List of fossil sites

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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 () 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 (). 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 ().

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 Depressiondata-sort-value="5.333"|PlioceneAfricaEthiopia
Buia, Danakil Depressiondata-sort-value="3.2"|PleistoceneAfricaEritreaHominin
Ahl al Oughlamdata-sort-value="3.6" |Late PlioceneAfricaMorocco
Ameki Formationdata-sort-value="47.8"|Middle EoceneAfricaNigeria
Awash Riverdata-sort-value="5.6"|PlioceneAfricaEthiopiaHominin
Cradle of Humankind

|data-sort-value="3.5"|PliocenePleistoceneAfricaSouth AfricaHominin
Hoedjiespuntdata-sort-value="0.7741"|PleistoceneAfricaSouth AfricaHominin
Hofmeyrdata-sort-value="0.036"|PleistoceneAfricaSouth AfricaHominin
Alnifdata-sort-value="539"|Cambrian – Late PermianAfricaMoroccoTrilobites
Jebel Irhouddata-sort-value="0.315"|PleistoceneAfricaMoroccoHominin
Jebel Qatrani Formationdata-sort-value="34.8"|EoceneOligoceneAfricaEgyptMammals, birds
Golden Gate Highlands National ParkKaroo Supergroupdata-sort-value="298.9"|PermianEarly JurassicAfricaSouthern Africa
Klasies River Cavesdata-sort-value="0.125"|Pleistocene (Middle Stone Age)AfricaSouth AfricaHominin: Early Humans
Koobi Foradata-sort-value="5.333"|PliocenePleistoceneAfricaKenyaHominin, stone tools
Koro Torodata-sort-value="5.333"|PlioceneAfricaChadHominin
Laetolidata-sort-value="3.7"|PliocenePleistoceneAfricaTanzaniaHominin footprints
Ledi-Gerarudata-sort-value="2.8"|Pliocene (Piacenzian)AfricaEthiopiaHominin: 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}}
Lothagamdata-sort-value="23"|MiocenePlioceneAfricaKenyaHominin and other mammals
BerivotraMaevarano Formationdata-sort-value="70"|Late CretaceousAfricaMadagascarDinosaurs (Non-Avian), Crocodylomorphs
Kem Kem Bedsdata-sort-value="100"|Late CretaceousAfricaMoroccoNon-Avian Dinosaurs, Crocodylomorphs, etc.
Kamabai rock shelterdata-sort-value="0.201"|PleistoceneAfricaSierra LeoneHominin tools
Olduvai Gorgedata-sort-value="1.9"|PlioceneAfricaTanzaniaHominin
Omo KibishOmo Kibish Formation (= Kibish Formation)data-sort-value="0.233"|PliocenePleistoceneAfricaEthiopiaHominin: australopithecine remains and stone tools
Orapa diamond minedata-sort-value="94"|Late CretaceousAfricaBotswanaFlowering Plants, Insects
Qasr el Sagha Formationdata-sort-value="37"|EoceneAfricaEgypt
Rusinga Islanddata-sort-value="18"|MioceneAfricaKenyaHominin, mammals
Shungura Formationdata-sort-value="3.600"|Pliocene – Early PleistoceneAfricaEthiopiaHominin tools
Taungdata-sort-value="2.8"|PlioceneAfricaSouth AfricaHominin
Tendaguru Formationdata-sort-value="165"|Late JurassicAfricaTanzaniaNon-Avian Dinosaurs, etc.
West Coast Fossil Parkdata-sort-value="5.2"|Terminal Miocene/Early PlioceneAfricaSouth Africa
Yengemadata-sort-value=".201"|NeolithicAfricaSierra LeoneHominin tools
Seymour IslandCross Valley Formationdata-sort-value="59.2"|Late PaleoceneAntarctica
Seymour IslandLa Meseta Formationdata-sort-value="59.2"|EoceneAntarcticaBirds, particularly penguins
Seymour IslandLópez de Bertodano Formationdata-sort-value="70"|Late Cretaceous – Early Paleocene (MaastrichtianDanian)AntarcticaNon- Avian Dinosaurs, Birds
Seymour IslandSobral Formationdata-sort-value="66"|Paleocene (Danian)Antarctica
Vega IslandLópez de Bertodano Formationdata-sort-value="70"|Late Cretaceous – Early Paleocene (Maastrichtian – Danian)AntarcticaNon-Avian Dinosaurs, Birds
Longing PeninsulaNordenskjöld Formationdata-sort-value="201.3"|JurassicAntarctica
Mount KirkpatrickHanson Formationdata-sort-value="194.6"|Early JurassicAntarcticaRoss dependencyDinosaurs, prosauropods, trees|
James Ross Island* Santa Marta Formation
  • Snow Hill Island Formation
  • |data-sort-value="86.3"|Late Cretaceous

    AntarcticaDinosaurs
    Mount FallaFalla Formationdata-sort-value="252"|TriassicAntarctica
    Fremouw PeakFremouw Formationdata-sort-value="252"|TriassicAntarcticaRoss Dependency
    Cumulus HillsThrinaxodon Coldata-sort-value="252"|TriassicAntarcticaRoss Dependency
    Aguja Formationdata-sort-value="81.5"|Late CretaceousNorth AmericaUS: Texas and Mexico: Chihuahua, Coahuila
    Ashfall Fossil BedsAsh Hollow Formation (Ogallala Group)data-sort-value="23"|Miocene (Clarendonian)North AmericaUS: NebraskaMammals
    Astoria, OregonAstoria Formationdata-sort-value="15.97"|MioceneNorth AmericaUS: Oregon
    Cutler Fossil SiteSinkhole in Miami Limestonedata-sort-value="2.558"|late PleistoceneNorth AmericaUS: Floridahumans and vertebrates
    Page-Ladson siteSinkhole in Suwannee Limestonedata-sort-value=".015"|Pleistocene/HoloceneNorth AmericaUS: FloridaHominin, human/mastodon coexistence
    White Rock Creek (Dallas, Texas)Austin Chalkdata-sort-value="86"|Late CretaceousNorth AmericaUS: Texas
    Travis County, TexasAustin Chalkdata-sort-value="86"|Late CretaceousNorth AmericaUS: Texas
    Beecher's Trilobite BedFrankfort Formationdata-sort-value="485"|OrdovicianNorth AmericaUS: New YorkTrilobites
    Mount BlancoBlanco Formationdata-sort-value="5.333"|Pliocene/PleistoceneNorth AmericaUS: Kansas, TexasBlancan fauna
    Blue Beachdata-sort-value="358.9"|TournaisianNorth AmericaCanada: Nova Scotia
    Little Bob Quarry, Bobcaygeon, OntarioBobcaygeon Formationdata-sort-value="485"|OrdovicianNorth AmericaCanada: Ontario
    Bone Cabin QuarryMorrison Formationdata-sort-value="156.3"|JurassicNorth AmericaUS: WyomingNon-Avian Dinosaurs
    * Fitterer Ranch

    Brule Formationdata-sort-value="33.9"|OligoceneNorth AmericaUS: South DakotaMammals, sunfish, cat fish
    Kootenay National ParkBurgess Shaledata-sort-value="508"|Cambrian (Albertan)North AmericaCanada: British Columbia
    Calvert Cliffs State ParkCalvert Formationdata-sort-value="23"|MioceneNorth AmericaUS: MarylandMiddle Miocene Climate Transition and Middle Miocene disruption
    Goodsell Ridge, Isle La Motte (Lake Champlain) Chazy Formationdata-sort-value="486.85"|OrdovicianNorth AmericaUS: VermontEarly Reef: bryozoa, corals, stromatoporoids
    Chuckanut Drive, south of Bellingham, WashingtonChuckanut Formationdata-sort-value="55"|EoceneNorth AmericaUS: Washington stateFossil trackways from birds, mammals and turtles
    Como BluffCloverly Formationdata-sort-value="137.05"|Early CretaceousNorth AmericaUS: Montana, WyomingNon-Avian Dinosaurs, some mammals, turtles, crocodilians, and fish
    Coon CreekCoon Creek Formationdata-sort-value="71"|Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)North AmericaUS: Tennessee and Mississippi* Marine reptiles, particularly mosasaurs and plesiosaurs
  • Invertebrates: Turritella (sea snails), bryozoans, clams, crabs, shrimp and some sharks
  • Denali National Park and PreserveCantwell Formationdata-sort-value="100"|Late CretaceousNorth AmericaUS: AlaskaNon-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 ParkDinosaur Park Formationdata-sort-value="76.5"|Cretaceous (Campanian)North AmericaCanada: AlbertaNon- Avian Dinosaurs
    Dinosaur State Parkdata-sort-value="201.3"|JurassicNorth AmericaUS: ConnecticutDinosaur tracks
    Driftwood Canyon Provincial Parkdata-sort-value="50"|EoceneNorth AmericaCanada: British ColumbiaInsects and fish
    Drumheller, Badlandsdata-sort-value="252.2"|MesozoicNorth AmericaCanada: Alberta
    Ellisdale Fossil SiteMarshalltown Formationdata-sort-value="75"|Cretaceous (Campanian)North AmericaUS: New Jersey
    Ochillee Creek at Old Ochillee Eutaw Formationdata-sort-value="86.3"|CretaceousNorth AmericaUS: Alabama, Georgia, MississippiDinosaur, mosasaur, and pterosaur
    Falls of the OhioJefferson Limestonedata-sort-value="387"|DevonianNorth AmericaUS: IndianaCorals (Tabulate coral and Rugosa
    Florissant Fossil BedsFlorissant Formationdata-sort-value="37.2"|Eocene (Priabonian)North AmericaUS: ColoradoInsects
    Fossil Prairie Parkdata-sort-value="419"|DevonianNorth AmericaUS: Iowa
    Mazon CreekFrancis Creek Shaledata-sort-value="309"|Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)North AmericaUS: Illinois
    Ghost Ranchdata-sort-value="252"|TriassicNorth AmericaUS: New MexicoNon-Avian Dinosaurs
    Hagerman Fossil Beds National MonumentGlenns Ferry Formationdata-sort-value="5.333"|Pliocene/PleistoceneNorth AmericaUS: IdahoHagerman horse ('American Zebra'), Camelops
    Dinosaur Valley State ParkGlen Rose Formationdata-sort-value="113"|Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian)North AmericaUS: TexasDinosaur footprints
    Gray Fossil Sitedata-sort-value="4.9"|PlioceneNorth AmericaUS: TennesseeMammals
    Fossil Butte National MonumentGreen River Formationdata-sort-value="53.5"|EoceneNorth AmericaUS: Utah, Colorado, and WyomingFishes
    Schreiber, OntarioGunflint Chertdata-sort-value="2300"|Late Archaean – Early ProterozoicNorth AmericaCanada: western Ontario & US: Minnesota (Gunflint Range)Stromatolite colonies of cyanobacteria
    Hilda mega-bonebedDinosaur Park Formationdata-sort-value="76.5"|Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)North AmericaCanada: AlbertaDinosaurs
    Joggins Fossil Cliffsdata-sort-value="310"|CarboniferousNorth AmericaCanada: Nova Scotia
    John Day Fossil Beds National MonumentJohn Day Formationdata-sort-value="45"|EoceneMioceneNorth AmericaUS: OregonMammals: dogs, cats, oreodonts, saber-toothed cats, horses, camels, and rodents
    * Jurassic National Monument in the San Rafael SwellMorrison Formationdata-sort-value="156.3"|JurassicNorth AmericaUS: UtahNon- Avian Dinosaurs and other vertebrates
    Clarno Unit, John Day Fossil Beds National MonumentClarno Formationdata-sort-value="45"|EoceneNorth AmericaUS: OregonPlants: 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"|JurassicNorth AmericaUS: Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, and UtahNon- Avian Dinosaurs and other vertebrates
    KishenehnKishenehn Formationdata-sort-value="56"|Mid-EoceneNorth AmericaUS: MontanaInsects
    Klondike Mountain near Republic, Washington Klondike Mountain Formationdata-sort-value="50.1"|Eocene (Ypresian)North AmericaUS: WashingtonPlants and Insects
    Krukowski Quarrydata-sort-value="510"|CambrianNorth AmericaUS: Wisconsin
    La Brea Tar Pitsdata-sort-value="0.038"|Pleistocene (Rancholabrean)North AmericaUS: California
    Hadrosaurus Foulkii Leidy SiteWoodbury Formation

    | data-sort-value="83.6" |Cretaceous

    North AmericaUS: New JerseyDinosaurs: Hadrosaurus
    Franceville basinFrancevillian B Formation

    | data-sort-value="2140" |Palaeoproterozoic

    AfricaGabonPossible earliest evidence for multicellularity in fossil record, known for Francevillian Biota
    The Mammoth Sitedata-sort-value="0.128"|Pleistocene: RancholabreanNorth AmericaUS: South Dakota
    Manchester Quarrydata-sort-value="252"|TriassicNorth AmericaUS: Connecticut
    Manuels Riverdata-sort-value="504.5"|CambrianNorth AmericaCanada: NewfoundlandTrilobites
    McAbee Fossil Bedsdata-sort-value="51"|EoceneNorth AmericaCanada: British Columbia Plants, insects, and fish
    Melbourne Bone Beddata-sort-value=".020"|PleistoceneNorth AmericaUS: FloridaMegafauna, Hominin (the "Melbourne Man")
    Miguasha National Parkdata-sort-value="375"|Devonian (Famennian)North AmericaCanada: Québec
    Mistaken PointMistaken Point Formationdata-sort-value="565"|EdiacaranNorth AmericaCanadaEdiacara biota (early multicellular life)
    Como BluffMorrison Formationdata-sort-value="156.3"|Late JurassicNorth AmericaCanada/United States (Great Plains)
    Edson QuarryOgallala Formationdata-sort-value="23"|Miocene/PlioceneNorth AmericaUS: Kansas
    * Lake Meredith National Recreation Area

    Ogallala Formationdata-sort-value="23"|Miocene/PlioceneNorth AmericaUS: Texas
    Champlain Bridge (Ottawa), Quebec sidePamelia Formationdata-sort-value="458.2"|Late OrdovicianNorth AmericaCanada: Quebec, Gatineau, Aylmer
    Pipe Creek Sinkholedata-sort-value="2.0"|PlioceneNorth AmericaUS: Indiana
    Minnehaha ParkPlatteville Limestonedata-sort-value="485"|OrdovicianNorth AmericaUS: Minnesota
    Minneapolis–Saint Paul (Mississippi River bluffs)Platteville Limestonedata-sort-value="485"|OrdovicianNorth AmericaUS: Minnesota
    Burgoon Run in Blair County, Pennsylvania{{Citation needed|date= August 2024}}Pocono Formationdata-sort-value="358.9"|Carboniferous (Mississippian)North AmericaUS: Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
    Lee Creek MinePungo River Formationdata-sort-value="15.97"|MioceneNorth AmericaUS: North Carolina
    Purgatoire River track sitedata-sort-value="163.5"|Late JurassicNorth AmericaUS: ColoradoDinosaurs: Footprints
    John Day Fossil Beds National MonumentRattlesnake Formationdata-sort-value="6.4"|Miocene (Tortonian-Messinian)North AmericaUS: Oregon
    Red Gulch Dinosaur TracksiteSundance Formationdata-sort-value="160"|Middle JurassicNorth AmericaUS: WyomingDinosaurs: Footprints
    Rincón Coloradodata-sort-value="145"|CretaceousNorth AmericaMexico: Coahuila
    Walcott-Rust quarryRust Formationdata-sort-value="457"|Late OrdovicianNorth AmericaUS: New York
    Schoonmaker Reef and Soldiers' Home Reefdata-sort-value="425"|SilurianNorth AmericaUS: WisconsinReefs (the first discovered in North America)
    Como BluffSundance Formationdata-sort-value="168"|Late JurassicNorth AmericaUS: Wyoming
    Path 15 bone bed, San Joaquin ValleyTemblor Formationdata-sort-value="28"|Oligocene - MioceneNorth AmericaCalifornia
    Tepetate Formationdata-sort-value="145"|Cretaceous – Middle EoceneNorth AmericaMexico
    Wichita FallsTexas Red Bedsdata-sort-value="298.9"|PermianNorth AmericaUS: TexasTetrapods
    Thomas Farm Sitedata-sort-value="23"|MioceneNorth AmericaUS: Florida
    Wannagan Creek site, Theodore Roosevelt National ParkTongue River Formation (= Bullion Creek Fm.)data-sort-value="66"|Paleocene: TiffanianNorth AmericaUS: North DakotaMammals, reptiles, birds
    Egg Mountain site Two Medicine Formationdata-sort-value="82.4"|Cretaceous (Campanian)North AmericaUS: MontanaDinosaurs, particularly eggs and young
    Wheeler Amphitheater in Millard County, Utah Wheeler Shaledata-sort-value="507"|CambrianNorth AmericaUS: UtahTrilobites
    * Woodbine, Texas
  • Arlington Archosaur Site
  • Woodbine Formationdata-sort-value="96"|Cretaceous (Cenomanian)North AmericaUS: TexasDinosaurs and crocodilians
    Ziegler Reservoir fossil site ('Snowmastodon Site')data-sort-value="0.140"|Pleistocene (Illinoian (stage))North AmericaUS: ColoradoMastodon and other ice age vertebrates
    Zion National ParkNavajo Sandstonedata-sort-value="200"|TriassicJurassicNorth AmericaUS: Utah?
    Agate Fossil Beds National MonumentArikaree Group
  • Gering Formation
  • Monroe Creek formation
  • Harrison Formation
  • |data-sort-value="20"|Miocene

    North AmericaUS: Nebraska
    Potomac RiverAquia Formationdata-sort-value="66"|PaleoceneNorth AmericaUS: Maryland and Virginia
    Arkona Shaledata-sort-value="419"|DevonianNorth AmericaCanada: Ontario
    Waco Mammoth National Monumentdata-sort-value="0.040" |PleistoceneNorth AmericaUS: Texas
    TanisHell Creek Formationdata-sort-value="65.76" | End of Cretaceous/start of Cenozoic (65.76 Ma ± 0.15 Mya)North AmericaUnited StatesApparent 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 Formationdata-sort-value="168"|Late JurassicAsiaKazakhstanDinosaurs
    Barun Goyot Formationdata-sort-value="72"|Late CretaceousAsiaMongoliaDinosaurs, birds and mammals
    Bayan Shireh Formationdata-sort-value="96"|Late CretaceousAsiaMongolia
    Baynunah Formationdata-sort-value="8.0"|Late MioceneAsiaUnited Arab Emirates
    Bes-Konakdata-sort-value="33.9"|Oligocene to PlioceneAsiaTurkeyInsects, Pliocene Plants
    Bissekty Formationdata-sort-value="92"|CretaceousAsiaUzbekistan
    Bostobynskaya Formation (= Bostobe Formation)data-sort-value="85"|Late Cretaceous (Turonian–Campanian)AsiaKazakhstanDinosaurs
    Bugti Hillsdata-sort-value="30"|OligoceneAsiaPakistanMammals (Haplorhini)
    Chaomidianzi Formationdata-sort-value="125.8"|Early Cretaceous (Barremian-Aptian)AsiaChina
    Dabeigou Formationdata-sort-value="135"|CretaceousAsiaChina
    Rizal, Kalingadata-sort-value="0.709"|PleistoceneAsiaPhilippinesHominin
    Callao Cave, Cagayan Valleydata-sort-value=".066"|PleistoceneAsiaPhilippinesHominin
    Tabon Cave, Palawandata-sort-value="0.025"|PleistoceneAsiaPhilippinesHominin
    Dainichi Formationdata-sort-value="3.6"|Late PlioceneAsiaJapan
    Shaximiao Formationdata-sort-value="174.1" |Middle JurassicAsiaChinaDinosaurs
    Dashuigou Formationdata-sort-value="110"|Early CretaceousAsiaChinaDinosaurs
    Flaming CliffsDjadochta Formationdata-sort-value="100"|Late CretaceousAsiaMongoliaDinosaurs, eggs
    Dumugol Formationdata-sort-value="485.4"|Early OrdovicianAsiaKorea
    Ejinhoro Formationdata-sort-value="125.77"|Early CretaceousAsiaChinaDinosaurs
    Es Skhuldata-sort-value="0.200"|PlioceneAsiaIsrael: Mount CarmelHominin
    Fangou Formationdata-sort-value="66"|PaleoceneAsiaChina
    Sannine Formationdata-sort-value="95"|CretaceousAsiaLebanon
    Huadian Formationdata-sort-value="56"|EoceneAsiaChina
    Indricotherium Formationdata-sort-value="33.9"|OligoceneAsiaKazakhstan
    Irdin Manha Formationdata-sort-value="56"|EoceneAsiaMongolia
    Iren Dabasu Formationdata-sort-value="83.6"|Late CretaceousAsiaChinaDinosaurs
    Iwaki Formationdata-sort-value="33.9"|Early OligoceneAsiaJapan
    Jindong Formationdata-sort-value="99.9"|CretaceousAsiaKorea
    Jiufotang Formationdata-sort-value="122"|Early CretaceousAsiaChinaFeathered dinosaurs, birds, pterosaurs
    Kampong Trach cavedata-sort-value="201.3"|MioceneAsiaCambodia
    Khukhtek Formationdata-sort-value="119.7"|Early CretaceousAsiaMongoliaDinosaurs
    Balasinor (Raiyoli)AsiaIndiaDinosaurs
    Deh-e Alireza, Kerman (fa)data-sort-value="201.3"|JurassicAsiaIranDinosaur 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

    AsiaJapan
    Kitadani QuarryKitadani Formationdata-sort-value="121"|Early CretaceousAsiaJapan
    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

    AsiaTurkey: Evren, Ankara
    Kota Formationdata-sort-value="190.8"|Early JurassicAsiaIndia
    Tategahana, Lake Nojiridata-sort-value=".040"|Pleistocene (Paleolithic)AsiaJapanPaleolithic artifacts
    Lameta Formationdata-sort-value="70"|Late CretaceousAsiaIndia
    Lang Trang Cavesdata-sort-value="2.58"|PleistoceneAsiaVietnam
    Liang Bua Cavedata-sort-value=".046"|PleistoceneAsiaIndonesia: FloresHominin
    Lufeng Formationdata-sort-value="201.3"|JurassicAsiaChina
    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 TriassicAsiaChina: YunnanVery numerous fossils of diverse marine ecosystem
    Chengjiang CountyMaotianshan Shalesdata-sort-value="518"|CambrianAsiaChina
    Li Mae Long

    |

    |Miocene

    |Asia

    |Thailand

    |Mammals

    Minatogawa Limestone Quarrydata-sort-value="0.022"|NeogeneAsiaJapanHominin
    Nagura Formationdata-sort-value="15.97"|Middle MioceneAsiaJapan
    Mandla Plant Fossils National Parkdata-sort-value="150"|Late Jurassic-PaleogeneAsiaIndiaplants
    Maleri Formation (Upper and Lower)data-sort-value="237"|Late TriassicAsiaIndia
    Minhe Formationdata-sort-value="83.6"|Late CretaceousAsiaChinaDinosaurs
    Nemegt Formationdata-sort-value="70 "|Late CretaceousAsiaMongoliaDinosaur fossil, Riverine animals: fish, turtles, crocodilians, birds
    Ngandong (Bengawan Solo River)data-sort-value="2.58"|PleistoceneAsiaIndonesia: JavaHominin: Solo Man
    Oi Formationdata-sort-value="23"|Early MioceneAsiaJapan
    Qafzeh cavedata-sort-value="0.092"|PlioceneAsiaIsrael: NazarethHominin
    Sambungmacandata-sort-value="0.07"|PleistoceneAsiaIndonesia
    Sangirandata-sort-value="1.0"|PleistoceneAsiaIndonesiaHominin
    Shivalik Fossil ParkSiwaliks formationsdata-sort-value="2.58"|PleistoceneAsiaIndia
    Sao Khua Formationdata-sort-value="133.6"|Early CretaceousAsiaThailandDinosaurs
    Shishugou Formationdata-sort-value="163"|Late JurassicAsiaChinaDinosaurs
    Tabun Cavedata-sort-value="0.5"|PlioceneAsiaIsrael: Mount CarmelHominin
    Tham Khuyen cavedata-sort-value="201.3"|JurassicAsiaVietnam
    Tiaojishan Formationdata-sort-value="165"|Middle JurassicAsiaChinaPlants, with dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and insects
    Trinildata-sort-value=".700"|PleistoceneAsiaIndonesia: JavaHominin, "Java Man"
    Tuchengzi Formationdata-sort-value="154"|Jurassic - Early CretaceousAsiaChina
    Tugulu Groupdata-sort-value="145.1"|Early CretaceousAsiaChina
    Udurchukan Formationdata-sort-value="70"|Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian?)AsiaRussiaDinosaurs
    Uhangri Formationdata-sort-value="81"|Late CretaceousAsiaKoreaPterosaur tracks
    Wucaiwan member, Shishugou Formationdata-sort-value="163"|Middle JurassicAsiaChinaDinosaurs
    Xiagou Formationdata-sort-value="123"|CretaceousAsiaChina
    Xinminbao Group

    • Chijinbao Formation
    • Digou Formation
    • Zhonggou Formation

    |data-sort-value="125"|Early Cretaceous

    AsiaChina
    Xiushan Formationdata-sort-value="443.9"|Early Silurian (Llandovery)AsiaChina: Guizhou
    Yamaga Formationdata-sort-value="27.82"|Late OligoceneAsiaJapan
    Yixian Formationdata-sort-value="125.8"|Early CretaceousAsiaChina Jehol Biota, See also: Paleobiota of the Yixian Formation
    Yuliangze Formationdata-sort-value="72"|Late CretaceousAsiaChinaDinosaurs and other vertebrates
    Yushima Formation (= Tatsunokuchi Formation)data-sort-value="5.33"|Early PlioceneAsiaJapan
    BaissaZaza Formationdata-sort-value="137.05"|Early CretaceousAsiaRussiaInsects: Pterygota
    Zhongming Formationdata-sort-value="419"|DevonianAsiaChina
    Zhoukoudiandata-sort-value=".530"|PleistoceneAsiaChinaHominin, "Peking Man"
    Shanwang National Geological ParkShanwang Formationdata-sort-value="18.22"|MioceneAsiaChina: ShandongExceptional preservation of external body features such as skin, hair, scales and feathers
    Aetokremnosdata-sort-value=".012"|Holocene (Mesolithic)EuropeCyprus
    Monte San Giorgiodata-sort-value="252"|TriassicEuropeSwitzerland and Italy
    Aix-en-Provencedata-sort-value="33.9"|OligoceneEuropeFranceInsects, fishes
    AnaArcillas de Morella Formationdata-sort-value="100.5"|Late CretaceousEuropeSpain
    Atapuercadata-sort-value=".600"|Pleistocene (Lower Paleolithic)EuropeSpainHominin
    Aust Cliffdata-sort-value="201"|TriassicEuropeEnglandInsects, Rhaetic bone bed
    Batallonesdata-sort-value="23"|MioceneEuropeSpainCarnivora
    Bouldner, Isle of WightBembridge Marls, Bouldnor Formation ("Bembridge Insect Bed")data-sort-value="38"|OligoceneEuropeEnglandInsects, Leaves
    Bois d'Assondata-sort-value="33.9"|OligoceneEuropeFranceInsects
    Borgloon Formationdata-sort-value="33.9"|OligoceneEuropeBelgium
    Schmerling Cavesdata-sort-value="0.008"|HoloceneEuropeBelgiumhominin, Engis 2 was the first Neanderthal fossil ever found
    Buñoldata-sort-value="23"|MioceneEuropeSpain
    Calizas de La Huérguina Formationdata-sort-value="125"|Cretaceous (Barremian)EuropeSpain
    Dinosaur Quarry of Altamuradata-sort-value="85"|Upper CretaceousEuropeItalyDinosaur footprints (at least four thousand)
    Cepranodata-sort-value="0.800"|PleistoceneEuropeItalyHominin, Homo cepranensis (single find)
    Cérestedata-sort-value="33.9"|OligoceneEuropeFranceInsects, fishes
    Isernia La Pinetadata-sort-value="2.58"|PleistoceneEuropeItaly
    Baccinellodata-sort-value="23"|MioceneEuropeItalyHominin: Oreopithecus bambolii
    Binagadi asphalt lakedata-sort-value="358.9"|Early PleistoceneEuropeAzerbaijanBirds, Mammals
    Crevillentedata-sort-value="23"|MioceneEuropeSpain
    Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuildata-sort-value="2.58"|PleistoceneEuropeFranceHominin: Crô-Magnon
    Cuevas de los Murciélagosdata-sort-value="2.58"|Pleistocene/HoloceneEuropeSpain: La Palma, Canary Islands
    Dmanisidata-sort-value="1.85"|PleistoceneEuropeGeorgiaHominin (Homo erectus georgicus), stone tools
    Dob's Linndata-sort-value="485.4"|Ordovician-Silurian boundaryEuropeScotlandGraptolites
    Dorkovodata-sort-value="5.33"|Early PlioceneEuropeBulgariaMastodon
    Enspeldata-sort-value="33.9"|OligoceneEuropeGermanyInsects, mammals
    Es Pouásdata-sort-value="2.58"|Pleistocene/HoloceneEuropeSpain: Ibiza (Balearic Islands)
    Fossil GroveLimestone Coal Formation (Clackmannan Group)data-sort-value="325"|Carboniferous (Serpukhovian)EuropeScotland: GlasgowPlants
    Fur Formationdata-sort-value="55.8"|Early EoceneEuropeDenmark
    Gram Formationdata-sort-value="11.6"|Middle-Late MioceneEuropeDenmark
    Gauja Formationdata-sort-value="388"|Middle DevonianEuropeEstonia and Latvia
    Geisel valleydata-sort-value="56"|EoceneEuropeGermany
    Gilwern Hilldata-sort-value="485"|OrdovicianEuropeWales
    Gotlanddata-sort-value="443.8"|SilurianEuropeSweden
    Grès à Reptilesdata-sort-value="74"|CretaceousEuropeFranceDinosaurs
    Guimarotadata-sort-value="156.9"|Late JurassicEuropePortugalDinosaurs and mammals
    Hampstead Formationdata-sort-value="33.9"|OligoceneEuropeEngland
    HrútagílMókollsdalur formationdata-sort-value="23"|MioceneEuropeIcelandInsects
    Hunsrück Slatesdata-sort-value="408"|DevonianEuropeGermany: Bundenbach
    Jurassic Coastdata-sort-value="201.3"|Triassic, Jurassic and CretaceousEuropeEnglandAmmonites and reptiles
    Kattendijk Sandsdata-sort-value="5.333"|PlioceneEuropeBelgiumAuk (birds)
    Kleinkemsdata-sort-value="33.9"|OligoceneEuropeGermanyInsects
    Kostolac-Viminaciumdata-sort-value="2.58"|PleistoceneEuropeSerbia
    Kozarnikadata-sort-value="1.60"|Pleistocene (Lower Paleolithic)EuropeBulgariaHominin: Early human symbolic behavior
    Hušnjak hill (Krapina)data-sort-value="2.58"|PleistoceneEuropeCroatia
    La Chapelle-aux-Saintsdata-sort-value="2.58"|PleistoceneEuropeFranceHominin: Neanderthal burial
    La Ferrassiedata-sort-value="0.045"|PleistoceneEuropeFranceHominin
    La Romadata-sort-value="23"|MioceneEuropeSpain
    Las Hoyasdata-sort-value="125"|CretaceousEuropeSpainDinosaurs
    Liedena Sandstonedata-sort-value="37.8"|Late Eocene (Priabonian)EuropeSpain: Navarra
    Lo Huecodata-sort-value="145"|CretaceousEuropeSpain
    London Claydata-sort-value="54"|EoceneEuropeEngland
    Löwenstein Formationdata-sort-value="215.6"|Late TriassicEuropeGermanyDinosaurs
    Lourinhã Formation

    |data-sort-value="152.5"|Late Jurassic

    EuropePortugal
    Lyme Regisdata-sort-value="201.3"|JurassicEuropeEngland: DorsetJurassic Coast
    Maastricht Formationdata-sort-value="66"|Cretaceous - PaleogeneEuropeBeneluxDinosaurs
    Maltravieso Cavedata-sort-value="0.064"|PleistoceneEuropeSpain
    Mauerdata-sort-value="2.58"|PleistoceneEuropeGermanyHominin
    Messel PitMessel Oil Shaledata-sort-value="47"|EoceneEuropeGermanyGeiseltalian flora and fauna
    Monte Bolcadata-sort-value="50"|EoceneEuropeItaly
    Murerodata-sort-value="539"|CambrianEuropeSpain
    Neandertal (e.g., Kleine Feldhofer Grotte)data-sort-value="2.58"|PleistoceneEuropeGermanyHominin
    Öhningendata-sort-value="23"|MioceneEuropeGermanyInsects, fishes
    Oxford Claydata-sort-value="166"|JurassicEuropeEnglandFish and invertebrates
    Paris Basin (Argille Plastique)data-sort-value="56.1"|Early EoceneEuropeFrance
    Pobiti Kamanidata-sort-value="252.2"|MesozoicEuropeBulgaria
    Pontnewydd Cavedata-sort-value="0.041"|Pleistocene (Paleolithic)EuropeWalesHominin: Neanderthals
    Quercy Phosphoritesdata-sort-value="38"|Eocene/OligoceneEuropeFrance
    Radobojdata-sort-value="23"|MioceneEuropeCroatiaInsects
    Repedea Hill Fossil Sitedata-sort-value="23.1"|NeogeneEuropeRomania
    Cozla Fossil Sitedata-sort-value="23.1"|OligoceneEuropeRomania
    Pietricica Fossil Sitedata-sort-value="23.1"|OligoceneEuropeRomania
    Cernegura Fossil Sitedata-sort-value="23.1"|OligoceneEuropeRomania
    Rhynie, AberdeenshireRhynie Chertdata-sort-value="410"|DevonianEuropeScotlandPlants, Cyanobacteria, first Hexapoda
    Riodevadata-sort-value="201.3"|Jurassic/CretaceousEuropeSpainDinosaurs
    Rottdata-sort-value="33.9"|OligoceneEuropeGermanyInsects, fishes
    Sajóvölgyi Formationdata-sort-value="23"|Miocene (Serravallian)EuropeHungary
    Sânpetru Formationdata-sort-value="70"|Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)EuropeRomania
    Sansandata-sort-value="15.97"|MioceneEuropeFranceHominin: Pliopithecus
    Santa Ana Cavedata-sort-value="2.58"|PleistoceneEuropeSpain
    Sieblos Dysodildata-sort-value="33.9"|OligoceneEuropeGermany
    Slieve Anierindata-sort-value="326"|NamurianEuropeIrelandGoniatites, and Bivalvia, marine and coastal fauna.
    Solnhofen limestonedata-sort-value="149.2"|JurassicEuropeGermany
    Stránská skálaMoravian Karst formationdata-sort-value="2.58"|PleistoceneEuropeCzech Republic:MoraviaMarine and coastal fauna, fishes, birds, mammals
    Trachilos footprintsdata-sort-value="5.7"|MioceneEuropeGreeceHominin footprints
    Turritellenplattedata-sort-value="18.5"|Miocene (mid-Burdigalian)EuropeGermany: Baden-WürttembergGastropods:sea snail Turritella turris
    Upper Valdarnodata-sort-value="2.58"|Pleistocene (Villafranchian)EuropeItaly: Tuscany
    Valkenburg Formationdata-sort-value="145"|CretaceousEuropeBelgium
    Donetskdata-sort-value="358.9"|CarboniferousEuropeUkrainePlants
    Razdolnedata-sort-value="419"|DevonianEuropeUkraine
    Venta del Morodata-sort-value="23"|MioceneEuropeSpain
    Venta Micenadata-sort-value="5.333"|PlioceneEuropeSpain
    Wessex Formationdata-sort-value="127.3"|CretaceousEuropeEngland
    Willershausendata-sort-value="5.333"|PlioceneEuropeGermanyInsects
    Untermassfelddata-sort-value="1.2"|Early PleistoceneEuropeGermanyHominin (controversial)
    Alcootadata-sort-value="23"|MioceneOceaniaAustralia: Northern TerritoryMarsupials, birds and crocodiles
    Apex Chertdata-sort-value="3465"|ArchaeanOceaniaAustralia: Western Australia (Marble Bar)
    Saint Bathans FaunaBannockburn Formationdata-sort-value="23"|MioceneOceaniaNew Zealand: Otago
    Bluff DownsAllingham Formationdata-sort-value="5.333"|PlioceneOceaniaAustralia: Queenslandwetland fauna
    Bullock CreekCamfield Fossil Bedsdata-sort-value="12"|MioceneOceaniaAustralia: Northern TerritoryMarsupials
    Canowindra-Gooloogongdata-sort-value="419"|DevonianOceaniaAustralia: New South Wales
    Cape Range National Parkdata-sort-value="23"|Miocene-PleistoceneOceaniaAustralia: Western AustraliaCoral reefs, marine and coastal fauna
    Cuddie Springsdata-sort-value="2.58"|PleistoceneOceaniaAustralia: New South WalesMegafauna/human interaction (bones with stone artifacts)
    Curio Baydata-sort-value="180"|JurassicOceaniaNew Zealand: Southland (The Catlins)Petrified forest
    Denmark Hill Insect Beddata-sort-value="237"|Late TriassicOceaniaAustralia: Ipswich, QueenslandInsects
    Dinosaur Covedata-sort-value="106"|CretaceousOceaniaAustralia: VictoriaDinosaurs
    Dinosaur Dreamingdata-sort-value="145"|CretaceousOceaniaAustralia: VictoriaMammals
    Ditjimanka LFdata-sort-value="33.9"|OligoceneOceaniaAustralia: South Australia
    Ediacara Hillsdata-sort-value="635"|EdiacaranOceaniaAustralia: South Australia (Flinders Ranges)Ediacara biota (early multicellular life)
    Emu Bay Shaledata-sort-value="514"|Early CambrianOceaniaAustralia: South Australia (Kangaroo Island)
    Etadunna Formationdata-sort-value="33.9"|Oligocene/MioceneOceaniaAustralia: South Australia
    Foulden Maardata-sort-value="23.0"|Early MioceneOceaniaNew Zealand: Otago
    Georgina Basindata-sort-value="850"|Neoproterozoic – late PaleozoicOceaniaAustralia: Northern Territory, Queensland
    Gogo Formationdata-sort-value="382.7"|DevonianOceaniaAustralia: Western Australia
    Goldie Chertdata-sort-value="509"|Middle-Late CambrianOceaniaAustralia: Victoria
    Grenfell fossil siteHunter Siltstone Formationdata-sort-value="419"|DevonianOceaniaAustralia: New South WalesFishes
    Greta Siltstone Formationdata-sort-value="3.6"|Late PlioceneOceaniaNew Zealand: Canterbury (Hurunui)
    Heathcote siltstonedata-sort-value="443.8"|Early Silurian- Late DevonianOceaniaAustralia: Victoria{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}
    Horseshoe Bay Limestone Downsdata-sort-value="145"|CretaceousOceaniaNew Zealand: Waikato{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}
    Kangaroo Wellsdata-sort-value="23"|MioceneOceaniaAustralia: Northern Territory{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}
    Knocklofty Formationdata-sort-value="252.1"|Early TriassicOceaniaAustralia: Tasmania{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}
    Knowsley East Formationdata-sort-value="509"|Middle-late CambrianOceaniaAustralia: Victoria{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}
    Lake Callabonnadata-sort-value="2.58"|PleistoceneOceaniaAustralia: South AustraliaMarsupials, birds
    Lake Mungodata-sort-value="2.58"|PleistoceneOceaniaAustralia: New South WalesHominin
    Lake Ngapakaldi to Lake Palankarinna Fossil Areadata-sort-value="5.333"|PlioceneOceaniaAustralia: South Australia (Tirari Desert)Variety of vertebrates
    Lancefield Swampdata-sort-value="2.58"|PleistoceneOceaniaAustralia: VictoriaAustralian megafauna, mostly Macropus giganteus
    Lightning Ridgedata-sort-value="145"|CretaceousOceaniaAustralia: New South WalesMammals
    Mammoth Cavedata-sort-value="2.58"|Pleistocene?OceaniaAustralia: Western Australia
    Mampuwordu Sandsdata-sort-value="5.333"|MioceneOceaniaAustralia: South Australia
    Murgon fossil sitedata-sort-value="55"|EoceneOceaniaAustralia: Queensland (south-east)Mammals (Tingamarra Fauna)
    Naracoorte Cavesdata-sort-value="2.58"|PleistoceneOceaniaAustralia: South AustraliaAustralian megafauna, World Heritage List
    Pindai Cavesdata-sort-value="0.0117"|HoloceneOceaniaNew CaledoniaHominin, Birds
    Quanbundata-sort-value="5.333"|Pliocene/MioceneOceaniaAustralia: Western Australia
    Riversleighdata-sort-value="28.4"|Oligocene/MioceneOceaniaAustralia: Queensland
    Talbragar fossil sitedata-sort-value="149.2"|JurassicOceaniaAustralia: New South Wales (central west)Plants and fishes
    Tangahoe Formationdata-sort-value="3.4"|Late PlioceneOceaniaNew Zealand: Taranaki
    Waipara Greensanddata-sort-value="62"|PaleogeneOceaniaNew Zealand: Canterburysharks, some proto-penguins
    Wianamatta Shale and Ashfield Shaledata-sort-value="237"|Late TriassicOceaniaAustralia: 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 Parkdata-sort-value="145"|CretaceousOceaniaAustralia: 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 PlioceneOceaniaAustralia: Victoria
    TinguiriricaAbanico Formationdata-sort-value="33.9"|Oligocene (Rupelian)South AmericaChileMammals (defines one interval of the South American land mammal age (SALMA))
    Acre Conglomeratedata-sort-value="23"|Miocene (Huayquerian)South AmericaBrazil
    Agua de la Zorradata-sort-value=“225”|TriassicSouth AmericaArgentinaPetrified forest of Charles Darwin
    Allen Formationdata-sort-value="73"|Cretaceous (Campanian – Maastrichtian)South AmericaArgentinadinosaurs (including eggs), pterosaurs, and mammals
    Anacleto Formationdata-sort-value="83" | Cretaceous (Campanian)South AmericaArgentinaDinosaurs (eggs), mammals, bird footprints
    Andalhualá Formationdata-sort-value="23" | Miocene/PlioceneSouth AmericaArgentina
    Bajo de la Carpa Formationdata-sort-value="86" | Cretaceous (Santonian)South AmericaArgentina
    Bahía Inglesa Formationdata-sort-value="16" | Middle Miocene-Late PlioceneSouth AmericaChile
    Bauru BasinBauru Groupdata-sort-value="89" | CretaceousSouth AmericaBrazilDinosaurs
    Camacho Formationdata-sort-value="9" | MioceneSouth AmericaUruguayDiversity of terrestrial mammals and marine invertebrates
    Candeleros Hill, Neuquén ProvinceCandeleros Formationdata-sort-value="99" | Cretaceous (Cenomanian)South AmericaArgentina
    Capadare Formationdata-sort-value="16" | Middle MioceneSouth AmericaVenezuela
    PaleorrotaCaturrita Formationdata-sort-value="225.42" | Triassic (Carnian – Norian)South AmericaBrazil: Rio Grande do Sul
    CerrejónCerrejón Formationdata-sort-value="60" | Middle-Late PaleoceneSouth AmericaColombia
    Cerro Ballenadata-sort-value="8.4" | PlioPleistoceneSouth AmericaChileCetaceans
    Cerro Bandera Formationdata-sort-value="21"|MioceneSouth AmericaArgentina
    Chapadmalal Sea CliffChapadmalalandata-sort-value=4.0 |PlioceneSouth AmericaArgentinaMammals, terror birds, paleoburrows
    Deseado Formationdata-sort-value="33.9"|OligoceneSouth AmericaArgentina
    Ensenada Formationdata-sort-value="2.58"|PleistoceneSouth AmericaArgentina
    Huincul Formationdata-sort-value="97"|Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)South AmericaArgentinaDinosaurs, including Argentinosaurus huinculensis and Mapusaurus
    Irati Formationdata-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 AmericaBrazilMesosaurs
    Ischigualasto Provincial ParkIschigualasto Formationdata-sort-value="231.7"|TriassicSouth AmericaArgentinaTetrapods, early dinosaurs, plants
    Ituzaingó Formationdata-sort-value="9.0"|Late Miocene (Huayquerian)South AmericaArgentinaMammals, birds, reptiles, fish, bivalves, foraminifera, ichnofossils and flora
    Jaguel Formationdata-sort-value="68"|Late Cretaceous - Early Paleocene (Maastrichtian – Danian)South AmericaArgentina
    Cerro Cuadrado Petrified ForestLa Matilde Formationdata-sort-value="167"|Middle to Late Jurassic (Bathonian – Oxfordian)South AmericaArgentinaDinosaurs
    Laguna Manantiales FarmLa Matilde Formationdata-sort-value="167"|Middle to Late Jurassic (Bathonian – Oxfordian)South AmericaArgentinaDinosaur tracks
    Las Curtiembres Formationdata-sort-value="100"|Late Cretaceous (Campanian)South AmericaArgentina
    Lecho Formationdata-sort-value="70"|Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)South AmericaArgentinaTitanosaur Saltasaurus, avian and non-avian theropods
    Lemaire Formationdata-sort-value="163.5"|Late JurassicSouth AmericaArgentina
    Leticia Formationdata-sort-value="56"|Eocene (Bartonian)South AmericaArgentina
    Cerro Lisandro, Neuquén province Lisandro Formation (= Cerro Lisandro Fm.)data-sort-value="93.4"|Late Cretaceous (CenomanianTuronian)South AmericaArgentina
    Lohan Cura Formationdata-sort-value="117"|Early Cretaceous (AptianAlbian)South AmericaArgentinaMesosaurs; Oldest known amniote embryos
    Mangrullo Formationdata-sort-value="286"|Early Permian (Artinskian)South AmericaUruguay
    Mylodon Cavedata-sort-value="2.58"|PleistoceneSouth AmericaChile
    Olmedo Formationdata-sort-value="66"|PaleoceneSouth AmericaArgentina{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}
    Quiriquina Formationdata-sort-value="72.1"|CretaceousSouth AmericaChile
    Paja Formationdata-sort-value="130"|CretaceousSouth AmericaColombia
    Licán RayPanguipulli Formationdata-sort-value="252"|TriassicSouth AmericaChilePlants
    Punta Peters (5 km east of Panguipulli)Panguipulli Formationdata-sort-value="252"|TriassicSouth AmericaChilePlants
    Patagonia Molassesdata-sort-value="23"|MioceneSouth AmericaArgentina
    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 PleistoceneSouth AmericaChileMegafauna, human activity
    Pinturas Formationdata-sort-value="23" | Miocene (Burdigalian – Langhian)[verification needed]South AmericaArgentina
    Pisco Formationdata-sort-value="9.6" | Late[verification needed] Miocene/Early PlioceneSouth AmericaPeru
    Plottier Formationdata-sort-value="86" | Late Cretaceous (Coniacian – ?Santonian)South AmericaArgentinaDinosaurs, Trace fossils
    Portezuelo Formationdata-sort-value="90.5" | Late Cretaceous (TuronianConiacian)South AmericaArgentinaDinosaurs, turtles, and other animals
    Puerto Madryn Formationdata-sort-value="11" | Late MioceneSouth AmericaArgentina
    Punta Cactus Formationdata-sort-value="56" | EoceneSouth AmericaArgentina{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}
    Auca MahuevoRío Colorado Subgroupdata-sort-value="86" | CretaceousSouth AmericaArgentinaDinosaurs
    Roca Formationdata-sort-value="68" | Cretaceous - PaleoceneSouth AmericaArgentinaMarine invertebrates
    San Julián Formationdata-sort-value="56" | Eocene/OligoceneSouth AmericaArgentina
    Santa Cruz Formationdata-sort-value="18" | MioceneSouth AmericaArgentina
    Santana Group (Crato Formation)data-sort-value="115" | Aptian-AlbianSouth AmericaBrazilInsects, Fish, Pterosaurs
    PaleorrotaSanta Maria Formationdata-sort-value="237" | Middle–Late Triassic (Ladinian-Carnian)South AmericaBrazil: Rio Grande do SulEarly dinosaurs
    Cuesta Santo DomingoSanto Domingo Formationdata-sort-value="23" | MioceneSouth AmericaChile
    Sâo José de Itaboraí basinItaboraí Formationdata-sort-value="53"|Paleocene (Itaboraian)South AmericaBrazil
    Sloggett Formation (= Bahía Sloggett Formation)data-sort-value="37.8" | Late Eocene/Early OligoceneSouth AmericaArgentina{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}
    Solimões Formationdata-sort-value="11.6"|Late Miocene/Early Pliocene[verification needed]South AmericaBrazil
    Toca da Boa Vista Cavedata-sort-value="2.58" | PleistoceneSouth AmericaBrazil
    Touro Passo Formationdata-sort-value="0.126" | Late PleistoceneHoloceneSouth AmericaBrazil: Rio Grande do Sul
    TralcánTralcán Formationdata-sort-value="205.7" | TriassicSouth AmericaChile
    Tunal Formationdata-sort-value="66" | PaleoceneSouth AmericaArgentina{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}
    UrumacoUrumaco Formationdata-sort-value="10" | MioceneSouth AmericaVenezuela
    La VentaHonda Groupdata-sort-value="13.8" | Middle MioceneSouth AmericaColombia
    Yacoraite Formationdata-sort-value="72.1" | Late Cretaceous/Early Paleocene (MaastrichtianDanian)South AmericaArgentinaDinosaur tracks; Stromatolites
    Yahgan Formationdata-sort-value="145.1" | Early CretaceousSouth AmericaArgentina
    Sahel Almadata-sort-value="84.5" | Late Cretaceous (Santonian)AsiaLebanonFish, Arthropods, Molluscs
    White Springs Local FaunaParachucla Formationdata-sort-value="20.5"| late OligoceneNorth AmericaUnited States: Floridanearshore marine and terrestrial vertebrates
    Pindaï PeninsulaNépoui FormationLate MioceneOceaniaNew CaledoniaFossil 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 DunfeeDeep Spring Formationdata-sort-value="540"|Ediacaran-CambrianSouthwestern United StatesNevada
    Syuzma and Onega RiversUstʹ Pinega Formationdata-sort-value="555"|EdiacaranArkhangelsk Oblast
    Victoria IslandWynniatt Formationdata-sort-value="848"|TonianCanadaNunavut

    Notes

    {{reflist|group=Note|refs=This site is an example or type locality for an extensive fossil-bearing formation.

    This site and/or formation is considered a Lagerstätte.

    This site occurs within a widespread fossil bearing formation, but is noteworthy for additional reasons not typical of that formation.

    }}

    See also

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    • {{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}}

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    References

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    Further reading

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    • {{cite web|title=Fossil sites |url=http://www.fossilmuseum.net/FossilSites.htm |publisher=The Virtual Fossil Museum |date=2001–2011}}

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