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This list of fossil sites is a worldwide list of localities known well for the presence of fossils. Some entries in this list are notable for a single, unique find, while others are notable for the large number of fossils found there.
Pages in category "Fossils by country" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. F. Paleontology in ...
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]
The park is known for producing myriad mammal fossils dating from the Pleistocene epoch, including the La Brea Woman. The George C. Page Museum is dedicated to researching the tar pits and displaying specimens from the animals that died there. See List of fossil species in the La Brea Tar Pits. Fort Sill Tar Pits - Located near Fort Sill in SW ...
The site is important for many reasons, including the degree of preservation of ancient land surfaces, the impressive total extent of the palaeolandscape beyond the quarries (over 26 km wide), its huge quantity of well-preserved animal bones, its numerous flint artifacts, and its hominin fossils that are among some of the most ancient found yet in Europe.
New research shows that Homo sapiens traveled from Africa to East Asia and toward Australia up to 86,000 years ago.
A fossil preparator handles fossils found in Petrified Forest National Park at the museum's demonstration lab. Visitors are not allowed to take fossils from the park.
[3] [4] In the mid-1980s, the site quickly became recognized as an important location containing possibly the oldest metazoan fossils in North America, and the most ancient deep-water marine fossils in the world. A five-kilometre stretch of coastline was first established provisionally as a reserve by the provincial government in 1984 and was ...