Liste bedeutender Fossilfundstellen
List of fossil sites:
Africa
| Africa | ||
|---|---|---|
| Site | Country/State | Age |
| Afar Depression | Ethiopia | Pliocene |
| Ahl al Oughlam | Morocco | Late Pliocene |
| Awash River | Ethiopia | Pliocene |
| Baharija Formation | Egypt | Upper Cretaceous |
| Coopers Cave | South Africa | Pliocene-Pleistocene |
| Clarens Formation | South Africa | Lower Jurassic |
| Elliot Formation | South Africa | Triassic-Jurassic |
| Erlhaz Formation | Northern Africa | Lower Cretaceous |
| Fayum Formation | Egypt | Eocene |
| Gladysvale Cave | South Africa | Pliocene-Pleistocene |
| Herto Bouri | Ethiopia | Pliocene |
| Hoedjiespunt | South Africa | Pleistocene |
| Kromdraai | South Africa | Plio-Pleistocene |
| Jebel Irhoud | Morocco | Pliocene |
| Jebel Qatrani Formation, | Egypt | Oligocene |
| Karoo Supergroup | Southern Africa | Permian-Triassic |
| Klasies River Caves | South Africa | Pleistocene |
| Koobi Fora | Kenya | Pliocene-Pleistocene |
| Lothagam | Kenya | Miocene |
| Maevarano Formation | Madagascar | Upper Cretaceous |
| Motsetsi | South Africa | Pleistocene |
| Olduvai Gorge | Tanzania | Pliocene |
| Plovers Lake | South Africa | Pleistocene |
| Omo Kibush | Ethiopia | Pliocene-Pleistocene |
| Rusinga Island | Kenya | Miocene |
| Sterkfontein | South Africa | Pliocene-Pleistocene |
| Taung | South Africa | Pliocene |
| Tegana Formation | Northern Africa | Lower Cretaceous |
| Tendaguru Formation | Tanzania | Upper Jurassic |
Antarctica
| Antarctica | |
|---|---|
| Site | Age |
| López de Bertodano Formation | Cretaceous |
| Mount Kirkpatrick Formation | Triassic-Middle Jurassic |
| Santa Marta Formation | Upper Cretaceous |
| Seymour Island | Eocene |
| Vega Island | Cretaceous-Paleocene |
Asia
Australia
Europe
New Zealand
| New Zealand | ||
|---|---|---|
| Site | State/region | Age |
| Horseshoe Bay Limestone downs | Waikato | Cretaceous |
North America
South America
References
See also
- Australopithecus afarensis, also known as "Lucy" (East Africa)
- Biology
- Cradle of Humankind, archaeological site in South Africa
- "Cro-Magnon Man" -- 1st prehistoric Homo sapiens identified (in France)
- Dinosaurs
- Elvis taxon
- Fossils
- Fossil fuels
- Fossil parks
- Fossil parks in India
- Fossils and the geological timescale
- Fossil collecting
- Geology
- History of paleontology
- Homo floresiensis, the "Hobbit" of Flores, Indonesia
- "Java Man" -- 1st discovery of an "ape man" now called Homo erectus (Indonesia)
- Laetoli footprints of Australopithecus
- Lazarus taxon
- List of fossil parks around the world
- List of human time periods
- List of important publications in paleontology/biology
- List of human fossils
- List of notable fossils of prehistoric life, from Precambrian to Neogene period
- List of transitional fossils
- "Lucy" skeleton -- 1st complete Australopithecus skeleton (found in South Africa)
- Mary Anning -- a 19th-century paleontologist
- "Neanderthal Man" (a.k.a. Homo neanderthalensis) -- 1st identification of a prehistoric "cave man" (in Germany)
- Paleobiology
- "Peking Man" -- 2nd major discovery of an "ape man" now known as Homo erectus (China)
- Prehistoric life
- Paleontology (the study of fossils)
- Rockhounding
- Synchrotron X-ray tomographic microscopy
- "Taung child" (a.k.a. Australopithecus africanus) -- 1st Australopithecine discovered
- Timeline of paleontology
- ↑ http://www.payvand.com/news/05/jan/1067.html
- ↑ http://irandaily.ir/1383/2185/html/art.htm
- ↑ Patricia Vickers-Rich and Thomas Hewett Rich 1993,Wildlife of Gondwana, ISBN 0-7301-0315-3 Reed.