List of fossil parks
Following is a list of protected areas where fossils are preserved, known as fossil parks or fossil reserves, worldwide by country.
Africa[edit]
Egypt[edit]
Wadi Al-Hitan - Valley of The Whales, Fayyoum, Western Desert
South Africa[edit]
West Coast Fossil Park, Langebaanweg, Western Cape
Tanzania[edit]
Asia[edit]
India[edit]
There are two geological parks maintained by the Geological Survey of India:
- Shivalik Fossil Park, Saketi, H.P.
- Mandla Plant Fossils National Park
Japan[edit]
- Sendai City Tomizawa Site Museum houses a fossilized forest and human artifacts
Thailand[edit]
Australia[edit]
Australia[edit]
Victoria[edit]
Queensland[edit]
South Australia[edit]
- Lake Callabonna Fossil Reserve
- Lake Ngapakaldi to Lake Palankarinna Fossil Area
- Maslin Bay - Aldinga Bay Geological Site[1]
- Naracoorte Caves National Park
- Nilpena Ediacara National Park
- Willalinchina Sandstone Fossil Flora site, near Woomera[2]
North America[edit]
Canada[edit]
- Ancient Echoes Interpretive Centre, Saskatchewan
- Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta
- Driftwood Canyon Provincial Park, British Columbia
- Yoho National Park (Burgess Shale) UNESCO site, British Columbia
- Joggins Fossil Cliffs UNESCO site, Nova Scotia
- McAbee Fossil Beds Heritage Site
- Parc national de Miguasha UNESCO site, Quebec
United States[edit]
Arizona[edit]
Petrified Forest National Park
California[edit]
- La Brea Tar Pits
- Petrified Forest, Calistoga CA
Colorado[edit]
- Dinosaur National Monument, in Northwest Colorado and North-East Utah.
- Dinosaur Ridge
- Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
Connecticut[edit]
Dinosaur State Park and Arboretum
Florida[edit]
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park
Idaho[edit]
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Indiana[edit]
Iowa[edit]
Fossilized leaves are one of many found here.
- Devonian Fossil Gorge at Coralville Lake
Maryland[edit]
Massachusetts[edit]
Michigan[edit]
Rockport Quarry, an abandoned limestone quarry near Alpena open to collecting
Mississippi[edit]
Nebraska[edit]
Nevada[edit]
New Jersey[edit]
New Mexico[edit]
New York
Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Reserve
Ohio[edit]
Oregon[edit]
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
South Dakota[edit]
- The Mammoth Site
- Fossil Cycad National Monument (No longer exists)
Texas[edit]
- Dinosaur Valley State Park
- Ladonia Fossil Park, Ladonia, Texas[5]
- Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Mineral Wells, Texas[6]
Utah[edit]
- Dinosaur National Monument
- Escalante Petrified Forest State Park
- Prehistoric Trackways National Monument
Wyoming[edit]
South America and Central America[edit]
Argentina[edit]
Ischigualasto is located in San Juan province
Bolivia[edit]
Brazil[edit]
Paleorrota Geopark is located in Rio Grande do Sul.
See also[edit]
- Paleontology
- Prehistoric life
- Timeline of geography, paleontology, biology
- Synchrotron X-ray tomographic microscopy
- Fossil Parks of India
- List of fossil sites
References[edit]
- ^ "Maslin Bay - Aldinga Bay Geological Site, Esplanade, Port Willunga, SA, Au". Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ^ "Willalinchina Sandstone Fossil Flora site, Woomera, SA, Australia". Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ^ "Home". fossilcenter.com.
- ^ "Trammel Fossil Park".
- ^ "Ladonia Fossil Park". Archived from the original on 2015-02-16. Retrieved 2015-01-25.
- ^ "Home". mineralwellsfossilpark.com.