- Source: 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
= Egypt
=Wadi Al-Hitan - Valley of The Whales, Fayyoum, Western Desert
= South Africa
=West Coast Fossil Park, Langebaanweg, Western Cape
= Tanzania
=Asia
= India
=There are two geological parks maintained by the Geological Survey of India:
Shivalik Fossil Park, Saketi, H.P.
Mandla Plant Fossils National Park
= Japan
=Sendai City Tomizawa Site Museum houses a fossilized forest and human artifacts
= Thailand
=Australia
= Australia
=Victoria
Dinosaur Dreaming
Dinosaur Cove
Queensland
Riversleigh
South Australia
Lake Callabonna Fossil Reserve
Lake Ngapakaldi to Lake Palankarinna Fossil Area
Maslin Bay - Aldinga Bay Geological Site
Naracoorte Caves National Park
Nilpena Ediacara National Park
Willalinchina Sandstone Fossil Flora site, near Woomera
North America
= Canada
=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
=Arizona
Petrified Forest National Park
California
La Brea Tar Pits
Petrified Forest, Calistoga CA
Colorado
Dinosaur National Monument, in Northwest Colorado and North-East Utah.
Dinosaur Ridge
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
Connecticut
Dinosaur State Park and Arboretum
Florida
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park
Idaho
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Indiana
Falls of the Ohio State Park
Iowa
Fossil and Prairie Park
Fossilized leaves are one of many found here.
Devonian Fossil Gorge at Coralville Lake
Maryland
Dinosaur Park
Massachusetts
Dinosaur Footprints
Michigan
Rockport Quarry, an abandoned limestone quarry near Alpena open to collecting
Mississippi
Mississippi Petrified Forest
Nebraska
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
Ashfall State Historical Park
Nevada
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument
New Jersey
Poricy Park
New Mexico
Clayton Lake State Park
Prehistoric Trackways National Monument
New York
Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Reserve
Ohio
Hueston Woods State Park
Trammel Fossil Park, Sharonville, Ohio
Oregon
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
South Dakota
The Mammoth Site
Fossil Cycad National Monument (No longer exists)
Texas
Dinosaur Valley State Park
Ladonia Fossil Park, Ladonia, Texas
Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Mineral Wells, Texas
Utah
Dinosaur National Monument
Escalante Petrified Forest State Park
Prehistoric Trackways National Monument
Wyoming
Fossil Butte National Monument
Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite
Yellowstone National Park
South America and Central America
= Argentina
=Ischigualasto is located in San Juan province
= Bolivia
=Cal Orcko in Sucre
= Brazil
=Paleorrota Geopark is located in Rio Grande do Sul.
See also
Paleontology
Prehistoric life
Timeline of geography, paleontology, biology
Synchrotron X-ray tomographic microscopy
Fossil Parks of India
List of fossil sites
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Arkea
- Penguin
- Rumpun suku bangsa Austronesia
- Lipur tikai
- Platipus
- Daftar Situs Warisan Dunia di Amerika
- Daftar wilayah dalam Sistem Taman Nasional Amerika Serikat
- Keanekaragaman hayati
- Harimau tasmania
- Oregon
- List of fossil parks
- List of fossil sites
- Fossil parks in India
- Naracoorte Caves National Park
- Fossil
- List of human evolution fossils
- List of U.S. state fossils
- List of national parks of the United States
- Fossil collecting
- 2018 in arthropod paleontology
