Liste bedeutender Fossilfundstellen

This is a worldwide list of important and/or well-known localities where fossils have been found. Such locations may either be a geological formation or a single site.

Geological formations consist of rock that was deposited throughout a specific period of time. They usually extend for large areas, and sometimes there are different important sites in which the same formation is exposed. In such cases, the sites should be listed under the appropriate formation. On the other hand, many formations are for all practical purposes only studied at a single site, usually the type locality.

Africa

Site	Country/State	Age
Afar Depression	Ethiopia	Pliocene
Ahl al Oughlam	Morocco	Late Pliocene
Awash River	Ethiopia	Pliocene
Baharija Formation	Egypt	Upper Cretaceous
Clarens Formation	South Africa	Lower Jurassic
Cradle of Humankind - Coopers Cave - Kromdraai - Motsetsi - Plovers Lake - Sterkfontein - Swartkrans and others	South Africa	Pliocene-Pleistocene
Elliot Formation	South Africa	Triassic-Jurassic
Erlhaz Formation	Northern Africa	Lower Cretaceous
Fayum Formation	Egypt	Eocene
Gladysvale Cave	South Africa	Pliocene-Pleistocene
Hadar Formation	Ethiopia	Pliocene
Herto Bouri	Ethiopia	Pliocene
Hoedjiespunt	South Africa	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
Laetoli	Kenya	Pliocene-Pleistocene
Lothagam	Kenya	Miocene
Maevarano Formation	Madagascar	Upper Cretaceous
Olduvai Gorge	Tanzania	Pliocene
Omo Kibush	Ethiopia	Pliocene-Pleistocene
Rusinga Island	Kenya	Miocene
Taung	South Africa	Pliocene
Tegana Formation	Northern Africa	Lower Cretaceous
Tendaguru Formation	Tanzania	Upper Jurassic

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

Site	Country/State	Age
Barun Goyot Formation	Mongolia	Upper Cretaceous
Bayan Shireh Formation	Mongolia	Upper Cretaceous
Bissekty Formation	Uzbekistan	Cretaceous
Bugti Hills	Pakistan	Oligocene
Chaomidianzi Formation	China	Lower Cretaceous
Chengjiang	China	Cambrian
Dabeigou Formation	China	Cretaceous
Daohugou Beds	China	Jurassic or Cretaceous
Dashanpu Formation	China	Middle Jurassic
Dashuigou Formation	China	Lower Cretaceous
Djadochta Formation	Mongolia	Upper Cretaceous
Eijnhoro Formation	China	Lower Cretaceous
Es Skhul	Israel: Mount Carmel	Pliocene
Flaming Cliffs	Mongolia	Cretaceous
Huadian Formation	China	Eocene
Indricotherium Formation	Kazakhstan	Oligocene
Irdin Manha Formation	Mongolia	Eocene
Iren Dabasu Formation	China	Upper Cretaceous
Jindong Formation	Korea	Cretaceous
Jiufotang Formation	China	Lower Cretaceous
Khukhtek Formation	Mongolia	Lower Cretaceous
Kerman	Iran	Jurassic
Kitadani Quarry	Japan	Lower Cretaceous
Kota Formation	India	Lower Jurassic
Lake Nojiri	Japan	Pleistocene
Lameta Formation	India	Upper Cretaceous
Lang Trang Caves	Vietnam	Pleistocene
Liang Bua Cave, Flores	Indonesia	Pleistocene
Lufeng Formation	China	Jurassic
Maleri Formation	India	Upper Triassic
Minhe Formation	China	Cretaceous
Nemegt Formation	Mongolia	Upper Cretaceous
Oi Formation	Japan	Miocene
Qafzeh	Israel: Nazareth	Pliocene
Saketi Fossil Park	India	Pleistocene
Sao Khua Formation	Thailand	Lower Cretaceous
Shishugou Formation	China	Upper Jurassic
Tabun	Israel	Pliocene
Tham Khuyen Caves	Vietnam	Jurassic
Tiaojishan Formation	-	-
Trinil, Java	Indonesia	Pleistocene
Tuchengzi Formation	China	Lower Cretaceous
Tugulu Group	China	Lower Cretaceous
Udurchukan Formation	Russia	Upper Cretaceous: Maastrichtian?
Ulansuhai Formation	China	Lower Cretaceous
Wucaiwan Formation	China	Middle Jurassic
Xiagou Formation	China	Cretaceous
Xinminbao Group	China	Lower Cretaceous
Xiushan Formation	China: Guizhou	Lower Silurian: Llandovery
Yixian Formation	China	Lower Cretaceous
Yuliangze Formation	China	Upper Cretaceous
Zhongming Formation	China	Devonian
Zhoukoudian	China	Pleistocene

Australia/New Zealand

Site	State/Territory/region	Age
Alcoota	Northern Territory	Miocene
Apex chert, Pilbara Craton	Western Australia: Marble Bar	Archaean eon
Bathans Formation	Otago (New Zealand)	Miocene
Bluff Downs	Queensland	Pliocene
Bullock Creek	Northern Territory	Miocene
Cape Range	Western Australia	Miocene
Cuddie Springs	New South Wales	Pleistocene
Dinosaur Cove	Victoria	Cretaceous
Dinosaur Dreaming	Victoria	Cretaceous
Ediacara Hills	South Australia: Flinders Ranges	Ediacaran
Emu Bay shale	South Australia: Kangaroo Island	Lower Cambrian
Etadunna Formation		Oligocene/Miocene
Georgina Basin	Queensland, Northern Territory	Neoproterozoic to the late Paleozoic
Gogo Formation	Western Australia	Devonian
Great Otway National Park	Victoria	Cretaceous
Horseshoe Bay Limestone downs	Waikato (New Zealand)	Cretaceous
Knocklofty Formation	Tasmania	Lower Triassic
Lake Callabonna	South Australia	Pleistocene
Lake Mungo	New South Wales	Pleistocene
Lake Palankarinna Fossil Reserve	South Australia: Tirari Desert	Pliocene
Lancefield Swamp	Victoria	Pleistocene
Lightning Ridge	New South Wales	Cretaceous
Mammoth Cave	Western Australia	Pleistocene?
Mampuwordu Sands Formation	South Australia	Pliocene
Murgon	Queensland	Eocene
Naracoorte Caves	South Australia	Pleistocene
Quanbun	Western Australia	Pliocene/Miocene
Riversleigh	Queensland	Oligocene/Miocene
Wianamatta Series	New South Wales: Sydney	Late Triassic

Europe

Site	Country/State	Age
Aetokremnos	Cyprus	Holocene: Mesolithic
Argile Plastique	France	Lower Eocene
Atapuerca	Spain	Pleistocene
Batallones	Spain	Miocene
Bembridge Marls	England	Oligocene
Borgloon Formation	Belgium	Oligocene
Buñol	Spain	Miocene
Calizas de La Huérguina Formation	Spain	Cretaceous: Barremian
Crevillente	Spain	Miocene
Crô-Magnon	France	Pleistocene
Fur Formation	Denmark	Lower Eocene
Dmanisi	Georgia	Pleistocene
Grès à Reptiles	France	Jurassic
Guimarota	Portugal	Late Jurassic
Hampstead Formation	England	Oligocene
Hunsrück Slates	Germany: Bundenbach	Devonian
Jurassic coast	England	Jurassic
Las Hoyas	Spain	Cretaceous
London Clay	England	Eocene
Lourinhã Formation	Portugal	Late Jurassic
Lyme Regis	England: Dorset	Jurassic
Maastricht Formation	Benelux	Cretaceous
Mauer	Germany	Pleistocene
Messel Pit	Germany	Eocene
Monte Bolca	Italy	Eocene
Murero	Spain	Cambrian
Neandertal - Feldhofer grotto	Germany	Pleistocene
Oxford Clay	England	Jurassic
Paris Basin	France	Eocene
Pobiti Kamani	Bulgaria	Mesozoic
Quercy Phosphorites	France	Eocene/Oligocene
Riodeva	Spain	Tithonian/Berriasian
Roma, La	Spain	Miocene
Sajóvölgyi Formation	Hungary	Miocene: Late Badenian
Sânpetru Formation	Romania	Cretaceous: Maastrichtian
Sieblos Dysodil	Germany	Oligocene
Solnhofen limestone	Germany	Jurassic
Valkenburg Formation	Belgium	Cretaceous
Venta del Moro	Spain	Miocene
Venta Micena	Spain	Pliocene
Wessex Formation	England	Cretaceous

North America

Site	Country/State	Age
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument	USA: Nebraska	Miocene
Aquia Formation	USA: Maryland and Virginia	Paleocene
Ashfall Fossil Beds	USA: Nebraska	Miocene: Clarendonian
Ash Hollow Formation	USA: Nebraska	Miocene?/Pliocene
Aucilla River	USA: Florida	Pleistocene/Holocene
Bakken Formation	USA/Canada: Montana, North Dakota and Saskatchewan	Upper Devonian - Lower Carboniferous (Early Mississippian)
Big Sandy Formation	USA: Arizona	Miocene
Blanco Formation	USA: Kansas, Texas	Pliocene/Pleistocene
Bone Cabin Quarry	USA: Wyoming	Jurassic
Bone Valley Formation	USA: Florida	Pliocene
Bridger Formation	USA: Wyoming	Eocene
Brule Formation	USA : South Dakota	Oligocene
Burgess Shale	Canada: British Columbia	Cambrian: Albertan
Calvert Formation	USA: Maryland	Miocene
Cedar Mountain Formation	USA: Colorado and Utah	Cretaceous
Chuckanut Formation	USA: Washington	Eocene
Clarno Formation	USA: Oregon	Eocene
Como Bluff	USA: Wyoming	Mesozoic
Coon Creek Formation	USA: Tennessee and Mississippi	Cretaceous: Maastrichtian
Dinosaur Park Formation	Canada: Alberta	Cretaceous: Campanian
Dinosaur State Park	USA: Connecticut	Jurassic
Driftwood Canyon Provincial Park	Canada: British Columbia	Eocene
Drumheller, Badlands	Canada: Alberta	Mesozoic
Edson Beds	USA: Kansas	Pliocene: Blancan
Falls of the Ohio	USA: Indiana	Devonian
Florissant Fossil Beds	USA: Colorado	Eocene: Priabonian
Fossil Prairie Park	USA: Iowa	Devonian
Ghost Ranch	USA: New Mexico	Triassic
Glenns Ferry Formation	USA: Idaho	Pliocene/Pleistocene
Glen Rose Formation	USA: Texas	Cretaceous: Aptian-Albian
Gray Fossil Site	USA: Tennessee	Miocene
Green River Formation	USA: Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming	Eocene
Gunflint chert in Gunflint Range	Canada: western Ontario & USA: Minnesota	Upper Archaean - Lower Proterozoic
Hawthorne Formation	USA: South Carolina	Miocene
Hell Creek Formation	USA: Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming	Cretaceous: Maastrichtian
Hornerstown Formation	USA: New Jersey	Cretaceous/Paleocene
Huerfano Formation	USA: Colorado	Eocene
Joggins	Canada: Nova Scotia	Carboniferous
John Day Formation	USA: Oregon	Oligocene/Miocene
Judith River Formation	USA: Montana	Cretaceous: Campanian
Kayenta Formation	USA: Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah	Jurassic
Klondike Mountain Formation	USA: Washington	Eocene: Ypresian
Krukowski Quarry	USA:Wisconsin	Cambrian
La Brea Tar Pits	USA: California	Pleistocene: Rancholabrean
Lance Creek Formation	USA: North Dakota and Wyoming	Cretaceous: Maastrichtian
Lennep Formation	USA: Montana	Cretaceous
Linton Formation	USA: Ohio	Pennsylvanian
Lockatong Formation	USA: New Jersey	Triassic
Mascall Formation	USA: Oregon	Miocene
Mazon Creek	USA: Illinois	Carboniferous: Pennsylvanian
McAbee Fossil Beds	Canada: British Columbia	Eocene
Melbourne Bone Bed	USA: Florida	Pleistocene
Miguasha National Park	Canada: Québec	Devonian: Famennian
Mooreville Chalk	USA: Alabama	Cretaceous
Monterey Formation	USA: California	Miocene
Morrison Formation	Canada/USA: Great Plains	Upper Jurassic
Nanjemoy Formation	USA: Virginia	Eocene
Navesink Formation	USA: New Jersey	Cretaceous
Niobrara Formation	USA: Colorado	Cretaceous
Ogalalla Formation	USA: Texas and New Mexico	Miocene/Pliocene
Oldman Formation	Canada: Alberta	Cretaceous: Campanian
Page-Ladson prehistory site	USA: Florida	Pleistocene/Holocene
Pipe Creek Sinkhole	USA: Indiana	Pliocene
Puget Group	USA: Washington	Upper Eocene
Rattlesnake Formation	USA: Oregon	Miocene: Tortonian-Messinian
Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite	USA: Wyoming	Middle Jurassic
Rexroad Formation	USA: Kansas	Pliocene
Rincón Colorado	México: Coahuila	Cretaceous
Rosebud Formation	USA: South Dakota	Miocene
Sheep Creek Formation	USA: Nebraska	Miocene: Upper Hemingfordian?
Smoky Hill Chalk	USA: Nebraska	Cretaceous
Temblor Formation	USA: California	Miocene
Texas Red Beds	USA: Texas	Permian
Thomas Farm	USA: Florida	Miocene
Traverse Group (Petoskey)	USA: Michigan	Devonian
Two Medicine Formation	USA: Montana	Cretaceous: Campanian
Wannagan Creek Fossil Site	USA: North Dakota	Paleocene
Washakie Formation	USA: Wyoming	Eocene
White River Formation	USA: Colorado	Upper Eocene to mid-Oligocene
Willwood Formation	USA: Wyoming	Paleocene/Eocene
Zion National Park	USA: Utah	Miocene
Zuni Basin	USA: New Mexico	Cretaceous

South America

Site	Country/State	Age
Abanico Formation - Tinguiririca	Chile	Oligocene: Rupelian
Allen Formation	Argentina	Upper Cretaceous: Campanian-Maastrichtian
Anacleto Formation	Argentina	Upper Cretaceous: Campanian
Andalgala Formation	Argentina	Miocene/Pliocene
Bajo de la Carpa Formation	Argentina	Upper Cretaceous: Santonian
Camacho Formation	Uruguay	Miocene
Candeleros Formation	Argentina	Upper Cretaceous: Cenomanian
Caturrita Formation - Paleorrota	Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul	Triassic: Carnian
Cerro Bandera Formation	Argentina	Miocene
Deseado Formation	Argentina	Oligocene
Ensenada Formation	Argentina	Pleistocene
Huincul Formation	Argentina	Upper Cretaceous: Cenomanian
Ishigualasto Formation	Argentina	Triassic
Ituzaingó Formation	Argentina	Miocene
Jaguel Formation	Argentina	Upper Cretaceous/Lower Paleocene: Maastrichtian-Danian
Leticia Formation	Argentina	Eocene: Bartonian
Lecho Formation	Argentina	Upper Cretaceous: Maastrichtian
Lisandro Formation	Argentina	Upper Cretaceous: Cenomanian-Turonian
Lohan Cura Formation	Argentina	Lower Cretaceous: Aptian-Albian
Mylodon Cave	Chile	Pleistocene
Quinriquina Formation	Chile	Cretaceous
Patagonia Molasses	Argentina	Miocene
Pinturas Formation	Argentina	Miocene: Burdigalian/LanghianVorlage:Verify source
Plottier Formation	Argentina	Upper Cretaceous: Coniacian
Portezuelo Formation	Argentina	Upper Cretaceous: Turonian-Coniacian
Rio Colorado Formation - Auca Mahuevo	Argentina	Cretaceous
Roca Formation	Argentina	Paleocene
San Julian Formation	Argentina	Eocene/Oligocene
Santa Cruz Formation	Argentina	Miocene
Santana Formation	Brazil	Cretaceous
Santa Maria Formation - Paleorrota	Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul	Triassic: Ladinian-Carnian
Toca de Boa Vista Caves	Brazil	Pleistocene
Urumaco Formation - Urumaco	Venezuela	Miocene
Villavieja Formation - La Venta	Colombia	Miocene

See also

• Fossil parks
• Fossil collecting
• List of fossil parks around the world
• List of fossil parks in India
• List of human fossils
• List of notable fossils
• Mary Anning
• Paleobiology
• Paleontology
• Rockhounding

References

• Vorlage:Aut (1993); Wildlife of Gondwana. Reed. ISBN 0-7301-0315-3