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
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.