List of fossil sites

This list of fossil sites is a worldwide list of localities known well for the presence of fossils. Some entries in this list are notable for a single, unique find, while others are notable for the large number of fossils found there. Many of the entries in this list are considered Lagerstätten (sedimentary deposits that exhibits extraordinary fossils with exceptional preservation—sometimes including preserved soft tissues). Lagerstätten are indicated by a note (^{[Note 1]}) in the noteworthiness column.

Fossils may be found either associated with a geological formation or at a single geographic site. Geological formations consist of rock that was deposited during a specific period of time. They usually extend for large areas, and sometimes there are different important sites in which the same formation is exposed. Such sites may have separate entries if they are considered to be more notable than the formation as a whole. In contrast, extensive formations associated with large areas may be equivalently represented at many locations. Such formations may be listed either without a site, with a site or sites that represent the type locality, or with multiple sites of note. When a type locality is listed as the site for a formation with many good outcrops, the site is flagged with a note (^{[Note 2]}). When a particular site of note is listed for an extensive fossil-bearing formation, but that site is somehow atypical, it is also flagged with a note (^{[Note 3]}).

Many formations are for all practical purposes only studied at a single site, and may not even be named. For example, sites associated with hominin, particularly caves, are frequently not identified with a named geologic formation. Therefore, some sites are listed without an associated formation.

List of sites

Site	Group, Formation, or Unit	Age	Continent	Country	Noteworthiness
Afar Depression		Pliocene	Africa	Ethiopia
Buia, Danakil Depression		Pleistocene	Africa	Eritrea	Hominin
Ahl al Oughlam		Late Pliocene	Africa	Morocco
	Ameki Formation	Middle Eocene	Africa	Nigeria
Awash River		Pliocene	Africa	Ethiopia	Hominin
Cradle of Humankind Coopers Cave Gladysvale Cave Kromdraai Malapa Motsetsi Plovers Lake Sterkfontein Swartkrans and others		Pliocene – Pleistocene	Africa	South Africa	Hominin
Hoedjiespunt		Pleistocene	Africa	South Africa	Hominin
Hofmeyr		Pleistocene	Africa	South Africa	Hominin
Alnif		Cambrian – Late Permian	Africa	Morocco	Trilobites
Jebel Irhoud		Pleistocene	Africa	Morocco	Hominin
	Jebel Qatrani Formation	Eocene – Oligocene	Africa	Egypt	Mammals, birds
Golden Gate Highlands National Park	Karoo Supergroup	Permian – Early Jurassic	Africa	Southern Africa
Klasies River Caves		Pleistocene (Middle Stone Age)	Africa	South Africa	Hominin: Early Humans
Koobi Fora		Pliocene – Pleistocene	Africa	Kenya	Hominin, stone tools
Koro Toro		Pliocene	Africa	Chad	Hominin
Laetoli		Pliocene – Pleistocene	Africa	Tanzania	Hominin footprints
Ledi-Geraru		Pliocene (Piacenzian)	Africa	Ethiopia	Hominin: LD 350-1, oldest fossil in genus Homo^[1]
Lothagam		Miocene – Pliocene	Africa	Kenya	Hominin and other mammals
Berivotra	Maevarano Formation	Late Cretaceous	Africa	Madagascar	Dinosaurs (Non-Avian), Crocodylomorphs
Kem Kem Beds		Late Cretaceous	Africa	Morocco	Non-Avian Dinosaurs, Crocodylomorphs, etc.
Kamabai rock shelter		Pleistocene	Africa	Sierra Leone	Hominin tools
Olduvai Gorge		Pliocene	Africa	Tanzania	Hominin
Omo Kibish	Omo Kibish Formation (= Kibish Formation)	Pliocene – Pleistocene	Africa	Ethiopia	Hominin: australopithecine remains and stone tools
Orapa diamond mine		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
	Tendaguru Formation	Late Jurassic	Africa	Tanzania	Non-Avian Dinosaurs, etc.
West Coast Fossil Park		Terminal Miocene/Early Pliocene	Africa	South Africa
Yengema		Neolithic	Africa	Sierra Leone	Hominin tools
Seymour Island	Cross Valley Formation	Late Paleocene	Antarctica
Seymour Island^{[Note 2]}	La Meseta Formation	Eocene	Antarctica		Birds, particularly penguins
Seymour Island	López de Bertodano Formation	Late Cretaceous – Early Paleocene (Maastrichtian – Danian)	Antarctica		Non- Avian Dinosaurs, Birds
Seymour Island^{[Note 2]}	Sobral Formation	Paleocene (Danian)	Antarctica
Vega Island	López de Bertodano Formation	Late Cretaceous – Early Paleocene (Maastrichtian – Danian)	Antarctica		Non-Avian Dinosaurs, Birds
Longing Peninsula	Nordenskjöld Formation	Jurassic	Antarctica
Mount Kirkpatrick	Hanson Formation	Early Jurassic	Antarctica		Dinosaurs, prosauropods, trees\|
James Ross Island	Santa Marta Formation Snow Hill Island Formation	Late Cretaceous	Antarctica		Dinosaurs
Mount Falla	Falla Formation	Triassic	Antarctica
Fremouw Peak	Fremouw Formation	Triassic	Antarctica
Cumulus Hills	Thrinaxodon Col	Triassic	Antarctica
	Aguja Formation	Late Cretaceous	North America	US: Texas and Mexico: Chihuahua, Coahuila
Ashfall Fossil Beds	Ash Hollow Formation (Ogallala Group)	Miocene (Clarendonian)	North America	US: Nebraska	Mammals^{[Note 1]}
Astoria, Oregon	Astoria Formation	Miocene	North America	US: Oregon
Cutler Fossil Site	Sinkhole in Miami Limestone	late Pleistocene	North America	US: Florida	humans and vertebrates
Page-Ladson site	Sinkhole in Suwannee Limestone	Pleistocene/Holocene	North America	US: Florida	Hominin, human/mastodon coexistence
White Rock Creek (Dallas, Texas)	Austin Chalk	Late Cretaceous	North America	US: Texas
Travis County, Texas	Austin Chalk	Late Cretaceous	North America	US: Texas
Beecher's Trilobite Bed	Frankfort Formation	Ordovician	North America	US: New York	Trilobites ^{[Note 1]}
Mount Blanco^{[Note 2]}	Blanco Formation	Pliocene/Pleistocene	North America	US: Kansas, Texas	Blancan fauna
Blue Beach		Tournaisian	North America	Canada: Nova Scotia	^{[Note 1]}
Little Bob Quarry, Bobcaygeon, Ontario	Bobcaygeon Formation	Ordovician	North America	Canada: Ontario
Bone Cabin Quarry	Morrison Formation	Jurassic	North America	US: Wyoming	Non-Avian Dinosaurs
Fitterer Ranch Obritsch Ranch Little Badlands in Stark County Badlands National Park	Brule Formation	Oligocene	North America	US: South Dakota	Mammals, sunfish, cat fish
Kootenay National Park^{[Note 2]}	Burgess Shale	Cambrian (Albertan)	North America	Canada: British Columbia	^{[Note 1]}
Calvert Cliffs State Park^{[Note 2]}	Calvert Formation	Miocene	North America	US: Maryland	Middle Miocene Climate Transition and Middle Miocene disruption
Goodsell Ridge, Isle La Motte (Lake Champlain) ^{[Note 2]}	Chazy Formation	Ordovician	North America	US: Vermont	Early Reef: bryozoa, corals, stromatoporoids
Chuckanut Drive, south of Bellingham, Washington	Chuckanut Formation	Eocene	North America	US: Washington state	Fossil trackways from birds, mammals and turtles
Como Bluff	Cloverly Formation	Early Cretaceous	North America	US: Montana, Wyoming	Non-Avian Dinosaurs, some mammals, turtles, crocodilians, and fish
Coon Creek^{[Note 2]}	Coon Creek Formation	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^{[Note 3]}	Cantwell Formation	Late Cretaceous	North America	US: Alaska	Non-Avian Dinosaur tracks,^[2] plants, insects
Dinosaur Provincial Park^{[Note 2]}	Dinosaur Park Formation	Cretaceous (Campanian)	North America	Canada: Alberta	Non- Avian Dinosaurs
Dinosaur State Park		Jurassic	North America	US: Connecticut	Dinosaur tracks
Driftwood Canyon Provincial Park		Eocene	North America	Canada: British Columbia	Insects and fish
Drumheller, Badlands		Mesozoic	North America	Canada: Alberta
Ellisdale Fossil Site^{[Note 3]}	Marshalltown Formation	Cretaceous (Campanian)	North America	US: New Jersey	^{[Note 1]}
Ochillee Creek at Old Ochillee ^{[Note 2]}	Eutaw Formation	Cretaceous	North America	US: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi	Dinosaur, mosasaur, and pterosaur
Falls of the Ohio^{[Note 3]}	Jefferson Limestone	Devonian	North America	US: Indiana	Corals (Tabulate coral and Rugosa
Florissant Fossil Beds	Florissant Formation	Eocene (Priabonian)	North America	US: Colorado	Insects
Fossil Prairie Park		Devonian	North America	US: Iowa
Mazon Creek	Francis Creek Shale	Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)	North America	US: Illinois	^{[Note 1]}
Ghost Ranch		Triassic	North America	US: New Mexico	Non-Avian Dinosaurs ^{[Note 1]}
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument	Glenns Ferry Formation	Pliocene/Pleistocene	North America	US: Idaho	Hagerman horse ('American Zebra'), Camelops
Dinosaur Valley State Park^{[Note 2]}	Glen Rose Formation	Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian)	North America	US: Texas	Dinosaur footprints
Gray Fossil Site		Miocene	North America	US: Tennessee	Mammals
Fossil Butte National Monument^{[Note 3]}	Green River Formation	Eocene	North America	US: Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming	Fishes ^{[Note 1]}
Schreiber, Ontario^{[Note 2]}	Gunflint Chert	Late Archaean – Early Proterozoic	North America	Canada: western Ontario & US: Minnesota (Gunflint Range)	Stromatolite colonies of cyanobacteria
Hilda mega-bonebed^{[Note 3]}	Dinosaur Park Formation	Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	North America	Canada: Alberta	Dinosaurs
Joggins Fossil Cliffs		Carboniferous	North America	Canada: Nova Scotia	^{[Note 1]}
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument	John Day Formation	Oligocene – Miocene	North America	US: Oregon	Mammals: dogs, cats, oreodonts, saber-toothed cats, horses, camels, and rodents
* Jurassic National Monument in the San Rafael Swell	Morrison Formation	Jurassic	North America	US: Utah	Non- Avian Dinosaurs and other vertebrates
Clarno Unit, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument	Clarno Formation	Eocene	North America	US: Oregon	Plants: tropical and subtropical nuts, fruits, roots, branches, and seeds
Zion National Park Capitol Reef National Park Canyonlands National Park	Kayenta Formation (Glen Canyon Group)	Jurassic	North America	US: Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah	Non- Avian Dinosaurs and other vertebrates
Kishenehn	Kishenehn Formation	Mid-Eocene	North America	US: Montana	Insects
Klondike Mountain near Republic, Washington ^{[Note 2]}	Klondike Mountain Formation	Eocene (Ypresian)	North America	US: Washington	Plants and Insects^{[Note 1]}
Krukowski Quarry		Cambrian	North America	US: Wisconsin
La Brea Tar Pits		Pleistocene (Rancholabrean)	North America	US: California	^{[Note 1]}
Hadrosaurus Foulkii Leidy Site	Woodbury Formation	Cretaceous	North America	US: New Jersey	Dinosaurs: Hadrosaurus
Franceville basin	Francevillian B Formation	Palaeoproterozoic	Africa	Gabon	Possible earliest evidence for multicellularity in fossil record, known for Francevillian Biota
The Mammoth Site		Pleistocene: Rancholabrean	North America	US: South Dakota	^{[Note 1]}
Manchester Quarry		Triassic	North America	US: Connecticut
Manuels River		Cambrian	North America	Canada: Newfoundland	Trilobites
McAbee Fossil Beds		Eocene	North America	Canada: British Columbia	^{[Note 1]} Plants, insects, and fish
Melbourne Bone Bed		Pleistocene	North America	US: Florida	Megafauna, Hominin (the "Melbourne Man")
Miguasha National Park		Devonian (Famennian)	North America	Canada: Québec	^{[Note 1]}
Mistaken Point	Mistaken Point Formation	Ediacaran	North America	Canada	Ediacara biota (early multicellular life)
Como Bluff	Morrison Formation	Late Jurassic	North America	Canada/United States (Great Plains)
Edson Quarry	Ogallala Formation	Miocene/Pliocene	North America	US: Kansas
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument	Ogallala Formation	Miocene/Pliocene	North America	US: Texas
Champlain Bridge (Ottawa), Quebec side	Pamelia Formation	Late Ordovician	North America	Canada: Quebec, Gatineau, Aylmer
Pipe Creek Sinkhole		Pliocene	North America	US: Indiana
Minnehaha Park	Platteville Limestone	Ordovician	North America	US: Minnesota
Minneapolis–Saint Paul (Mississippi River bluffs)	Platteville Limestone	Ordovician	North America	US: Minnesota
Burgoon Run in Blair County, Pennsylvania^{[Note 2]}^{[citation needed]}	Pocono Formation	Carboniferous (Mississippian)	North America	US: Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
Lee Creek Mine	Pungo River Formation	Miocene	North America	US: North Carolina
Purgatoire River track site		Late Jurassic	North America	US: Colorado	Dinosaurs: Footprints
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument	Rattlesnake Formation	Miocene (Tortonian-Messinian)	North America	US: Oregon
Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite	Sundance Formation	Middle Jurassic	North America	US: Wyoming	Dinosaurs: Footprints
Rincón Colorado		Cretaceous	North America	Mexico: Coahuila
Walcott-Rust quarry	Rust Formation	Late Ordovician	North America	US: New York	^{[Note 1]}
Schoonmaker Reef and Soldiers' Home Reef		Silurian	North America	US: Wisconsin	Reefs (the first discovered in North America)
Como Bluff	Sundance Formation	Late Jurassic	North America	US: Wyoming
Path 15 bone bed, San Joaquin Valley	Temblor Formation	Miocene	North America	US: California
	Tepetate Formation	Cretaceous – Middle Eocene	North America	Mexico
Wichita Falls^{[Note 2]}	Texas Red Beds	Permian	North America	US: Texas	Tetrapods
Thomas Farm Site		Miocene	North America	US: Florida
Wannagan Creek site, Theodore Roosevelt National Park	Tongue River Formation (= Bullion Creek Fm.)	Paleocene: Tiffanian	North America	US: North Dakota	Mammals, reptiles, birds
Egg Mountain site ^{[Note 3]}	Two Medicine Formation	Cretaceous (Campanian)	North America	US: Montana	Dinosaurs, particularly eggs and young
Wheeler Amphitheater in Millard County, Utah ^{[Note 2]}	Wheeler Shale	Cambrian	North America	US: Utah	Trilobites^{[Note 1]}
Woodbine, Texas^{[Note 2]} Arlington Archosaur Site ^{[Note 3]}	Woodbine Formation	Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	North America	US: Texas	Dinosaurs and crocodilians
Ziegler Reservoir fossil site ('Snowmastodon Site')		Pleistocene (Illinoian (stage))	North America	US: Colorado	Mastodon and other ice age vertebrates
Zion National Park	Navajo Sandstone	Triassic – Jurassic	North America	US: Utah	?
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument	Arikaree Group Gering Formation Monroe Creek formation Harrison Formation	Miocene	North America	US: Nebraska
Potomac River	Aquia Formation	Paleocene	North America	US: Maryland and Virginia
	Arkona Shale	Devonian	North America	Canada: Ontario
Waco Mammoth National Monument		Pleistocene	North America	US: Texas
Tanis	Hell Creek Formation	End of Cretaceous/start of Cenozoic (65.76 Ma ± 0.15 Mya)	North America	United States	Apparent Lagerstätte and killing field capturing the first minutes and hours after the Chicxulub impactor and initiation of the KPg extinction event
	Anjar Formation	Maastrichtian	Asia	India	Dinosaur eggs
	Balabansai Formation	Late Jurassic	Asia	Kazakhstan	Dinosaurs
	Barun Goyot Formation	Late Cretaceous	Asia	Mongolia	Dinosaurs, birds and mammals
	Bayan Shireh Formation	Late Cretaceous	Asia	Mongolia
	Baynunah Formation	Late Miocene	Asia	United Arab Emirates
Bes-Konak		Oligocene	Asia	Turkey	Insects
	Bissekty Formation	Cretaceous	Asia	Uzbekistan
	Bostobynskaya Formation (= Bostobe Formation)	Late Cretaceous (Turonian–Campanian)	Asia	Kazakhstan	Dinosaurs
Bugti Hills		Oligocene	Asia	Pakistan	Mammals (Haplorhini)
	Chaomidianzi Formation	Early Cretaceous (Barremian-Aptian)	Asia	China
	Dabeigou Formation	Cretaceous	Asia	China
	Rizal, Kalinga	Pleistocene	Asia	Philippines	Hominin
Callao Cave, Cagayan Valley		Pleistocene	Asia	Philippines	Hominin
Tabon Cave, Palawan		Pleistocene	Asia	Philippines	Hominin
	Dainichi Formation	Late Pliocene	Asia	Japan
	Shaximiao Formation	Middle Jurassic	Asia	China	Dinosaurs
	Dashuigou Formation	Early Cretaceous	Asia	China	Dinosaurs
Flaming Cliffs^{[Note 2]}	Djadochta Formation	Late Cretaceous	Asia	Mongolia	Dinosaurs, eggs
	Dumugol Formation	Early Ordovician	Asia	Korea
	Ejinhoro Formation	Early Cretaceous	Asia	China	Dinosaurs
	Es Skhul	Pliocene	Asia	Israel: Mount Carmel	Hominin
	Fangou Formation	Paleocene	Asia	China
	Hakel	Cretaceous	Asia	Lebanon
	Huadian Formation	Eocene	Asia	China
	Indricotherium Formation	Oligocene	Asia	Kazakhstan
	Irdin Manha Formation	Eocene	Asia	Mongolia
	Iren Dabasu Formation	Late Cretaceous	Asia	China	Dinosaurs
	Iwaki Formation	Early Oligocene	Asia	Japan
	Jindong Formation	Cretaceous	Asia	Korea
	Jiufotang Formation	Early Cretaceous	Asia	China	Feathered dinosaurs, birds, pterosaurs
Kampong Trach cave		Miocene	Asia	Cambodia
	Khukhtek Formation	Early Cretaceous	Asia	Mongolia	Dinosaurs
Balasinor (Raiyoli)			Asia	India	Dinosaurs
Deh-e Alireza, Kerman (fa)		Jurassic	Asia	Iran	Dinosaur footprints, fish
	Kishima Group 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 (Paleolithic)	Asia	Japan	Paleolithic artifacts
	Lameta Formation	Late Cretaceous	Asia	India
Lang Trang Caves		Pleistocene	Asia	Vietnam
Liang Bua Cave		Pleistocene	Asia	Indonesia: Flores	Hominin
	Lufeng Formation	Jurassic	Asia	China
Luoping^[4]		Middle Triassic	Asia	China: Yunnan	Very numerous fossils of diverse marine ecosystem
Chengjiang County	Maotianshan Shales	Cambrian	Asia	China	^{[Note 1]}
Li Mae Long		Miocene	Asia	Thailand	Mammals
Minatogawa Limestone Quarry		Neogene	Asia	Japan	Hominin
	Nagura Formation	Middle Miocene	Asia	Japan
Mandla Plant Fossils National Park		Late Jurassic-Paleogene	Asia	India	plants
	Maleri Formation (Upper and Lower)	Late Triassic	Asia	India
	Minhe Formation	Late Cretaceous	Asia	China	Dinosaurs
	Nemegt Formation	Late Cretaceous	Asia	Mongolia	Dinosaur fossil, Riverine animals: fish, turtles, crocodilians, birds
Ngandong (Bengawan Solo River)		Pleistocene	Asia	Indonesia: Java	Hominin: Solo Man
	Oi Formation	Early Miocene	Asia	Japan
Qafzeh cave		Pliocene	Asia	Israel: Nazareth	Hominin
Sambungmacan		Pleistocene	Asia	Indonesia
Sangiran		Pleistocene	Asia	Indonesia	Hominin
Shivalik Fossil Park	Siwaliks formations	Pleistocene	Asia	India
	Sao Khua Formation	Early Cretaceous	Asia	Thailand	Dinosaurs
	Shishugou Formation	Late Jurassic	Asia	China	Dinosaurs
Tabun Cave		Pliocene	Asia	Israel: Mount Carmel	Hominin
Tham Khuyen cave		Jurassic	Asia	Vietnam
	Tiaojishan Formation	Middle Jurassic	Asia	China	Plants, with dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and insects
Trinil		Pleistocene	Asia	Indonesia: Java	Hominin, "Java Man"
	Tuchengzi Formation	Early Cretaceous	Asia	China
	Tugulu Group	Early Cretaceous	Asia	China
	Udurchukan Formation	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian?)	Asia	Russia	Dinosaurs
	Uhangri Formation	Late Cretaceous	Asia	Korea	Pterosaur tracks
	Wucaiwan member, Shishugou Formation	Middle Jurassic	Asia	China	Dinosaurs
	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]} Jehol Biota, See also: Paleobiota of the Yixian Formation
	Yuliangze Formation	Late Cretaceous	Asia	China	Dinosaurs and other vertebrates
	Yushima Formation (= Tatsunokuchi Formation)	Early Pliocene	Asia	Japan
Baissa	Zaza Formation	Early Cretaceous	Asia	Russia	Insects: Pterygota
	Zhongming Formation	Devonian	Asia	China
Zhoukoudian		Pleistocene	Asia	China	Hominin, "Peking Man"
Shanwang National Geological Park	Shanwang Formation	Miocene	Asia	China: Shandong	Exceptional preservation of external body features such as skin, hair, scales and feathers
Aetokremnos		Holocene (Mesolithic)	Europe	Cyprus
Monte San Giorgio		Triassic	Europe	Switzerland and Italy
Aix-en-Provence		Oligocene	Europe	France	Insects, fishes
Ana	Arcillas de Morella Formation	Late Cretaceous	Europe	Spain
Atapuerca		Pleistocene (Lower Paleolithic)	Europe	Spain	Hominin
Aust Cliff		Triassic	Europe	England	Insects, Rhaetic bone bed
Batallones		Miocene	Europe	Spain	Carnivora
Bouldner, Isle of Wight	Bembridge Marls, Bouldnor Formation	Oligocene	Europe	England
Bois d'Asson		Oligocene	Europe	France	Insects
	Borgloon Formation	Oligocene	Europe	Belgium
Schmerling Caves		Holocene	Europe	Belgium	hominin, Engis 2 was the first Neanderthal fossil ever found
Buñol		Miocene	Europe	Spain
	Calizas de La Huérguina Formation	Cretaceous (Barremian)	Europe	Spain
Dinosaur Quarry of Altamura		Upper Cretaceous	Europe	Italy	Dinosaur footprints (at least four thousand)
Ceprano		Pleistocene	Europe	Italy	Hominin, Homo cepranensis (single find)
Céreste		Oligocene	Europe	France	Insects, fishes
Isernia La Pineta		Pleistocene	Europe	Italy
Baccinello		Miocene	Europe	Italy	Hominin: Oreopithecus bambolii
Binagadi asphalt lake		Early Pleistocene	Europe	Azerbaijan	Birds, Mammals
	Crevillente	Miocene	Europe	Spain
Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil		Pleistocene	Europe	France	Hominin: Crô-Magnon
Cuevas de los Murciélagos		Pleistocene/Holocene	Europe	Spain: La Palma, Canary Islands
Dmanisi		Pleistocene	Europe	Georgia	Hominin (Homo erectus georgicus), stone tools
Dob's Linn		Ordovician-Silurian boundary	Europe	Scotland	Graptolites
Dorkovo		Early Pliocene	Europe	Bulgaria	Mastodon
Enspel		Oligocene	Europe	Germany	Insects, mammals
Es Pouás		Pleistocene/Holocene	Europe	Spain: Ibiza (Balearic Islands)
Fossil Grove	Limestone Coal Formation (Clackmannan Group)	Carboniferous (Serpukhovian)	Europe	Scotland: Glasgow	Plants
	Fur Formation	Early Eocene	Europe	Denmark	^{[Note 1]}
	Gram Formation	Middle-Late Miocene	Europe	Denmark
	Gauja Formation	Middle Devonian	Europe	Estonia and Latvia
Geisel valley		Eocene	Europe	Germany
Gilwern Hill		Ordovician	Europe	Wales
Gotland		Silurian	Europe	Sweden
Grès à Reptiles		Jurassic	Europe	France	Dinosaurs
Guimarota		Late Jurassic	Europe	Portugal	Dinosaurs and mammals
	Hampstead Formation	Oligocene	Europe	England
Hrútagíl	Mókollsdalur formation	Miocene	Europe	Iceland	Insects
	Hunsrück Slates	Devonian	Europe	Germany: Bundenbach	^{[Note 1]}
Insect Limestone		Late Eocene	Europe	England (Isle of Wight)	Insects
Jurassic Coast		Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous	Europe	England	Ammonites and reptiles
	Kattendijk Sands	Pliocene	Europe	Belgium	Auk (birds)
Kleinkems		Oligocene	Europe	Germany	Insects
Kostolac-Viminacium		Pleistocene	Europe	Serbia
Kozarnika		Pleistocene (Lower Paleolithic)	Europe	Bulgaria	Hominin: Early human symbolic behavior
Hušnjak hill (Krapina)		Pleistocene	Europe	Croatia
La Chapelle-aux-Saints		Pleistocene	Europe	France	Hominin: Neanderthal burial
La Ferrassie		Pleistocene	Europe	France	Hominin
La Roma		Miocene	Europe	Spain
Las Hoyas		Cretaceous	Europe	Spain	Dinosaurs ^{[Note 1]}
	Liedena Sandstone	Late Eocene (Priabonian)	Europe	Spain: Navarra
Lo Hueco		Cretaceous	Europe	Spain
	London Clay	Eocene	Europe	England	^{[Note 1]}
	Löwenstein Formation	Late Triassic	Europe	Germany	Dinosaurs
	Lourinhã Formation 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
Öhningen		Miocene	Europe	Germany	Insects, fishes
	Oxford Clay	Jurassic	Europe	England	Fish and invertebrates
Paris Basin (Argille Plastique)		Early Eocene	Europe	France
Pobiti Kamani		Mesozoic	Europe	Bulgaria
Pontnewydd Cave		Pleistocene (Paleolithic)	Europe	Wales	Hominin: Neanderthals
Quercy Phosphorites		Eocene/Oligocene	Europe	France
Radoboj		Miocene	Europe	Croatia	Insects
Repedea Hill Fossil Site		Neogene	Europe	Romania
Cozla Fossil Site		Oligocene	Europe	Romania
Pietricica Fossil Site		Oligocene	Europe	Romania
Cernegura Fossil Site		Oligocene	Europe	Romania
Rhynie, Aberdeenshire	Rhynie Chert	Devonian	Europe	Scotland	Plants, Cyanobacteria, first Hexapoda^{[Note 1]}
Riodeva		Jurassic/Cretaceous	Europe	Spain	Dinosaurs
Rott		Oligocene	Europe	Germany	Insects, fishes
	Sajóvölgyi Formation	Miocene (Serravallian)	Europe	Hungary
	Sânpetru Formation	Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Europe	Romania
Sansan		Miocene	Europe	France	Hominin: Pliopithecus
Santa Ana Cave		Pleistocene	Europe	Spain
Sieblos Dysodil		Oligocene	Europe	Germany
Slieve Anierin		Namurian	Europe	Ireland	Goniatites, and Bivalvia, marine and coastal fauna.
	Solnhofen limestone	Jurassic	Europe	Germany	^{[Note 1]}
Stránská skála	Moravian Karst formation	Pleistocene	Europe	Czech Republic:Moravia	Marine and coastal fauna, fishes, birds, mammals
Trachilos footprints		Miocene	Europe	Greece	Hominin footprints
Turritellenplatte		Miocene (mid-Burdigalian)	Europe	Germany: Baden-Württemberg	Gastropods:sea snail Turritella turris
	Upper Valdarno	Pleistocene (Villafranchian)	Europe	Italy: Tuscany
	Valkenburg Formation	Cretaceous	Europe	Belgium
Donetsk		Carboniferous	Europe	Ukraine	Plants
Razdolne		Devonian	Europe	Ukraine
Venta del Moro		Miocene	Europe	Spain
Venta Micena		Pliocene	Europe	Spain
	Wessex Formation	Cretaceous	Europe	England
Willershausen		Pliocene	Europe	Germany	Insects
Untermassfeld		Early Pleistocene	Europe	Germany	Hominin (controversial)
Alcoota		Miocene	Oceania	Australia: Northern Territory	Marsupials, birds and crocodiles
	Apex Chert	Archaean	Oceania	Australia: Western Australia (Marble Bar)
Saint Bathans Fauna	Bannockburn Formation	Miocene	Oceania	New Zealand: Otago
Bluff Downs	Allingham Formation	Pliocene	Oceania	Australia: Queensland	wetland fauna
Bullock Creek	Camfield Fossil Beds	Miocene	Oceania	Australia: Northern Territory	Marsupials
Canowindra-Gooloogong		Devonian	Oceania	Australia: New South Wales	^{[Note 1]}
Cape Range National Park		Miocene-Pleistocene	Oceania	Australia: Western Australia	Coral reefs, marine and coastal fauna
Cuddie Springs		Pleistocene	Oceania	Australia: New South Wales	Megafauna/human interaction (bones with stone artifacts)
Curio Bay		Jurassic	Oceania	New Zealand: Southland (The Catlins)	Petrified forest
Denmark Hill Insect Bed		Late Triassic	Oceania	Australia: Ipswich, Queensland	Insects
Dinosaur Cove		Cretaceous	Oceania	Australia: Victoria	Dinosaurs
Dinosaur Dreaming		Cretaceous	Oceania	Australia: Victoria	Mammals
Ditjimanka LF		Oligocene	Oceania	Australia: South Australia
Ediacara Hills		Ediacaran	Oceania	Australia: South Australia (Flinders Ranges)	Ediacara biota (early multicellular life)^{[Note 1]}
	Emu Bay Shale	Early Cambrian	Oceania	Australia: South Australia (Kangaroo Island)	^{[Note 1]}
	Etadunna Formation	Oligocene/Miocene	Oceania	Australia: South Australia
Foulden Maar		Early Miocene	Oceania	New Zealand: Otago
Georgina Basin		Neoproterozoic – late Paleozoic	Oceania	Australia: Northern Territory, Queensland
	Gogo Formation	Devonian	Oceania	Australia: Western Australia	^{[Note 1]}
	Goldie Chert	Middle-Late Cambrian	Oceania	Australia: Victoria
Grenfell fossil site	Hunter Siltstone Formation	Devonian	Oceania	Australia: New South Wales	Fishes
	Greta Siltstone Formation	Late Pliocene	Oceania	New Zealand: Canterbury (Hurunui)
	Heathcote siltstone	Early Silurian- Late Devonian	Oceania	Australia: Victoria	^{[citation needed]}
Horseshoe Bay Limestone Downs		Cretaceous	Oceania	New Zealand: Waikato	^{[citation needed]}
Kangaroo Wells		Miocene	Oceania	Australia: Northern Territory	^{[citation needed]}
	Knocklofty Formation	Early Triassic	Oceania	Australia: Tasmania	^{[citation needed]}
	Knowsley East Formation	Middle-late Cambrian	Oceania	Australia: Victoria	^{[citation needed]}
Lake Callabonna		Pleistocene	Oceania	Australia: South Australia	Marsupials, birds
Lake Mungo		Pleistocene	Oceania	Australia: New South Wales	Hominin
Lake Ngapakaldi to Lake Palankarinna Fossil Area		Pliocene	Oceania	Australia: South Australia (Tirari Desert)	Variety of vertebrates
Lancefield Swamp		Pleistocene	Oceania	Australia: Victoria	Australian megafauna, mostly Macropus giganteus
Lightning Ridge		Cretaceous	Oceania	Australia: New South Wales	Mammals
Mammoth Cave		Pleistocene?	Oceania	Australia: Western Australia
	Mampuwordu Sands	Miocene	Oceania	Australia: South Australia
Murgon fossil site		Eocene	Oceania	Australia: Queensland (south-east)	Mammals (Tingamarra Fauna)
Naracoorte Caves		Pleistocene	Oceania	Australia: South Australia	Australian megafauna, World Heritage List
Pindai Caves		Holocene	Oceania	New Caledonia	Hominin, Birds
Quanbun		Pliocene/Miocene	Oceania	Australia: Western Australia
Riversleigh		Oligocene/Miocene	Oceania	Australia: Queensland	^{[Note 1]}
Talbragar fossil site		Jurassic	Oceania	Australia: New South Wales (central west)	Plants and fishes
	Tangahoe Formation	Late Pliocene	Oceania	New Zealand: Taranaki
	Waipara Greensand	Paleogene	Oceania	New Zealand: Canterbury	sharks, some proto-penguins
	Wianamatta Shale and Ashfield Shale	Late Triassic	Oceania	Australia: New South Wales (Sydney)	Prehistoric amphibians (Capitosauridae, Trematosaurinae), ray finned fish (Semionotiformes and Palaeoniscidae), cartilaginous fish (Xenacanthida) and insects (Protorthoptera)^[5]
Great Otway National Park		Cretaceous	Oceania	Australia: Victoria
Otway Basin 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	Mammals (defines one interval of the South American land mammal age (SALMA))
	Acre Conglomerate	Miocene (Huayquerian)	South America	Brazil
Agua de la Zorra		Triassic	South America	Argentina	Petrified forest of Charles Darwin
	Allen Formation	Cretaceous (Campanian – Maastrichtian)	South America	Argentina	dinosaurs (including eggs), pterosaurs, and mammals
	Anacleto Formation	Cretaceous (Campanian)	South America	Argentina	Dinosaurs (eggs), mammals, bird footprints
	Andalhualá Formation	Miocene/Pliocene	South America	Argentina
	Bajo de la Carpa Formation	Cretaceous (Santonian)	South America	Argentina
	Bahía Inglesa Formation	Middle Miocene-Late Pliocene	South America	Chile
Bauru Basin	Bauru Group	Cretaceous	South America	Brazil	Dinosaurs
	Camacho Formation	Miocene	South America	Uruguay	Diversity of terrestrial mammals and marine invertebrates
Candeleros Hill, Neuquén Province^{[Note 2]}	Candeleros Formation	Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	South America	Argentina
	Capadare Formation	Middle Miocene	South America	Venezuela
Paleorrota	Caturrita Formation	Triassic (Carnian – Norian)	South America	Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul
Cerrejón	Cerrejón Formation	Middle-Late Paleocene	South America	Colombia
Cerro Ballena		Plio–Pleistocene	South America	Chile	Cetaceans
	Cerro Bandera Formation	Miocene	South America	Argentina
Chapadmalal Sea Cliff	Chapadmalalan	Pliocene	South America	Argentina	Mammals, terror birds, paleoburrows
	Deseado Formation	Oligocene	South America	Argentina
	Ensenada Formation	Pleistocene	South America	Argentina
	Huincul Formation	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	South America	Argentina	Dinosaurs, including Argentinosaurus huinculensis and Mapusaurus
	Irati Formation	Early Permian (Artinskian)^[6]	South America	Brazil	Mesosaurs
Ischigualasto Provincial Park	Ischigualasto Formation	Triassic	South America	Argentina	Tetrapods, early dinosaurs, plants
	Ituzaingó Formation	Late Miocene (Huayquerian)	South America	Argentina	Mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, bivalves, foraminifera, ichnofossils and flora
	Jaguel Formation	Late Cretaceous/Early Paleocene (Maastrichtian – Danian)	South America	Argentina
Cerro Cuadrado Petrified Forest	La Matilde Formation	Middle to Late Jurassic (Bathonian – Oxfordian)	South America	Argentina	Dinosaurs
Laguna Manantiales Farm	La Matilde Formation	Middle to Late Jurassic (Bathonian – Oxfordian)	South America	Argentina	Dinosaur tracks
	Las Curtiembres Formation	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)	South America	Argentina
	Lecho Formation	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	South America	Argentina	Titanosaur Saltasaurus, avian and non-avian theropods
	Lemaire Formation	Late Jurassic	South America	Argentina
	Leticia Formation	Eocene (Bartonian)	South America	Argentina
Cerro Lisandro, Neuquén province ^{[Note 2]}	Lisandro Formation (= Cerro Lisandro Fm.)	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian – Turonian)	South America	Argentina
	Lohan Cura Formation	Early Cretaceous (Aptian – Albian)	South America	Argentina	Mesosaurs; Oldest known amniote embryos
	Mangrullo Formation	Early Permian (Artinskian)^[6]	South America	Uruguay	^{[Note 1]}
Mylodon Cave		Pleistocene	South America	Chile
	Olmedo Formation	Paleocene	South America	Argentina	^{[citation needed]}
	Quiriquina Formation	Cretaceous	South America	Chile
	Paja Formation	Cretaceous	South America	Colombia
Licán Ray	Panguipulli Formation	Triassic	South America	Chile	Plants
Punta Peters (5 km east of Panguipulli)	Panguipulli Formation	Triassic	South America	Chile	Plants
Patagonia Molasses		Miocene	South America	Argentina
Pilauco Bajo^[7]		Late Pleistocene	South America	Chile	Megafauna, human activity
	Pinturas Formation	Miocene (Burdigalian – Langhian)[verification needed]	South America	Argentina
	Pisco Formation	Late[verification needed] Miocene/Early Pliocene	South America	Peru
	Plottier Formation	Late Cretaceous (Coniacian – ?Santonian)	South America	Argentina	Dinosaurs, Trace fossils
	Portezuelo Formation	Late Cretaceous (Turonian – Coniacian)	South America	Argentina	Dinosaurs, turtles, and other animals
	Puerto Madryn Formation	Late Miocene	South America	Argentina
	Punta Cactus Formation	Eocene	South America	Argentina	^{[citation needed]}
Auca Mahuevo	Río Colorado Subgroup	Cretaceous	South America	Argentina	Dinosaurs ^{[Note 1]}
	Roca Formation	Paleocene	South America	Argentina	Marine invertebrates
	San Julián Formation	Eocene/Oligocene	South America	Argentina
	Santa Cruz Formation	Miocene	South America	Argentina
	Santana Group (Crato Formation)	Aptian-Albian	South America	Brazil	Insects, Fish, Pterosaurs ^{[Note 1]}
Paleorrota	Santa Maria Formation	Middle–Late Triassic (Ladinian-Carnian)	South America	Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul	Early dinosaurs
Cuesta Santo Domingo	Santo Domingo Formation	Miocene	South America	Chile
Sâo José de Itaboraí basin	Itaboraí Formation	Paleocene (Itaboraian)	South America	Brazil
	Sloggett Formation (= Bahía Sloggett Formation)	Late Eocene/Early Oligocene	South America	Argentina	^{[citation needed]}
	Solimões Formation	Late Miocene/Early Pliocene[verification needed]	South America	Brazil
Toca da Boa Vista Cave		Pleistocene	South America	Brazil
	Touro Passo Formation	Late Pleistocene–Holocene	South America	Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul
Tralcán	Tralcán Formation	Triassic	South America	Chile
	Tunal Formation	Paleocene	South America	Argentina	^{[citation needed]}
Urumaco	Urumaco Formation	Miocene	South America	Venezuela
La Venta	Honda Group	Middle Miocene	South America	Colombia	^{[Note 1]}
	Yacoraite Formation	Late Cretaceous/Early Paleocene (Maastrichtian – Danian)	South America	Argentina	Dinosaur tracks; Stromatolites
	Yahgan Formation	Early Cretaceous	South America	Argentina
White Springs Local Fauna	Parachucla Formation	late Oligocene	North America	United States: Florida	nearshore marine and terrestrial vertebrates
Pindaï Peninsula	Népoui Formation	Late Miocene	Oceania	New Caledonia	Fossil flora^[8]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj This site and/or formation is considered a Lagerstätte.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t This site is an example or type locality for an extensive fossil-bearing formation.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h This site occurs within a widespread fossil bearing formation, but is noteworthy for additional reasons not typical of that formation.

References

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