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
Queensland
South Australia
- 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
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
Iowa
- Fossil and Prairie Park[3]
Fossilized leaves are one of many found here.
- Devonian Fossil Gorge at Coralville Lake
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Rockport Quarry, an abandoned limestone quarry near Alpena open to collecting
Mississippi
Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Reserve
Ohio
- Hueston Woods State Park
- Trammel Fossil Park, Sharonville, Ohio[4]
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[5]
- Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Mineral Wells, Texas[6]
Utah
- Dinosaur National Monument
- Escalante Petrified Forest State Park
- Prehistoric Trackways National Monument
Wyoming
South America and Central America
Argentina
Ischigualasto is located in San Juan province
Bolivia
Brazil
Paleorrota Geopark is located in Rio Grande do Sul.
See also
- Paleontology the study of fossils
- Fossils
- Prehistoric life
- Timeline of geography, paleontology, biology
- Synchrotron X-ray tomographic microscopy
- Fossil Parks
- Fossil Parks of India
- Geology
- Dinosaurs
- List of zoos
- List of aquaria
- List of botanical gardens
- List of fossil sites (with link directory)
References
- ^ "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.