List of fossil parks
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Following is a list of protected areas where fossils are preserved, known as fossil parks or fossil reserves, worldwide by country.
Africa
=Egypt=
Wadi Al-Hitan - Valley of The Whales, Fayyoum, Western Desert
=South Africa=
=Tanzania=
Asia
=India=
{{main|Fossil Parks of India}}
There are two geological parks maintained by the Geological Survey of India:
- Shivalik Fossil Park, Saketi, H.P.
- Mandla Plant Fossils National Park
=Japan=
- Sendai City Tomizawa Site Museum houses a fossilized forest and human artifacts
=Thailand=
Australia
=Australia=
==Victoria==
==Queensland==
==South Australia==
- Lake Callabonna Fossil Reserve
- Lake Ngapakaldi to Lake Palankarinna Fossil Area
- Maslin Bay - Aldinga Bay Geological Site{{cite web|title=Maslin Bay - Aldinga Bay Geological Site, Esplanade, Port Willunga, SA, Au|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;place_id=14904|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|accessdate=16 September 2015}}
- Naracoorte Caves National Park
- Nilpena Ediacara National Park
- Willalinchina Sandstone Fossil Flora site, near Woomera{{cite web|title=Willalinchina Sandstone Fossil Flora site, Woomera, SA, Australia|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;search=state%3DSA%3Bkeyword%3Dfossil%3Bkeyword_PD%3Don%3Bkeyword_SS%3Don%3Bkeyword_PH%3Don%3Blatitude_1dir%3DS%3Blongitude_1dir%3DE%3Blongitude_2dir%3DE%3Blatitude_2dir%3DS%3Bin_region%3Dpart;place_id=103840|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|accessdate=16 September 2015}}
North America
=Canada=
- [https://www.ancientechoes.ca/ Ancient Echoes Interpretive Centre], Saskatchewan
- Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta
- Driftwood Canyon Provincial Park, British Columbia
- Yoho National Park (Burgess Shale) UNESCO site, British Columbia
- Joggins Fossil Cliffs UNESCO site, Nova Scotia
- McAbee Fossil Beds Heritage Site
- Parc national de Miguasha UNESCO site, Quebec
=United States=
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==Arizona==
==California==
- La Brea Tar Pits
- Petrified Forest, Calistoga CA
==Colorado==
- Dinosaur National Monument, in Northwest Colorado and North-East Utah.
- Dinosaur Ridge
- Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
==Connecticut==
==Florida==
==Idaho==
==Indiana==
==Iowa==
- Fossil and Prairie Park{{cite web |url=http://www.fossilcenter.com/ |title=Home |website=fossilcenter.com}}
Fossilized leaves are one of many found here.
- Devonian Fossil Gorge at Coralville Lake
==Maryland==
==Massachusetts==
==Michigan==
Rockport Quarry, an abandoned limestone quarry near Alpena open to collecting
==Mississippi==
==Nebraska==
==Nevada==
==New Jersey==
==New Mexico==
New York
[https://penndixie.org Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Reserve]
==Ohio==
==Oregon==
==South Dakota==
- The Mammoth Site
- Fossil Cycad National Monument (No longer exists)
==Texas==
- Dinosaur Valley State Park
- Ladonia Fossil Park, Ladonia, Texas{{Cite web |url=http://ladoniachamber.com/events/ladonia-fossil-park/ |title=Ladonia Fossil Park |access-date=2015-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216094724/http://ladoniachamber.com/events/ladonia-fossil-park/ |archive-date=2015-02-16 |url-status=dead }}
- Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Mineral Wells, Texas{{cite web |url=http://www.mineralwellsfossilpark.com/ |title=Home |website=mineralwellsfossilpark.com}}
==Utah==
==Wyoming==
South America and Central America
=Argentina=
Ischigualasto is located in San Juan province
=Bolivia=
=Brazil=
Paleorrota Geopark is located in Rio Grande do Sul.
See also
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