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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.

[edit] Africa (including Madagascar)

Contents

Site Country/State Age
Afar Depression Ethiopia Pliocene
Ahl al Oughlam Morocco Upper Pliocene
Ameki Formation Nigeria Middle Eocene
Awash River Ethiopia Pliocene
Bahariya Formation Egypt Upper Cretaceous
Clarens Formation South Africa Lower Jurassic
Cradle of Humankind South Africa Pliocene – Pleistocene
Elliot Formation South Africa TriassicJurassic
Erlhaz Formation Niger Lower Cretaceous
Hadar Formation Ethiopia Pliocene
Bouri Formation Ethiopia Pleistocene
Hoedjiespunt South Africa Pleistocene
Jebel Irhoud Morocco Pleistocene
Jebel Qatrani Formation Egypt Eocene – Oligocene
Karoo Supergroup Southern Africa Permian – Lower Jurassic
Klasies River Caves South Africa Pleistocene
Koobi Fora Kenya Pliocene – Pleistocene
Laetoli Tanzania Pliocene – Pleistocene
Lothagam Kenya Miocene – Pliocene
Maevarano Formation Madagascar Upper Cretaceous
Molteno Formation South Africa Upper Triassic
Olduvai Gorge Tanzania Pliocene
Omo Kibish Formation (= Kibish Formation) Ethiopia Pliocene – Pleistocene
Orapa Botswana Upper Cretaceous
Qasr el Sagha Formation Egypt Eocene
Rusinga Island Kenya Miocene
Shungura Formation Ethiopia Pliocene – Lower Pleistocene
Taung South Africa Pliocene
Tegana Formation Morocco Lower Cretaceous
Tendaguru Formation Tanzania Upper Jurassic
Usno Formation Ethiopia Pliocene – Lower Pleistocene

[edit] Antarctica

Site Age
Cross Valley Formation Upper Paleocene
La Meseta Formation Eocene
López de Bertodano Formation Upper Cretaceous – Lower Paleocene (MaastrichtianDanian)
Mount Kirkpatrick Formation Triassic-Middle Jurassic
Santa Marta Formation Upper Cretaceous
Sobral Formation Lower Paleocene (Danian)

[edit] Asia

Site Country/State Age
Balabansai Formation Kazakhstan Upper Jurassic
Barun Goyot Formation Mongolia Upper Cretaceous
Bayan Shireh Formation Mongolia Upper Cretaceous
Baynunah Formation United Arab Emirates Upper Miocene
Bissekty Formation Uzbekistan Cretaceous
Bugti Hills Pakistan Oligocene
Chaomidianzi Formation China Lower Cretaceous
Dabeigou Formation China Cretaceous
Dainichi Formation Japan Upper Pliocene
Daohugou Beds China Jurassic or Cretaceous
Dashanpu Formation China Middle Jurassic
Dashuigou Formation China Lower Cretaceous
Djadochta Formation Mongolia Upper Cretaceous
Eijnhoro Formation China Lower Cretaceous
Es Skhul Israel: Mount Carmel Pliocene
Flaming Cliffs Mongolia Cretaceous
Hakel Lebanon Cretaceous
Huadian Formation China Eocene
Indricotherium Formation Kazakhstan Oligocene
Irdin Manha Formation Mongolia Eocene
Iren Dabasu Formation China Upper Cretaceous
Iwaki Formation Japan Lower Oligocene
Jindong Formation Korea Cretaceous
Jiufotang Formation China Lower Cretaceous
Khukhtek Formation Mongolia Lower Cretaceous
Kerman Iran Jurassic [1][2]
Kishima Group Japan Upper Eocene/Lower Oligocene
Kitadani Formation
  • Kitadani Quarry
Japan Lower Cretaceous
Kızılırmak Formation Evren, Ankara, Turkey Tortonian [3]
Kota Formation India Lower Jurassic
Lake Nojiri
  • Tategahana
Japan Pleistocene
Lameta Formation India Upper Cretaceous
Lang Trang Caves Vietnam Pleistocene
Liang Bua Cave Indonesia: Flores Pleistocene
Lufeng Formation China Jurassic
Maotianshan Shales China Cambrian
Minatogawa Man Japan Neogene
Nagura Formation Japan Middle Miocene
Maleri Formation India Upper Triassic
Minhe Formation China Cretaceous
Nemegt Formation Mongolia Upper Cretaceous
Ngandong Indonesia Pleistocene
Oi Formation Japan Lower Miocene
Qafzeh Israel: Nazareth Pliocene
Sambungmacan Indonesia Pleistocene
Sangiran Indonesia Pleistocene
Shivalik Fossil Park India Pleistocene
Sao Khua Formation Thailand Lower Cretaceous
Shishugou Formation China Upper Jurassic
Tabun Israel Pliocene
Tham Khuyen caves Vietnam Jurassic
Tiaojishan Formation China Middle Jurassic
Trinil Indonesia: Java Pleistocene
Tuchengzi Formation China Lower Cretaceous
Tugulu Group China Lower Cretaceous
Udurchukan Formation Russia Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian?)
Ulansuhai Formation China Lower Cretaceous
Wucaiwan Formation China Middle Jurassic
Xiagou Formation China Cretaceous
Xinminbao Group (Chijinbao, Digou and Zhonggou Formation) China Lower Cretaceous
Xiushan Formation China: Guizhou Lower Silurian (Llandovery)
Yamaga Formation Japan Upper Oligocene
Yixian Formation China Lower Cretaceous
Yuliangze Formation China Upper Cretaceous
Yushima Formation (= Tatsunokuchi Formation) Japan Lower Pliocene
Zaza Formation Russia Lower Cretaceous
Zhongming Formation China Devonian
Zhoukoudian China Pleistocene

[edit] Europe

Site Country/State Age
Aetokremnos Cyprus Holocene (Mesolithic)
Ana Spain Late Cretaceous
Atapuerca Spain Pleistocene
Aust Cliff England Triassic
Batallones Spain Miocene
Bembridge Marls England Oligocene
Borgloon Formation Belgium Oligocene
Buñol Spain Miocene
Calizas de La Huérguina Formation Spain Cretaceous (Barremian)
Crevillente Spain Miocene
Crô-Magnon France Pleistocene
Dmanisi Georgia Pleistocene
Es Pouás Ibiza (Balearic Islands) Pleistocene/Holocene
Fossil Grove Scotland Carboniferous (Serpukhovian)
Fur Formation Denmark Lower Eocene
Gilwern Hill Wales Ordovician
Grès à Reptiles France Jurassic
Guimarota Portugal Late Jurassic
Hampstead Formation England Oligocene
Hunsrück Slates Germany: Bundenbach Devonian
Jurassic Coast England Jurassic
Kattendijk Sands Belgium Pliocene
Kostolac-Viminacium Serbia Pleistocene
La Chapelle-aux-Saints France Pleistocene
La Ferrassie France Pleistocene
La Roma Spain Miocene
Las Hoyas Spain Cretaceous
Liedenas Sandstone Spain Upper Eocene (Priabonian)
Lo Hueco Spain Cretaceous
London Clay England Eocene
Löwenstein Formation Germany Upper Triassic
Lourinhã Formation
- Amoreira-Porto Novo Members
- Sobral Unit
Portugal Late Jurassic
Lyme Regis England: Dorset Jurassic
Maastricht Formation Benelux Cretaceous
Maltravieso Cave Spain Pleistocene
Mauer Germany Pleistocene
Messel Pit Germany Eocene
Monte Bolca Italy Eocene
Murero Spain Cambrian
Neandertal
- Feldhofer grotto
Germany Pleistocene
Oxford Clay England Jurassic
Paris Basin
- Argile Plastique
France Lower Eocene
Pobiti Kamani Bulgaria Mesozoic
Pontnewydd Cave Wales Pleistocene
Quercy Phosphorites France Eocene/Oligocene
Rhynie Chert Scotland Devonian
Riodeva Spain Jurassic/Cretaceous
Sajóvölgyi Formation Hungary Miocene (Serravallian)
Sânpetru Formation Romania Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Santa Ana Cave Spain Pleistocene
Sieblos Dysodil Germany Oligocene
Solnhofen limestone Germany Jurassic
Turritellenplatte Germany: Baden-Württemberg Miocene (mid-Burdigalian)
Valkenburg Formation Belgium Cretaceous
Venta del Moro Spain Miocene
Venta Micena Spain Pliocene
Wessex Formation England Cretaceous

[edit] North America

Site Country/State Age
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument USA: Nebraska Miocene
Aquia Formation USA: Maryland and Virginia Paleocene
Ash Hollow Formation USA: Nebraska Miocene (Clarendonian)
Astoria Formation USA: Oregon Miocene
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)
Beecher's Trilobite Bed USA: New York Ordovician
Bighill Creek Formation Canada Upper Pleistocene
Big Sandy Formation USA: Arizona Miocene
Blanco Formation USA: Kansas, Texas Pliocene/Pleistocene
Bone Cabin Quarry USA: Wyoming Jurassic
Bone Valley Formation USA: Florida  ?Miocene-Pliocene
Bridger Formation USA: Wyoming Eocene
Brule Formation USA : South Dakota Oligocene
Bullion Creek Formation USA: North Dakota[verification needed] Paleocene
Burgess Shale Canada: British Columbia Cambrian (Albertan)
Calvert Formation USA: Maryland Miocene
Cañón del Tule Formation Mexico Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Cedar Mountain Formation USA: Colorado and Utah Cretaceous
Cerro del Pueblo Formation Mexico Cretaceous (Campanian)
Cerro Grande Formation Mexico Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Cerro Huerta Formation Mexico Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian)
Chandler Bridge Formation USA: South Carolina Upper Oligocene (Chattian)
Chazy Formation USA: Vermont Ordovician
Chugwater Formation USA Upper Triassic
Chuckanut Formation USA: Washington Eocene
Cincinnatian Group USA: Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky Late Ordovician
Clarita Formation USA: Oklahoma Silurian
Clarno Formation USA: Oregon Eocene
Cloverly Formation USA: Montana, Wyoming Lower Cretaceous
Coon Creek Formation USA: Tennessee and Mississippi Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Cooper Formation USA: South Carolina Upper Oligocene (Chattian)
Dakota Formation USA: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin Upper Cretaceous
Decorah Shale Upper Midwestern USA, especially Minnesota Ordovician
Delorme Formation Canada: Yukon Silurian-Devonian
Demopolis Chalk Formation USA: Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee Cretaceous
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)
Eutaw Formation USA: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi Cretaceous
Falls of the Ohio USA: Indiana Devonian
Florissant Fossil Beds USA: Colorado Eocene (Priabonian)
Fossil Prairie Park USA: Iowa Devonian
Francis Creek Shale USA: Illinois Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)
Galena Group USA Ordovician
Ghost Ranch USA: New Mexico Triassic
Glenns Ferry Formation 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 Canada: western Ontario & USA: Minnesota (Gunflint Range) Upper Archaean – Lower Proterozoic
Hawthorne Formation USA: South Carolina[verification needed] to Florida 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 Fossil Cliffs 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
Keasey Formation USA: Oregon Upper Eocene/Lower Oligocene[verification needed]
Klondike Mountain Formation USA: Washington Eocene (Ypresian)
Krukowski Quarry USA:Wisconsin Cambrian
La Brea Tar Pits USA: California Pleistocene (Rancholabrean)
Lance Formation (= Lance Creek Formation) USA: North Dakota and Wyoming Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Las Encinas Formation Mexico Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Las Imágenes Formation Mexico Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Lennep Formation USA: Montana Cretaceous
Linton Formation USA: Ohio Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)
Lockatong Formation USA: New Jersey Triassic
Mascall Formation USA: Oregon Miocene
Mattoon Formation USA
McAbee Fossil Beds Canada: British Columbia Eocene
McKenzie Formation USA: West Virginia Silurian
Medina Formation Silurian
Melbourne Bone Bed USA: Florida Pleistocene
Miguasha National Park Canada: Québec Devonian (Famennian)
Mooreville Chalk Formation USA: Alabama and Mississippi 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, Nebraska Cretaceous
Nye Formation USA: Oregon Miocene
Ogalalla Formation USA: Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico Miocene/Pliocene
Oldman Formation Canada: Alberta Cretaceous (Campanian)
Pikeville Formation USA
Pipe Creek Sinkhole USA: Indiana Pliocene
Pittsburg Bluff Formation USA: Oregon Upper Eocene/Lower Oligocene[verification needed]
Platteville Limestone USA Ordovician
Pocahontas Formation USA: West Virginia
Pocono Formation USA: Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia Carboniferous (Mississippian)
Price West Formation USA: West Virginia
Puget Group USA: Washington Upper Eocene
Pungo River Formation
- Lee Creek Mine
USA: North Carolina Miocene
Quarry Mountain Formation USA: Oklahoma Silurian
Rancho Nuevo Formation Mexico Cretaceous – Paleocene (Maastrichtian-Danian)
Rattlesnake Formation USA: Oregon Miocene (Tortonian-Messinian)
Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite USA: Wyoming Middle Jurassic
Rexroad Formation USA: Kansas Pliocene
Rincón Colorado Mexico: Coahuila Cretaceous
Ripley Formation USA: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee Cretaceous
Rosebud Formation USA: South Dakota Miocene
Rose Hill Formation USA
Round Mountain Silt USA: California Middle Miocene (Barstovian)
Rust Formation USA: New York Upper Ordovician San Diego Formation USA: California Middle-Upper Pliocene[verification needed]
Sentinel Butte Formation USA: North Dakota[verification needed] Paleocene[verification needed]
Sheep Creek Formation USA: Nebraska Miocene (Upper Hemingfordian?)
St. Clair Limestone USA: Arkansas Silurian
St. Peter Sandstone USA Ordovician
Syracuse Formation USA: New York Silurian
Sundance Formation USA Upper Jurassic
Temblor Formation USA: California Miocene
Tepetate Formation Mexico Cretaceous – Middle Eocene
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)
Washakie Formation USA: Wyoming Eocene
Wheeler Shale USA: Utah Cambrian
White River Formation USA: Colorado Upper Eocene – mid-Oligocene
Willwood Formation USA: Wyoming Paleocene/Eocene
Woodbine Formation USA: Texas Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
Zion National Park USA: Utah Triassic – Jurassic
Zuni Basin USA: New Mexico Cretaceous

[edit] Oceania

Site [4] State/Territory/region Age
Alcoota Australia: Northern Territory Miocene
Apex Chert Australia: Western Australia (Marble Bar) Archaean eon
Bathans Formation New Zealand: Otago Miocene
Bluff Downs Australia: Queensland Pliocene
Bullock Creek Australia: Northern Territory Miocene
Canowindra-Gooloogong Australia: New South Wales Devonian
Cape Range Australia: Western Australia Miocene
Cuddie Springs Australia: New South Wales Pleistocene
Curio Bay New Zealand: Southland Jurassic
Dinosaur Cove Australia: Victoria Cretaceous
Dinosaur Dreaming Australia: Victoria Cretaceous
Ediacara Hills Australia: South Australia (Flinders Ranges) Ediacaran
Emu Bay Shale Australia: South Australia (Kangaroo Island) Lower Cambrian
Etadunna Formation Australia: South Australia Oligocene/Miocene
Georgina Basin Australia: Northern Territory, Queensland Neoproterozoic – late Paleozoic
Gogo Formation Australia: Western Australia Devonian
Great Otway National Park Australia: Victoria Cretaceous
Greta Siltstone Formation New Zealand Upper Pliocene
Horseshoe Bay Limestone Downs New Zealand: Waikato Cretaceous
Knocklofty Formation Australia: Tasmania Lower Triassic
Lake Callabonna Australia: South Australia Pleistocene
Lake Mungo Australia: New South Wales Pleistocene
Lake Palankarinna Fossil Reserve Australia: South Australia (Tirari Desert) Pliocene
Lancefield Swamp Australia: Victoria Pleistocene
Lightning Ridge Australia: New South Wales Cretaceous
Mammoth Cave Australia: Western Australia Pleistocene?
Mampuwordu Sands Formation Australia: South Australia Pliocene
Murgon Australia: Queensland Eocene
Naracoorte Caves Australia: South Australia Pleistocene
Quanbun Australia: Western Australia Pliocene/Miocene
Riversleigh Australia: Queensland Oligocene/Miocene
Tangahoe Mudstone Formation New Zealand Upper Pliocene
Waipara Formation New Zealand: Canterbury Paleogene
Wianamatta Series Australia: New South Wales (Sydney) Upper Triassic

[edit] South America

Site Country/State Age
Abanico Formation Chile Oligocene (Rupelian)
Acre Conglomerate Brazil Upper Miocene (Huayquerian)
Allen Formation Argentina Upper Cretaceous (CampanianMaastrichtian)
Anacleto Formation Argentina Upper Cretaceous (Campanian)
Andalgala Formation Argentina Miocene/Pliocene
Bajo de la Carpa Formation Argentina Upper Cretaceous (Santonian)
Bahía Inglesa Formation Chile Middle Miocene-Upper Pliocene
Bauru Basin Brazil Cretaceous
Beauvoir Formation Argentina Upper Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous
Camacho Formation Uruguay Miocene
Candeleros Formation Argentina Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
Capadare Formation Venezuela Middle Miocene
Caturrita Formation Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul Upper Triassic (CarnianNorian)
Cerro Bandera Formation Argentina Miocene
Deseado Formation Argentina Oligocene
Ensenada Formation Argentina Pleistocene
Huincul Formation Argentina Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
Ishigualasto Formation Argentina Triassic
Ituzaingó Formation Argentina Upper Miocene (Huayquerian)
Jaguel Formation Argentina Upper Cretaceous/Lower Paleocene (Maastrichtian – Danian)
Lemaire Formation Argentina Upper Jurassic
Leticia Formation Argentina Eocene (Bartonian)
Lecho Formation Argentina Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Lisandro Formation (= Cerro Lisandro Formation) Argentina Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian – Turonian)
Lohan Cura Formation Argentina Lower Cretaceous (AptianAlbian)
Mylodon Cave Chile Pleistocene
Olmedo Formation Argentina Paleocene
Quinriquina Formation Chile Cretaceous
Panguipulli Formation Chile Triassic
Patagonia Molasses Argentina Miocene
Pilauco Bajo Chile Pleistocene
Pinturas Formation Argentina Miocene (BurdigalianLanghian)[verification needed]
Pisco Formation Peru Upper[verification needed] Miocene/Lower Pliocene
Plottier Formation Argentina Upper Cretaceous (Coniacian – ?Santonian)
Portezuelo Formation Argentina Upper Cretaceous (Turonian – Coniacian)
Punta Cactus Formation Argentina Eocene
Rio Colorado Formation Argentina Cretaceous
Roca Formation Argentina Paleocene
San Julian Formation Argentina Eocene/Oligocene
Santa Cruz Formation Argentina Miocene
Santana Formation
  • Crato Member
Brazil Cretaceous
Santa Maria Formation Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul Middle – Upper Triassic (Ladinian-Carnian)
Santo Domingo Formation Chile Miocene
Sloggett Formation (= Bahía Sloggett Formation) Argentina Upper Eocene/Lower Oligocene
Solimões Formation Brazil Upper Miocene/Lower Pliocene[verification needed]
Toca de Boa Vista Caves Brazil Pleistocene
Touro Passo Formation Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul Upper Pleistocene – Holocene
Tralcán Formation Chile Triassic
Tunal Formation Argentina Paleocene
Urumaco Formation Venezuela Miocene
Villavieja Formation Colombia Miocene
Yacoraite Formation Argentina Upper Cretaceous/Lower Paleocene (Maastrichtian – Danian)
Yahgan Formation Argentina Lower Cretaceous

[edit] See also

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Dinosaur Footprints Moulded In Kerman
  2. ^ Iran Daily
  3. ^ "10 milyon yıllık hayvan fosilleri bulundu". ntvmsnbc.com. 2009-10-07. http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/id/25007679/. Retrieved 2009-10-07. 
  4. ^ Australian locations after Vickers-Rich & Rich (1993)

[edit] References

  • Vickers-Rich, Patricia & Rich, Thomas Hewett (1993); Wildlife of Gondwana. Reed. ISBN 0-7301-0315-3



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