List of fossil parks
Following is a list of Fossil Parks worldwide by country:
- This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
Africa
Egypt
Wadi Al-Hitan - Valley of The Whales, Fayyoum, Western Desert
South Africa
West Coast Fossil Park, Langebaanweg, Western Cape
Asia
India
Main article: Fossil Parks of India
There are two geological parks maintained by the Geological Survey of India:
- Shivalik Fossil Park, Saketi, H.P.
- Mandla Plant Fossils National Park
Australia
Australia
Victoria
Queensland
South Australia
- Ediacara Conservation Park
- Lake Callabonna Fossil Reserve
- Lake Ngapakaldi to Lake Palankarinna Fossil Area
- Naracoorte Caves National Park
- Maslin Bay - Aldinga Bay Geological Site[1]
- Willalinchina Sandstone Fossil Flora site[2]
North America
Canada
- 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
Main article: List of AZA member zoos and aquariums
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, http://www.fossilcenter.com/
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Rockport Quarry, an abandoned limestone quarry near Alpena open to collecting
Mississippi
Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
Ohio
- Hueston Woods State Park
- Trammel Fossil Park, Sylvania, Ohio, http://oh-sharonville.civicplus.com/Facilities/Facility/Details/Trammel-Fossil-Park-13
Oregon
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
South Dakota
- Mammoth Site
- Fossil Cycad National Monument (No longer exists)
Texas
- Dinosaur Valley State Park
- Ladonia Fossil Park, Ladonia, Texas, http://ladoniachamber.com/events/ladonia-fossil-park/
- Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Mineral Wells, Texas, http://www.mineralwellsfossilpark.com
Utah
- Dinosaur National Monument
- Escalante Petrified Forest State Park
- Prehistoric Trackways National Monument
Wyoming
South America and Central America
Bolivia
Cal Orcko is located in Sucre (Link to Spanish Wikipedia Site for Cal Orcko)
Brazil
paleorrota is located in Rio Grande do Sul.
Fictional Fossil Parks
- Jurassic Park, (with genetically reconstructed dinosaurs)
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.
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