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.