This is a worldwide list of important and/or well-known localities where
fossils have been found. Such locations may either be a
geological formation or a single site.
Geological formations consist of rock that was deposited throughout 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. In such cases, the sites should be listed under the appropriate formation. On the other hand, many formations are for all practical purposes only studied at a single site, usually the type locality.
Africa
Antarctica
Asia
Australia/New Zealand
Europe
North America
| Site
| Country/State
| Age |
| Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
| USA: Nebraska
| Miocene |
| Aquia Formation
| USA: Maryland and Virginia
| Paleocene |
Ash Hollow Formation
- Ashfall Fossil Beds
| USA: Nebraska
| Miocene
- Clarendonian |
| Aucilla River
| USA: Florida
| Pleistocene/Holocene |
| Austin Chalk
| USA: Texas
| Late Cretaceous |
| Bainbridge Formation
| USA: Missouri
| Silurian |
| Bakken Formation
| USA/Canada: Montana, North Dakota and Saskatchewan
| Upper Devonian - Lower Carboniferous (Early Mississippian) |
| Big Sandy Formation
| USA: Arizona
| Miocene |
| Blanco Formation
| USA: Kansas, Texas
| Pliocene/Pleistocene |
| Bone Cabin Quarry
| USA: Wyoming
| Jurassic |
| Bone Valley Formation
| USA: Florida
| Pliocene |
| Bridger Formation
| USA: Wyoming
| Eocene |
| Brule Formation
| USA : South Dakota
| Oligocene |
| Burgess Shale
| Canada: British Columbia
| Cambrian: Albertan |
| Calvert Formation
| USA: Maryland
| Miocene |
| Cedar Mountain Formation
| USA: Colorado and Utah
| Cretaceous |
| Chuckanut Formation
| USA: Washington
| Eocene |
| Clarita Formation
| USA: Oklahoma
| Silurian |
| Clarno Formation
| USA: Oregon
| Eocene |
| Como Bluff
| USA: Wyoming
| Mesozoic |
| Coon Creek Formation
| USA: Tennessee and Mississippi
| Cretaceous: Maastrichtian |
| Delorme Formation
| Canada: Yukon
| Silurian-Devonian |
| Dinosaur Park Formation
| Canada: Alberta
| Cretaceous: Campanian |
| Dinosaur State Park
| USA: Connecticut
| Jurassic |
| Driftwood Canyon Provincial Park
| Canada: British Columbia
| Eocene |
| Drumheller, Badlands
| Canada: Alberta
| Mesozoic |
| Dumugol Formation
| USA:
| |
| Edson Beds
| USA: Kansas
| Pliocene: Blancan |
| Falls of the Ohio
| USA: Indiana
| Devonian |
| Florissant Fossil Beds
| USA: Colorado
| Eocene: Priabonian |
| Fossil Prairie Park
| USA: Iowa
| Devonian |
| Ghost Ranch
| USA: New Mexico
| Triassic |
Glenns Ferry Formation
- Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
| USA: Idaho
| Pliocene/Pleistocene |
| Glen Rose Formation
| USA: Texas
| Cretaceous: Aptian-Albian |
| Gower Formation
| USA: Iowa
| Silurian |
| Gray Fossil Site
| USA: Tennessee
| Miocene |
| Green River Formation
| USA: Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming
| Eocene |
| Gunflint Chert in Gunflint Range
| Canada: western Ontario & USA: Minnesota
| Upper Archaean - Lower Proterozoic |
| Hawthorne Formation
| USA: South Carolina
| Miocene |
| Hell Creek Formation
| USA: Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming
| Cretaceous: Maastrichtian |
| Hornerstown Formation
| USA: New Jersey
| Cretaceous/Paleocene |
| Huerfano Formation
| USA: Colorado
| Eocene |
| Joggins
| Canada: Nova Scotia
| Carboniferous |
| John Day Formation
| USA: Oregon
| Oligocene/Miocene |
| Judith River Formation
| USA: Montana
| Cretaceous: Campanian |
| Kanawha Formation
| USA: West Virginia
| Pennsylvanian |
| Kayenta Formation
| USA: Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah
| Jurassic |
| Keefer Formation
| USA:
| |
| Klondike Mountain Formation
| USA: Washington
| Eocene: Ypresian |
| Krukowski Quarry
| USA:Wisconsin
| Cambrian |
| La Brea Tar Pits
| USA: California
| Pleistocene: Rancholabrean |
| Lance Creek Formation
| USA: North Dakota and Wyoming
| Cretaceous: Maastrichtian |
| Lennep Formation
| USA: Montana
| Cretaceous |
| Linton Formation
| USA: Ohio
| Pennsylvanian |
| Lockatong Formation
| USA: New Jersey
| Triassic |
| Mascall Formation
| USA: Oregon
| Miocene |
| Mattoon Formation
| USA:
| |
| Mazon Creek
| USA: Illinois
| Carboniferous: Pennsylvanian |
| McAbee Fossil Beds
| Canada: British Columbia
| Eocene |
| McKenzie Formation
| USA: West Virginia
| Silurian |
| Melbourne Bone Bed
| USA: Florida
| Pleistocene |
| Medina Formation
|
| Silurian |
| Miguasha National Park
| Canada: Québec
| Devonian: Famennian |
| Mooreville Chalk
| USA: Alabama
| Cretaceous |
| Monterey Formation
| USA: California
| Miocene |
| Morrison Formation
| Canada/USA: Great Plains
| Upper Jurassic |
| Naco Formation
| USA:
| |
| Nanjemoy Formation
| USA: Virginia
| Eocene |
| Navesink Formation
| USA: New Jersey
| Cretaceous |
| Niobrara Formation
| USA: Kansas
| Cretaceous |
| Ogalalla Formation
| USA: Texas and New Mexico
| Miocene/Pliocene |
| Oldman Formation
| Canada: Alberta
| Cretaceous: Campanian |
| Page-Ladson prehistory site
| USA: Florida
| Pleistocene/Holocene |
| Pikeville Formation
| USA:
| |
| Pipe Creek Sinkhole
| USA: Indiana
| Pliocene |
| Pocahontas Formation
| USA: West Virginia
| |
| Pocono Formation
| USA: Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
| Mississippian |
| Price West Formation
| USA: West Virginia
| |
| Puget Group
| USA: Washington
| Upper Eocene |
| Quarry Mountain Formation
| USA: Oklahoma
| Silurian |
| Rattlesnake Formation
| USA: Oregon
| Miocene: Tortonian-Messinian |
| Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite
| USA: Wyoming
| Middle Jurassic |
| Rexroad Formation
| USA: Kansas
| Pliocene |
| Rincón Colorado
| México: Coahuila
| Cretaceous |
| Rosebud Formation
| USA: South Dakota
| Miocene |
| Rose Hill Formation
| USA:
| |
| Sheep Creek Formation
| USA: Nebraska
| Miocene: Upper Hemingfordian? |
| Smoky Hill Chalk
| USA: Nebraska
| Cretaceous |
| St. Clair Limestone
| USA: Arkansas
| Silurian |
| Syracuse Formation
| USA: New York
| Silurian |
| Temblor Formation
| USA: California
| Miocene |
| Texas Red Beds
| USA: Texas
| Permian |
| Thomas Farm
| USA: Florida
| Miocene |
| Traverse Group (Petoskey)
| USA: Michigan
| Devonian |
| Tuscacora Formation
| USA:
| Silurian |
| Two Medicine Formation
| USA: Montana
| Cretaceous: Campanian |
| Wannagan Creek Fossil Site
| USA: North Dakota
| Paleocene |
| Washakie Formation
| USA: Wyoming
| Eocene |
| White River Formation
| USA: Colorado
| Upper Eocene to mid-Oligocene |
| Willwood Formation
| USA: Wyoming
| Paleocene/Eocene |
| Woodbine Formation
| USA: Texas
| Cenomanian |
| Zion National Park
| USA: Utah
| Triassic and Jurassic |
| Zuni Basin
| USA: New Mexico
| Cretaceous |
South America
See also
Footnotes
References
- (1993); Wildlife of Gondwana. Reed. ISBN 0-7301-0315-3
