class="wikitable sortable" |
Site
! Group, Formation, or Unit
! data-sort-type="number"|Age
! Continent
! Country
! Noteworthiness |
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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
| |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 | |
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[{{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}}] |
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 |
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 | 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 | 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 |
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 |
Mount Blanco | 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 | |
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
| Brule Formation | data-sort-value="33.9"|Oligocene | North America | US: South Dakota | Mammals, sunfish, cat fish |
Kootenay National Park | Burgess Shale | data-sort-value="508"|Cambrian (Albertan) | North America | Canada: British Columbia | |
Calvert Cliffs State Park | 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) | 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 | 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 | Cantwell Formation | data-sort-value="100"|Late Cretaceous | North America | US: Alaska | Non-Avian Dinosaur tracks,[{{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}}] plants, insects |
Dinosaur Provincial Park | 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 | Marshalltown Formation | data-sort-value="75"|Cretaceous (Campanian) | North America | US: New Jersey | |
Ochillee Creek at Old Ochillee | Eutaw Formation | data-sort-value="86.3"|Cretaceous | North America | US: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi | Dinosaur, mosasaur, and pterosaur |
Falls of the Ohio | 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 | |
Ghost Ranch | | data-sort-value="252"|Triassic | North America | US: New Mexico | Non-Avian Dinosaurs |
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 | 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 | Green River Formation | data-sort-value="53.5"|Eocene | North America | US: Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming | Fishes |
Schreiber, Ontario | 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 | 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 | |
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 | Klondike Mountain Formation | data-sort-value="50.1"|Eocene (Ypresian) | North America | US: Washington | Plants and Insects |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | [ 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 | |
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
| 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[{{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 | |
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 | 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 | 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 | Wheeler Shale | data-sort-value="507"|Cambrian | North America | US: Utah | Trilobites |
* Woodbine, Texas[
Arlington Archosaur Site ] | 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 |
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 | 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 (fa) | | 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[{{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}}]
|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[{{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}}] | | 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 | |
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 | [ 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 | |
| Gram Formation | data-sort-value="11.6"|Middle-Late Miocene | Europe | Denmark | |
| Gauja Formation | data-sort-value="388"|Middle Devonian | Europe | Estonia and Latvia | |
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 | |
Hrútagíl | Mókollsdalur formation | data-sort-value="23"|Miocene | Europe | Iceland | Insects |
| Hunsrück Slates | data-sort-value="408"|Devonian | Europe | Germany: Bundenbach | |
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 |
| 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 | |
| Löwenstein Formation | data-sort-value="215.6"|Late Triassic | Europe | Germany | Dinosaurs |
| Lourinhã Formation
|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 |
Monte Bolca | | data-sort-value="50"|Eocene | Europe | Italy | |
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 |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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) |
| Emu Bay Shale | data-sort-value="514"|Early Cambrian | Oceania | Australia: South Australia (Kangaroo Island) | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
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)[{{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}}] |
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 | 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)[{{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}}] | 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 | 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) | South America | Uruguay | |
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[{{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
}} | | 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 |
| 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 |
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 | |
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 | |
| 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[{{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}}] |
Mount Dunfee | Deep Spring Formation | data-sort-value="540"|Ediacaran-Cambrian | Southwestern United States | Nevada | |
Syuzma and Onega Rivers | Ustʹ Pinega Formation | data-sort-value="555"|Ediacaran | Arkhangelsk Oblast | | |
Victoria Island | Wynniatt Formation | data-sort-value="848"|Tonian | Canada | Nunavut | |