 |Pliocene ||South America||Argentina||Mammals, terror birds, paleoburrows |- | ||Deseado Formation||data-sort-value="33.9"|Oligocene||South America||Argentina|| |- | ||Ensenada Formation||data-sort-value="2.58"|Pleistocene||South America||Argentina|| |- | ||Huincul Formation||data-sort-value="97"|Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)||South America||Argentina||Dinosaurs, including Argentinosaurus huinculensis and Mapusaurus |- | ||Irati Formation||data-sort-value="278.4"|Early Permian (Artinskian)<ref name="pineiro">{{Cite journal |last1=Piñeiro |first1=G. |author-link=Graciela Piñeiro |last2=Ramos |first2=A. |last3=Goso |first3=C. S. |last4=Scarabino |first4=F. |last5=Laurin |first5=M. |year=2012 |title=Unusual Environmental Conditions Preserve a Permian Mesosaur-Bearing Konservat-Lagerstätte from Uruguay |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=57 |issue=2 |pages=299 |doi=10.4202/app.2010.0113 |doi-access=free}}</ref>||South America||Brazil||Mesosaurs |- |Ischigualasto Provincial Park ||Ischigualasto Formation||data-sort-value="231.7"|Triassic||South America||Argentina||Tetrapods, early dinosaurs, plants |- | ||Ituzaingó Formation||data-sort-value="9.0"|Late Miocene (Huayquerian)||South America||Argentina||Mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, bivalves, foraminifera, ichnofossils and flora |- | ||Jaguel Formation||data-sort-value="68"|Late Cretaceous - Early Paleocene (Maastrichtian – Danian)||South America||Argentina|| |- | Cerro Cuadrado Petrified Forest||La Matilde Formation||data-sort-value="167"|Middle to Late Jurassic (Bathonian – Oxfordian)||South America||Argentina||Dinosaurs |- |Laguna Manantiales Farm||La Matilde Formation||data-sort-value="167"|Middle to Late Jurassic (Bathonian – Oxfordian)||South America||Argentina||Dinosaur tracks |- | ||Las Curtiembres Formation||data-sort-value="100"|Late Cretaceous (Campanian)||South America||Argentina|| |- | ||Lecho Formation||data-sort-value="70"|Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)||South America||Argentina||Titanosaur Saltasaurus, avian and non-avian theropods |- | ||Lemaire Formation||data-sort-value="163.5"|Late Jurassic||South America||Argentina|| |- | ||Leticia Formation||data-sort-value="56"|Eocene (Bartonian)||South America||Argentina|| |- |Cerro Lisandro, Neuquén province <ref group=Note name=typelocality/>||Lisandro Formation (= Cerro Lisandro Fm.)||data-sort-value="93.4"|Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian – Turonian)||South America||Argentina|| |- | ||Lohan Cura Formation||data-sort-value="117"|Early Cretaceous (Aptian – Albian)||South America||Argentina||Mesosaurs; Oldest known amniote embryos |- | ||Mangrullo Formation||data-sort-value="286"|Early Permian (Artinskian)<ref name="pineiro"/>||South America||Uruguay||<ref group=Note name=Lagerstaette/> |- | Mylodon Cave||||data-sort-value="2.58"|Pleistocene||South America||Chile|| |- | ||Olmedo Formation||data-sort-value="66"|Paleocene||South America||Argentina|| {{citation needed|date=February 2019}} |- | ||Quiriquina Formation||data-sort-value="72.1"|Cretaceous||South America||Chile|| |- | ||Paja Formation||data-sort-value="130"|Cretaceous||South America||Colombia|| |- | Licán Ray||Panguipulli Formation||data-sort-value="252"|Triassic||South America||Chile||Plants |- | Punta Peters (5 km east of Panguipulli)||Panguipulli Formation||data-sort-value="252"|Triassic||South America||Chile||Plants |- | Patagonia Molasses||||data-sort-value="23"|Miocene||South America||Argentina|| |- | Pilauco Bajo<ref name=Pinoetal>{{Citation | last1 = Pino | first1 = Mario | last2 = Chávez-Hoffmeister | first2 = Martín | last3 = Navarro-Harris | first3 = Ximena | last4 = Labarca | first4 = Rafael | author-link = Mario Pino Quivira | title = The late Pleistocene Pilauco site, Osorno, south-central Chile | journal = Quaternary International | volume = 299 | year = 2013 | pages = 3–12 | url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257453947 | doi = 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.05.001 | bibcode = 2013QuInt.299....3P | hdl= 10533/131324 | hdl-access= free }}</ref> || || data-sort-value="0.126" | Late Pleistocene || South America || Chile || Megafauna, human activity |- | || Pinturas Formation || data-sort-value="23" | Miocene (Burdigalian – Langhian)[verification needed] || South America || Argentina || |- | || Pisco Formation || data-sort-value="9.6" | Late[verification needed] Miocene/Early Pliocene || South America || Peru || |- | || Plottier Formation || data-sort-value="86" | Late Cretaceous (Coniacian – ?Santonian) || South America || Argentina || Dinosaurs, Trace fossils |- | || Portezuelo Formation || data-sort-value="90.5" | Late Cretaceous (Turonian – Coniacian) || South America || Argentina || Dinosaurs, turtles, and other animals |- | || Puerto Madryn Formation || data-sort-value="11" | Late Miocene || South America || Argentina || |- | || Punta Cactus Formation || data-sort-value="56" | Eocene || South America || Argentina || {{citation needed|date=February 2019}} |- | Auca Mahuevo || Río Colorado Subgroup || data-sort-value="86" | Cretaceous || South America || Argentina || Dinosaurs <ref group=Note name=Lagerstaette/> |- | || Roca Formation || data-sort-value="68" | Cretaceous - Paleocene || South America || Argentina || Marine invertebrates |- | || San Julián Formation || data-sort-value="56" | Eocene/Oligocene || South America || Argentina || |- | || Santa Cruz Formation || data-sort-value="18" | Miocene || South America || Argentina || |- | || Santana Group (Crato Formation) || data-sort-value="115" | Aptian-Albian || South America || Brazil || Insects, Fish, Pterosaurs <ref group=Note name=Lagerstaette/> |- | Paleorrota || Santa Maria Formation || data-sort-value="237" | Middle–Late Triassic (Ladinian-Carnian) || South America || Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul || Early dinosaurs |- | Cuesta Santo Domingo || Santo Domingo Formation || data-sort-value="23" | Miocene || South America || Chile || |- | Sâo José de Itaboraí basin || Itaboraí Formation || data-sort-value="53"|Paleocene (Itaboraian) || South America || Brazil || |- | || Sloggett Formation (= Bahía Sloggett Formation) || data-sort-value="37.8" | Late Eocene/Early Oligocene || South America || Argentina || {{citation needed|date=February 2019}} |- | || Solimões Formation || data-sort-value="11.6"|Late Miocene/Early Pliocene[verification needed]||South America||Brazil|| |- | ||Tanohata Formation||data-sort-value="121.4"|Early Cretaceous (Aptian)||Asia||Japan|| |- | Toca da Boa Vista Cave || || data-sort-value="2.58" | Pleistocene || South America || Brazil || |- | || Touro Passo Formation || data-sort-value="0.126" | Late Pleistocene–Holocene || South America || Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul || |- | Tralcán || Tralcán Formation || data-sort-value="205.7" | Triassic || South America || Chile || |- | || Tunal Formation || data-sort-value="66" | Paleocene || South America || Argentina || {{citation needed|date=February 2019}} |- | Urumaco || Urumaco Formation || data-sort-value="10" | Miocene || South America || Venezuela || |- | La Venta || Honda Group || data-sort-value="13.8" | Middle Miocene || South America || Colombia || <ref group=Note name=Lagerstaette/> |- | || Yacoraite Formation || data-sort-value="72.1" | Late Cretaceous/Early Paleocene (Maastrichtian – Danian) || South America || Argentina || Dinosaur tracks; Stromatolites |- | || Yahgan Formation || data-sort-value="145.1" | Early Cretaceous || South America || Argentina || |- | Sahel Alma |||| data-sort-value="84.5" | Late Cretaceous (Santonian)|| Asia || Lebanon || Fish, Arthropods, Molluscs |- | White Springs Local Fauna || Parachucla Formation ||data-sort-value="20.5"| late Oligocene || North America || United States: Florida || nearshore marine and terrestrial vertebrates |- | Pindaï Peninsula || Népoui Formation || Late Miocene || Oceania || New Caledonia || Fossil flora<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Garrouste |first1=Romain |last2=Munzinger |first2=Jérôme |last3=Leslie |first3=Andrew |last4=Fisher |first4=Jessica |last5=Folcher |first5=Nicolas |last6=Locatelli |first6=Emma |last7=Foy |first7=Wyndy |last8=Chaillon |first8=Thibault |last9=Cantrill |first9=David J. |last10=Maurizot |first10=Pierre |last11=Cluzel |first11=Dominique |last12=Lowry |first12=Porter P. |last13=Crane |first13=Peter |last14=Bahain |first14=Jean-Jacques |last15=Voinchet |first15=Pierre |date=2021-09-15 |title=New fossil discoveries illustrate the diversity of past terrestrial ecosystems in New Caledonia |journal=Scientific Reports |language=en |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=18388 |bibcode=2021NatSR..1118388G |doi=10.1038/s41598-021-97938-5 |issn=2045-2322 |pmc=8443626 |pmid=34526644}}</ref> |- | Mount Dunfee||Deep Spring Formation||data-sort-value="540"|Ediacaran-Cambrian||North America|||United States: Nevada|| |- | Syuzma and Onega Rivers||Ustʹ Pinega Formation||data-sort-value="555"|Ediacaran||Europe||Russia: Arkhangelsk Oblast|| |- | Victoria Island||Wynniatt Formation||data-sort-value="848"|Tonian||North America||Canada: Nunavut|| |- |}
==Notes== {{reflist|group=Note|refs=<ref name=typelocality>This site is an example or type locality for an extensive fossil-bearing formation.</ref> <ref name=Lagerstaette>This site and/or formation is considered a Lagerstätte.</ref> <ref name=atypical>This site occurs within a widespread fossil bearing formation, but is noteworthy for additional reasons not typical of that formation.</ref> }}
==See also== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * {{annotated link|Dawn of Humanity|''Dawn of Humanity'' (2015 PBS film)}} * {{annotated link|Fossil collecting}} * {{annotated link|Fossil park}} * {{annotated link|Jurassic Coast}} * {{annotated link|Lagerstätte}} * {{annotated link|Lists of dinosaur-bearing stratigraphic units}} * {{annotated link|List of fossil parks|List of fossil parks around the world}} * {{annotated link|Fossil parks in India|List of fossil parks in India}} * Pleistocene fossils in Michigan * {{annotated link|List of human evolution fossils}} * {{annotated link|Malapa Fossil Site, Cradle of Humankind}} * {{annotated link|Mary Anning}} * {{annotated link|Paleobiology}} * {{annotated link|Paleontology}} * {{annotated link|Amateur geology|aka=Rockhounding}} {{div col end}}
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==Further reading== * {{cite book |last1=Vickers-Rich |first1=Patricia |author-link=Patricia Vickers-Rich |last2=Rich |first2=Thomas Hewett |author-link2=Tom Rich |year=1993 |title=Wildlife of Gondwana |publisher=Reed |isbn=978-0-7301-0315-8}} * {{cite web|title=Fossil sites |url=http://www.fossilmuseum.net/FossilSites.htm |publisher=The Virtual Fossil Museum |date=2001–2011}}
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