Site Group, Formation, or Unit Age Continent Country Noteworthiness Afar Depression Pliocene Africa Ethiopia Buia, Danakil Depression Pleistocene Africa Eritrea Hominin Ahl al Oughlam Late Pliocene Africa Morocco Ameki Formation Middle Eocene Africa Nigeria Awash River Pliocene Africa Ethiopia Hominin Cradle of Humankind Pliocene – Pleistocene Africa South Africa Hominin Hoedjiespunt Pleistocene Africa South Africa Hominin Hofmeyr Pleistocene Africa South Africa Hominin Alnif Cambrian – Late Permian Africa Morocco Trilobites Jebel Irhoud Pleistocene Africa Morocco Hominin Jebel Qatrani Formation Eocene – Oligocene Africa Egypt Mammals, birds Golden Gate Highlands National Park Karoo Supergroup Permian – Early Jurassic Africa Southern Africa Gats River Fossil Bed Karoo Supergroup Permian Africa South Africa Therapsida Klasies River Caves Pleistocene (Middle Stone Age ) Africa South Africa Hominin : Early Humans Koobi Fora Pliocene – Pleistocene Africa Kenya Hominin , stone tools Koro Toro Pliocene Africa Chad Hominin Laetoli Pliocene – Pleistocene Africa Tanzania Hominin footprints Ledi-Geraru Pliocene (Piacenzian ) Africa Ethiopia Hominin : LD 350-1 , oldest fossil in genus Homo [ 1] Lothagam Miocene – Pliocene Africa Kenya Hominin and other mammals Berivotra Maevarano Formation Late Cretaceous Africa Madagascar Dinosaurs (Non-Avian), Crocodylomorphs Kem Kem Beds Late Cretaceous Africa Morocco Non-Avian Dinosaurs , Crocodylomorphs, etc. Kamabai rock shelter Pleistocene Africa Sierra Leone Hominin tools Olduvai Gorge Pliocene Africa Tanzania Hominin Omo Kibish Omo Kibish Formation (= Kibish Formation) Pliocene – Pleistocene Africa Ethiopia Hominin : australopithecine remains and stone tools Orapa diamond mine Late Cretaceous Africa Botswana Flowering Plants, Insects Qasr el Sagha Formation Eocene Africa Egypt Rusinga Island Miocene Africa Kenya Hominin , mammals Shungura Formation Pliocene – Early Pleistocene Africa Ethiopia Hominin tools Taung Pliocene Africa South Africa Hominin Tendaguru Formation Late Jurassic Africa Tanzania Non-Avian Dinosaurs , etc. West Coast Fossil Park Terminal Miocene /Early Pliocene Africa South Africa Yengema Neolithic Africa Sierra Leone Hominin tools Seymour Island Cross Valley Formation Late Paleocene Antarctica Seymour Island [ Note 2] La Meseta Formation Eocene Antarctica Birds, particularly penguins Seymour Island López de Bertodano Formation Late Cretaceous – Early Paleocene (Maastrichtian – Danian ) Antarctica Non- Avian Dinosaurs , Birds Seymour Island [ Note 2] Sobral Formation Paleocene (Danian) Antarctica Vega Island López de Bertodano Formation Late Cretaceous – Early Paleocene (Maastrichtian – Danian) Antarctica Non-Avian Dinosaurs , Birds Longing Peninsula Nordenskjöld Formation Jurassic Antarctica Mount Kirkpatrick Hanson Formation Early Jurassic Antarctica Ross dependency Dinosaurs , prosauropods , trees| James Ross Island Late Cretaceous Antarctica Dinosaurs Mount Falla Falla Formation Triassic Antarctica Fremouw Peak Fremouw Formation Triassic Antarctica Ross Dependency Cumulus Hills Thrinaxodon Col Triassic Antarctica Ross Dependency Aguja Formation Late Cretaceous North America US: Texas and Mexico: Chihuahua , Coahuila Ashfall Fossil Beds Ash Hollow Formation (Ogallala Group ) Miocene (Clarendonian) North America US: Nebraska Mammals [ Note 1] Astoria, Oregon Astoria Formation Miocene North America US: Oregon Cutler Fossil Site Sinkhole in Miami Limestone late Pleistocene North America US: Florida humans and vertebrates Page-Ladson site Sinkhole in Suwannee Limestone Pleistocene /Holocene North America US: Florida Hominin , human/mastodon coexistence White Rock Creek (Dallas, Texas) Austin Chalk Late Cretaceous North America US: Texas Travis County, Texas Austin Chalk Late Cretaceous North America US: Texas Beecher's Trilobite Bed Frankfort Formation Ordovician North America US: New York Trilobites [ Note 1] Mount Blanco [ Note 2] Blanco Formation Pliocene /Pleistocene North America US: Kansas , Texas Blancan fauna Blue Beach Tournaisian North America Canada: Nova Scotia [ Note 1] Little Bob Quarry, Bobcaygeon , Ontario Bobcaygeon Formation Ordovician North America Canada: Ontario Bone Cabin Quarry Morrison Formation Jurassic North America US: Wyoming Non-Avian Dinosaurs Brule Formation Oligocene North America US: South Dakota Mammals, sunfish, cat fish Kootenay National Park [ Note 2] Burgess Shale Cambrian (Albertan) North America Canada: British Columbia [ Note 1] Calvert Cliffs State Park [ Note 2] Calvert Formation Miocene North America US: Maryland Middle Miocene Climate Transition and Middle Miocene disruption Goodsell Ridge, Isle La Motte (Lake Champlain ) [ Note 2] Chazy Formation Ordovician North America US: Vermont Early Reef: bryozoa , corals , stromatoporoids Chuckanut Drive, south of Bellingham, Washington Chuckanut Formation Eocene North America US: Washington state Fossil trackways from birds, mammals and turtles Como Bluff Cloverly Formation Early Cretaceous North America US: Montana , Wyoming Non-Avian Dinosaurs , some mammals, turtles, crocodilians, and fish Coon Creek [ Note 2] Coon Creek Formation Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) North America US: Tennessee and Mississippi Marine reptiles, particularly mosasaurs and plesiosaurs Invertebrates: Turritella (sea snails), bryozoans , clams, crabs, shrimp and some sharks Denali National Park and Preserve [ Note 3] Cantwell Formation Late Cretaceous North America US: Alaska Non-Avian Dinosaur tracks , [ 2] plants, insects Dinosaur Provincial Park [ Note 2] Dinosaur Park Formation Cretaceous (Campanian) North America Canada: Alberta Non- Avian Dinosaurs Dinosaur State Park Jurassic North America US: Connecticut Dinosaur tracks Driftwood Canyon Provincial Park Eocene North America Canada: British Columbia Insects and fish Drumheller , Badlands Mesozoic North America Canada: Alberta Ellisdale Fossil Site [ Note 3] Marshalltown Formation Cretaceous (Campanian) North America US: New Jersey [ Note 1] Ochillee Creek at Old Ochillee [ Note 2] Eutaw Formation Cretaceous North America US: Alabama , Georgia , Mississippi Dinosaur , mosasaur , and pterosaur Falls of the Ohio [ Note 3] Jefferson Limestone Devonian North America US: Indiana Corals (Tabulate coral and Rugosa ) Florissant Fossil Beds Florissant Formation Eocene (Priabonian) North America US: Colorado Insects Fossil Prairie Park Devonian North America US: Iowa Mazon Creek Francis Creek Shale Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian ) North America US: Illinois [ Note 1] Ghost Ranch Triassic North America US: New Mexico Non-Avian Dinosaurs [ Note 1] Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument Glenns Ferry Formation Pliocene /Pleistocene North America US: Idaho Hagerman horse ('American Zebra'), Camelops Dinosaur Valley State Park [ Note 2] Glen Rose Formation Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) North America US: Texas Dinosaur footprints Gray Fossil Site Pliocene North America US: Tennessee Mammals Fossil Butte National Monument [ Note 3] Green River Formation Eocene North America US: Utah , Colorado , and Wyoming Fishes [ Note 1] Schreiber, Ontario [ Note 2] Gunflint Chert Late Archaean – Early Proterozoic North America Canada: western Ontario & US: Minnesota (Gunflint Range) Stromatolite colonies of cyanobacteria Hilda mega-bonebed [ Note 3] Dinosaur Park Formation Cretaceous (Maastrichtian ) North America Canada: Alberta Dinosaurs Joggins Fossil Cliffs Carboniferous North America Canada: Nova Scotia [ Note 1] John Day Fossil Beds National Monument John Day Formation Eocene – Miocene North America US: Oregon Mammals: dogs, cats, oreodonts, saber-toothed cats, horses, camels, and rodents
* Jurassic National Monument in the San Rafael Swell Morrison Formation Jurassic North America US: Utah Non- Avian Dinosaurs and other vertebrates Clarno Unit, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument Clarno Formation Eocene North America US: Oregon Plants: tropical and subtropical nuts, fruits, roots, branches, and seeds Zion National Park Capitol Reef National Park Canyonlands National Park Kayenta Formation (Glen Canyon Group ) Jurassic North America US: Arizona , Colorado , Nevada , and Utah Non- Avian Dinosaurs and other vertebrates Kishenehn Kishenehn Formation Mid-Eocene North America US: Montana Insects Klondike Mountain near Republic, Washington [ Note 2] Klondike Mountain Formation Eocene (Ypresian) North America US: Washington Plants and Insects [ Note 1] Krukowski Quarry Cambrian North America US: Wisconsin La Brea Tar Pits Pleistocene (Rancholabrean) North America US: California [ Note 1] Hadrosaurus Foulkii Leidy Site Woodbury Formation Cretaceous North America US: New Jersey Dinosaurs : Hadrosaurus Franceville basin Francevillian B Formation Palaeoproterozoic Africa Gabon Possible earliest evidence for multicellularity in fossil record, known for Francevillian Biota The Mammoth Site Pleistocene : Rancholabrean North America US: South Dakota [ Note 1] Manchester Quarry Triassic North America US: Connecticut Manuels River Cambrian North America Canada: Newfoundland Trilobites McAbee Fossil Beds Eocene North America Canada: British Columbia [ Note 1] Plants, insects, and fish Melbourne Bone Bed Pleistocene North America US: Florida Megafauna , Hominin (the "Melbourne Man") Miguasha National Park Devonian (Famennian) North America Canada: Québec [ Note 1] Mistaken Point Mistaken Point Formation Ediacaran North America Canada Ediacara biota (early multicellular life) Como Bluff Morrison Formation Late Jurassic North America Canada/United States (Great Plains) Edson Quarry Ogallala Formation Miocene /Pliocene North America US: Kansas Ogallala Formation Miocene /Pliocene North America US: Texas Champlain Bridge (Ottawa) , Quebec side Pamelia Formation Late Ordovician North America Canada: Quebec , Gatineau, Aylmer Pipe Creek Sinkhole Pliocene North America US: Indiana Minnehaha Park Platteville Limestone Ordovician North America US: Minnesota Minneapolis–Saint Paul (Mississippi River bluffs) Platteville Limestone Ordovician North America US: Minnesota Burgoon Run in Blair County, Pennsylvania [ Note 2] [ citation needed ] Pocono Formation Carboniferous (Mississippian) North America US: Maryland , Pennsylvania , West Virginia Lee Creek Mine Pungo River Formation Miocene North America US: North Carolina Purgatoire River track site Late Jurassic North America US: Colorado Dinosaurs : Footprints John Day Fossil Beds National Monument Rattlesnake Formation Miocene (Tortonian-Messinian) North America US: Oregon Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite Sundance Formation Middle Jurassic North America US: Wyoming Dinosaurs : Footprints Rincón Colorado Cretaceous North America Mexico: Coahuila Walcott-Rust quarry Rust Formation Late Ordovician North America US: New York [ Note 1] Schoonmaker Reef and Soldiers' Home Reef Silurian North America US: Wisconsin Reefs (the first discovered in North America) Como Bluff Sundance Formation Late Jurassic North America US: Wyoming Path 15 bone bed, San Joaquin Valley Temblor Formation Oligocene - Miocene North America California Tepetate Formation Cretaceous – Middle Eocene North America Mexico Wichita Falls [ Note 2] Texas Red Beds Permian North America US: Texas Tetrapods Thomas Farm Site Miocene North America US: Florida Wannagan Creek site , Theodore Roosevelt National Park Tongue River Formation (= Bullion Creek Fm.) Paleocene : Tiffanian North America US: North Dakota Mammals , reptiles, birds Egg Mountain site [ Note 3] Two Medicine Formation Cretaceous (Campanian) North America US: Montana Dinosaurs , particularly eggs and young Wheeler Amphitheater in Millard County, Utah [ Note 2] Wheeler Shale Cambrian North America US: Utah Trilobites [ Note 1] Woodbine Formation Cretaceous (Cenomanian) North America US: Texas Dinosaurs and crocodilians Ziegler Reservoir fossil site ('Snowmastodon Site') Pleistocene (Illinoian (stage) ) North America US: Colorado Mastodon and other ice age vertebrates Zion National Park Navajo Sandstone Triassic – Jurassic North America US: Utah ? Agate Fossil Beds National Monument Arikaree Group Gering Formation Monroe Creek formation Harrison Formation Miocene North America US: Nebraska Potomac River Aquia Formation Paleocene North America US: Maryland and Virginia Arkona Shale Devonian North America Canada: Ontario Waco Mammoth National Monument Pleistocene North America US: Texas Tanis Hell Creek Formation End of Cretaceous /start of Cenozoic (65.76 Ma ± 0.15 Mya) North America United States Apparent Lagerstätte and killing field capturing the first minutes and hours after the Chicxulub impactor and initiation of the KPg extinction event Anjar Formation Maastrichtian Asia India Dinosaur eggs Balabansai Formation Late Jurassic Asia Kazakhstan Dinosaurs Barun Goyot Formation Late Cretaceous Asia Mongolia Dinosaurs , birds and mammals Bayan Shireh Formation Late Cretaceous Asia Mongolia Baynunah Formation Late Miocene Asia United Arab Emirates Bes-Konak Oligocene to Pliocene Asia Turkey Insects , Pliocene Plants Bissekty Formation Cretaceous Asia Uzbekistan Bostobynskaya Formation (= Bostobe Formation) Late Cretaceous (Turonian–Campanian) Asia Kazakhstan Dinosaurs Bugti Hills Oligocene Asia Pakistan Mammals (Haplorhini ) Chaomidianzi Formation Early Cretaceous (Barremian-Aptian) Asia China Dabeigou Formation Cretaceous Asia China Rizal, Kalinga Pleistocene Asia Philippines Hominin Callao Cave , Cagayan Valley Pleistocene Asia Philippines Hominin Denisova Cave Asia Russia Hominin Tabon Cave , Palawan Pleistocene Asia Philippines Hominin Dainichi Formation Late Pliocene Asia Japan Shaximiao Formation Middle Jurassic Asia China Dinosaurs Dashuigou Formation Early Cretaceous Asia China Dinosaurs Flaming Cliffs [ Note 2] Djadochta Formation Late Cretaceous Asia Mongolia Dinosaurs , eggs Dumugol Formation Early Ordovician Asia Korea Ejinhoro Formation Early Cretaceous Asia China Dinosaurs Es Skhul Pliocene Asia Israel: Mount Carmel Hominin Fangou Formation Paleocene Asia China Sannine Formation Cretaceous Asia Lebanon Huadian Formation Eocene Asia China Indricotherium Formation Oligocene Asia Kazakhstan Irdin Manha Formation Eocene Asia Mongolia Iren Dabasu Formation Late Cretaceous Asia China Dinosaurs Iwaki Formation Early Oligocene Asia Japan Jindong Formation Cretaceous Asia Korea Jiufotang Formation Early Cretaceous Asia China Feathered dinosaurs , birds, pterosaurs Kampong Trach cave Miocene Asia Cambodia Khukhtek Formation Early Cretaceous Asia Mongolia Dinosaurs Balasinor (Raiyoli) Asia India Dinosaurs Deh-e Alireza , Kerman (fa ) Jurassic Asia Iran Dinosaur footprints , fish Kishima Group Daimyoji Formation Funazu Formation Itanoura Formation Kakinoura Formation Kishima Formation Magome Formation Matsushima Formation Okinoshima Formation Oshima Formation Late Eocene/Early Oligocene Asia Japan Kitadani Quarry Kitadani Formation Early Cretaceous Asia Japan Kızılırmak Formation [ 3] Tortonian Asia Turkey: Evren , Ankara Kota Formation Early Jurassic Asia India Tategahana, Lake Nojiri Pleistocene (Paleolithic ) Asia Japan Paleolithic artifacts Lameta Formation Late Cretaceous Asia India Lang Trang Caves Pleistocene Asia Vietnam Liang Bua Cave Pleistocene Asia Indonesia : Flores Hominin Lufeng Formation Jurassic Asia China Luoping [ 4] Middle Triassic Asia China: Yunnan Very numerous fossils of diverse marine ecosystem Chengjiang County Maotianshan Shales Cambrian Asia China [ Note 1] Li Mae Long Miocene Asia Thailand Mammals Minatogawa Limestone Quarry Neogene Asia Japan Hominin Nagura Formation Middle Miocene Asia Japan Mandla Plant Fossils National Park Late Jurassic -Paleogene Asia India plants Maleri Formation (Upper and Lower ) Late Triassic Asia India Minhe Formation Late Cretaceous Asia China Dinosaurs Nemegt Formation Late Cretaceous Asia Mongolia Dinosaur fossil, Riverine animals: fish, turtles, crocodilians, birds Ngandong (Bengawan Solo River ) Pleistocene Asia Indonesia : Java Hominin : Solo Man Oi Formation Early Miocene Asia Japan Qafzeh cave Pliocene Asia Israel: Nazareth Hominin Sambungmacan Pleistocene Asia Indonesia Sangiran Pleistocene Asia Indonesia Hominin Shivalik Fossil Park Siwaliks formations Pleistocene Asia India Sao Khua Formation Early Cretaceous Asia Thailand Dinosaurs Shishugou Formation Late Jurassic Asia China Dinosaurs Tabun Cave Pliocene Asia Israel: Mount Carmel Hominin Tham Khuyen cave Jurassic Asia Vietnam Tiaojishan Formation Middle Jurassic Asia China Plants , with dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and insects Trinil Pleistocene Asia Indonesia : Java Hominin , "Java Man " Tuchengzi Formation Jurassic - Early Cretaceous Asia China Tugulu Group Early Cretaceous Asia China Udurchukan Formation Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian?) Asia Russia Dinosaurs Uhangri Formation Late Cretaceous Asia Korea Pterosaur tracks Wucaiwan member , Shishugou Formation Middle Jurassic Asia China Dinosaurs Xiagou Formation Cretaceous Asia China Xinminbao Group Chijinbao Formation Digou Formation Zhonggou Formation Early Cretaceous Asia China Xiushan Formation Early Silurian (Llandovery) Asia China: Guizhou Yamaga Formation Late Oligocene Asia Japan Yixian Formation Early Cretaceous Asia China [ Note 1] Jehol Biota , See also: Paleobiota of the Yixian Formation Yuliangze Formation Late Cretaceous Asia China Dinosaurs and other vertebrates Yushima Formation (= Tatsunokuchi Formation) Early Pliocene Asia Japan Baissa Zaza Formation Early Cretaceous Asia Russia Insects: Pterygota Zhongming Formation Devonian Asia China Zhoukoudian Pleistocene Asia China Hominin , "Peking Man " Shanwang National Geological Park Shanwang Formation Miocene Asia China: Shandong Exceptional preservation of external body features such as skin, hair, scales and feathers Aetokremnos Holocene (Mesolithic ) Europe Cyprus Monte San Giorgio Triassic Europe Switzerland and Italy Aix-en-Provence Oligocene Europe France Insects , fishes Ana Arcillas de Morella Formation Late Cretaceous Europe Spain Atapuerca Pleistocene (Lower Paleolithic ) Europe Spain Hominin Aust Cliff Triassic Europe England Insects, Rhaetic bone bed Batallones Miocene Europe Spain Carnivora Bouldner , Isle of Wight Bembridge Marls , Bouldnor Formation ("Bembridge Insect Bed") Oligocene Europe England Insects , Leaves Bois d'Asson Oligocene Europe France Insects Borgloon Formation Oligocene Europe Belgium Schmerling Caves Holocene Europe Belgium hominin , Engis 2 was the first Neanderthal fossil ever found Buñol Miocene Europe Spain Calizas de La Huérguina Formation Cretaceous (Barremian) Europe Spain Dinosaur Quarry of Altamura Upper Cretaceous Europe Italy Dinosaur footprints (at least four thousand) Ceprano Pleistocene Europe Italy Hominin , Homo cepranensis (single find) Céreste Oligocene Europe France Insects , fishes Isernia La Pineta Pleistocene Europe Italy Baccinello Miocene Europe Italy Hominin : Oreopithecus bambolii Binagadi asphalt lake Early Pleistocene Europe Azerbaijan Birds, Mammals Crevillente Miocene Europe Spain Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil Pleistocene Europe France Hominin : Crô-Magnon Cuevas de los Murciélagos Pleistocene /Holocene Europe Spain: La Palma , Canary Islands Dmanisi Pleistocene Europe Georgia Hominin (Homo erectus georgicus), stone tools Dob's Linn Ordovician -Silurian boundary Europe Scotland Graptolites Dorkovo Early Pliocene Europe Bulgaria Mastodon Enspel Oligocene Europe Germany Insects , mammals Es Pouás Pleistocene /Holocene Europe Spain: Ibiza (Balearic Islands ) Fossil Grove Limestone Coal Formation (Clackmannan Group ) Carboniferous (Serpukhovian) Europe Scotland: Glasgow Plants Fur Formation Early Eocene Europe Denmark [ Note 1] Gram Formation Middle-Late Miocene Europe Denmark Gauja Formation Middle Devonian Europe Estonia and Latvia Gargano Late Miocene -Early Pliocene Europe Italy Mammals, birds Geisel valley Eocene Europe Germany Gilwern Hill Ordovician Europe Wales Gotland Silurian Europe Sweden Grès à Reptiles Cretaceous Europe France Dinosaurs Guimarota Late Jurassic Europe Portugal Dinosaurs and mammals Hampstead Formation Oligocene Europe England Hațeg Late Cretaceous Europe Romania Hrútagíl Mókollsdalur formation Miocene Europe Iceland Insects Hunsrück Slates Devonian Europe Germany: Bundenbach [ Note 1] Jurassic Coast Triassic , Jurassic and Cretaceous Europe England Ammonites and reptiles Kattendijk Sands Pliocene Europe Belgium Auk (birds) Kleinkems Oligocene Europe Germany Insects Kostolac-Viminacium Pleistocene Europe Serbia Kozarnika Pleistocene (Lower Paleolithic ) Europe Bulgaria Hominin : Early human symbolic behavior Hušnjak hill (Krapina ) Pleistocene Europe Croatia La Chapelle-aux-Saints Pleistocene Europe France Hominin : Neanderthal burial La Ferrassie Pleistocene Europe France Hominin La Roma Miocene Europe Spain Las Hoyas Cretaceous Europe Spain Dinosaurs [ Note 1] Liedena Sandstone Late Eocene (Priabonian) Europe Spain: Navarra Lo Hueco Cretaceous Europe Spain London Clay Eocene Europe England [ Note 1] Löwenstein Formation Late Triassic Europe Germany Dinosaurs Lourinhã Formation Late Jurassic Europe Portugal Lyme Regis Jurassic Europe England: Dorset Jurassic Coast Maastricht Formation Cretaceous - Paleogene Europe Benelux Dinosaurs Maltravieso Cave Pleistocene Europe Spain Mauer Pleistocene Europe Germany Hominin Messel Pit Messel Oil Shale Eocene Europe Germany Geiseltalian flora and fauna [ Note 1] Monte Bolca Eocene Europe Italy [ Note 1] Murero Cambrian Europe Spain Neandertal (e.g., Kleine Feldhofer Grotte ) Pleistocene Europe Germany Hominin Öhningen Miocene Europe Germany Insects , fishes Oxford Clay Jurassic Europe England Fish and invertebrates Paris Basin (Argille Plastique ) Early Eocene Europe France Pobiti Kamani Mesozoic Europe Bulgaria Pontnewydd Cave Pleistocene (Paleolithic ) Europe Wales Hominin : Neanderthals Quercy Phosphorites Eocene /Oligocene Europe France Radoboj Miocene Europe Croatia Insects Repedea Hill Fossil Site Neogene Europe Romania Cozla Fossil Site Oligocene Europe Romania Pietricica Fossil Site Oligocene Europe Romania Cernegura Fossil Site Oligocene Europe Romania Rhynie, Aberdeenshire Rhynie Chert Devonian Europe Scotland Plants, Cyanobacteria , first Hexapoda [ Note 1] Riodeva Jurassic /Cretaceous Europe Spain Dinosaurs Rott Oligocene Europe Germany Insects , fishes Sajóvölgyi Formation Miocene (Serravallian ) Europe Hungary Sânpetru Formation Cretaceous (Maastrichtian ) Europe Romania Sansan Miocene Europe France Hominin : Pliopithecus Santa Ana Cave Pleistocene Europe Spain Sieblos Dysodil Oligocene Europe Germany Slieve Anierin Namurian Europe Ireland Goniatites , and Bivalvia , marine and coastal fauna. Solnhofen limestone Jurassic Europe Germany [ Note 1] Stránská skála Moravian Karst formation Pleistocene Europe Czech Republic :Moravia Marine and coastal fauna, fishes , birds , mammals Trachilos footprints Miocene Europe Greece Hominin footprints Turritellenplatte Miocene (mid-Burdigalian) Europe Germany: Baden-Württemberg Gastropods:sea snail Turritella turris Upper Valdarno Pleistocene (Villafranchian) Europe Italy: Tuscany Valkenburg Formation Cretaceous Europe Belgium Donetsk Carboniferous Europe Ukraine Plants Razdolne Devonian Europe Ukraine Venta del Moro Miocene Europe Spain Venta Micena Pliocene Europe Spain Wessex Formation Cretaceous Europe England Willershausen Pliocene Europe Germany Insects Untermassfeld Early Pleistocene Europe Germany Hominin (controversial) Alcoota Miocene Oceania Australia: Northern Territory Marsupials, birds and crocodiles Apex Chert Archaean Oceania Australia: Western Australia (Marble Bar ) Saint Bathans Fauna Bannockburn Formation Miocene Oceania New Zealand: Otago Bluff Downs Allingham Formation Pliocene Oceania Australia: Queensland wetland fauna Bullock Creek Camfield Fossil Beds Miocene Oceania Australia: Northern Territory Marsupials Canowindra -Gooloogong Devonian Oceania Australia: New South Wales [ Note 1] Cape Range National Park Miocene -Pleistocene Oceania Australia: Western Australia Coral reefs, marine and coastal fauna Cuddie Springs Pleistocene Oceania Australia: New South Wales Megafauna/human interaction (bones with stone artifacts) Curio Bay Jurassic Oceania New Zealand: Southland (The Catlins ) Petrified forest Denmark Hill Insect Bed Late Triassic Oceania Australia: Ipswich, Queensland Insects Dinosaur Cove Cretaceous Oceania Australia: Victoria Dinosaurs Dinosaur Dreaming Cretaceous Oceania Australia: Victoria Mammals Ditjimanka LF Oligocene Oceania Australia: South Australia Ediacara Hills Ediacaran Oceania Australia: South Australia (Flinders Ranges ) Ediacara biota (early multicellular life) [ Note 1] Emu Bay Shale Early Cambrian Oceania Australia: South Australia (Kangaroo Island ) [ Note 1] Etadunna Formation Oligocene /Miocene Oceania Australia: South Australia Foulden Maar Early Miocene Oceania New Zealand: Otago Georgina Basin Neoproterozoic – late Paleozoic Oceania Australia: Northern Territory , Queensland Gogo Formation Devonian Oceania Australia: Western Australia [ Note 1] Goldie Chert Middle-Late Cambrian Oceania Australia: Victoria Grenfell fossil site Hunter Siltstone Formation Devonian Oceania Australia: New South Wales Fishes Greta Siltstone Formation Late Pliocene Oceania New Zealand: Canterbury (Hurunui ) Heathcote siltstone Early Silurian - Late Devonian Oceania Australia: Victoria [ citation needed ] Horseshoe Bay Limestone Downs Cretaceous Oceania New Zealand: Waikato [ citation needed ] Kangaroo Wells Miocene Oceania Australia: Northern Territory [ citation needed ] Knocklofty Formation Early Triassic Oceania Australia: Tasmania [ citation needed ] Knowsley East Formation Middle-late Cambrian Oceania Australia: Victoria [ citation needed ] Lake Callabonna Pleistocene Oceania Australia: South Australia Marsupials, birds Lake Mungo Pleistocene Oceania Australia: New South Wales Hominin Lake Ngapakaldi to Lake Palankarinna Fossil Area Pliocene Oceania Australia: South Australia (Tirari Desert) Variety of vertebrates Lancefield Swamp Pleistocene Oceania Australia: Victoria Australian megafauna , mostly Macropus giganteus Lightning Ridge Cretaceous Oceania Australia: New South Wales Mammals Mammoth Cave Pleistocene ? Oceania Australia: Western Australia Mampuwordu Sands Miocene Oceania Australia: South Australia Murgon fossil site Eocene Oceania Australia: Queensland (south-east) Mammals (Tingamarra Fauna ) Naracoorte Caves Pleistocene Oceania Australia: South Australia Australian megafauna , World Heritage List Pindai Caves Holocene Oceania New Caledonia Hominin , Birds Quanbun Pliocene /Miocene Oceania Australia: Western Australia Riversleigh Oligocene /Miocene Oceania Australia: Queensland [ Note 1] Talbragar fossil site Jurassic Oceania Australia: New South Wales (central west) Plants and fishes Tangahoe Formation Late Pliocene Oceania New Zealand: Taranaki Waipara Greensand Paleogene Oceania New Zealand: Canterbury sharks , some proto-penguins Wianamatta Shale and Ashfield Shale Late Triassic Oceania Australia: New South Wales (Sydney ) Prehistoric amphibians (Capitosauridae , Trematosaurinae ), ray finned fish (Semionotiformes and Palaeoniscidae ), cartilaginous fish (Xenacanthida ) and insects (Protorthoptera ) [ 5] Great Otway National Park Cretaceous Oceania Australia: Victoria Otway Basin Dutton Way – Early Pliocene Arch site – Middle Miocene Clifton Banks – Middle to late Miocene Forsyth's Banks and Fossil rock stack – Early Pliocene Spring Creek – Late Miocene to Early Pliocene Kawarren – Late Oligocene Leigh River – Early Miocene Hopkins River – Middle to Late Miocene Gibson's Steps – Bairnsdalian (Middle Miocene) Curdie – Balcombian (Middle Miocene) Princetown Beach – Late Oligocene Castle Cove – Late Oligocene Late Oligocene – Early Pliocene Oceania Australia: Victoria Tinguiririca Abanico Formation Oligocene (Rupelian) South America Chile Mammals (defines one interval of the South American land mammal age (SALMA)) Acre Conglomerate Miocene (Huayquerian) South America Brazil Agua de la Zorra Triassic South America Argentina Petrified forest of Charles Darwin Allen Formation Cretaceous (Campanian – Maastrichtian) South America Argentina dinosaurs (including eggs), pterosaurs , and mammals Anacleto Formation Cretaceous (Campanian) South America Argentina Dinosaurs (eggs), mammals , bird footprints Andalhualá Formation Miocene /Pliocene South America Argentina Bajo de la Carpa Formation Cretaceous (Santonian) South America Argentina Bahía Inglesa Formation Middle Miocene -Late Pliocene South America Chile Bauru Basin Bauru Group Cretaceous South America Brazil Dinosaurs Camacho Formation Miocene South America Uruguay Diversity of terrestrial mammals and marine invertebrates Candeleros Hill, Neuquén Province [ Note 2] Candeleros Formation Cretaceous (Cenomanian) South America Argentina Capadare Formation Middle Miocene South America Venezuela Paleorrota Caturrita Formation Triassic (Carnian – Norian) South America Brazil : Rio Grande do Sul Cerrejón Cerrejón Formation Middle-Late Paleocene South America Colombia Cerro Ballena Plio –Pleistocene South America Chile Cetaceans Cerro Bandera Formation Miocene South America Argentina Chapadmalal Sea Cliff Chapadmalalan Pliocene South America Argentina Mammals , terror birds , paleoburrows Deseado Formation Oligocene South America Argentina Ensenada Formation Pleistocene South America Argentina Huincul Formation Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian ) South America Argentina Dinosaurs , including Argentinosaurus huinculensis and Mapusaurus Irati Formation Early Permian (Artinskian) [ 6] South America Brazil Mesosaurs Ischigualasto Provincial Park Ischigualasto Formation Triassic South America Argentina Tetrapods , early dinosaurs , plants Ituzaingó Formation Late Miocene (Huayquerian) South America Argentina Mammals , birds , reptiles , fish , bivalves , foraminifera , ichnofossils and flora Jaguel Formation Late Cretaceous - Early Paleocene (Maastrichtian – Danian) South America Argentina Cerro Cuadrado Petrified Forest La Matilde Formation Middle to Late Jurassic (Bathonian – Oxfordian) South America Argentina Dinosaurs Laguna Manantiales Farm La Matilde Formation Middle to Late Jurassic (Bathonian – Oxfordian) South America Argentina Dinosaur tracks Las Curtiembres Formation Late Cretaceous (Campanian ) South America Argentina Lecho Formation Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian ) South America Argentina Titanosaur Saltasaurus , avian and non-avian theropods Lemaire Formation Late Jurassic South America Argentina Leticia Formation Eocene (Bartonian) South America Argentina Cerro Lisandro, Neuquén province [ Note 2] Lisandro Formation (= Cerro Lisandro Fm.) Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian – Turonian ) South America Argentina Lohan Cura Formation Early Cretaceous (Aptian – Albian ) South America Argentina Mesosaurs ; Oldest known amniote embryos Mangrullo Formation Early Permian (Artinskian) [ 6] South America Uruguay [ Note 1] Mylodon Cave Pleistocene South America Chile Olmedo Formation Paleocene South America Argentina [ citation needed ] Quiriquina Formation Cretaceous South America Chile Paja Formation Cretaceous South America Colombia Licán Ray Panguipulli Formation Triassic South America Chile Plants Punta Peters (5 km east of Panguipulli ) Panguipulli Formation Triassic South America Chile Plants Patagonia Molasses Miocene South America Argentina Pilauco Bajo [ 7] Late Pleistocene South America Chile Megafauna , human activity Pinturas Formation Miocene (Burdigalian – Langhian)[verification needed] South America Argentina Pisco Formation Late[verification needed] Miocene/Early Pliocene South America Peru Plottier Formation Late Cretaceous (Coniacian – ?Santonian) South America Argentina Dinosaurs , Trace fossils Portezuelo Formation Late Cretaceous (Turonian – Coniacian ) South America Argentina Dinosaurs , turtles , and other animals Puerto Madryn Formation Late Miocene South America Argentina Punta Cactus Formation Eocene South America Argentina [ citation needed ] Auca Mahuevo Río Colorado Subgroup Cretaceous South America Argentina Dinosaurs [ Note 1] Roca Formation Cretaceous - Paleocene South America Argentina Marine invertebrates San Julián Formation Eocene /Oligocene South America Argentina Santa Cruz Formation Miocene South America Argentina Santana Group (Crato Formation ) Aptian -Albian South America Brazil Insects , Fish , Pterosaurs [ Note 1] Paleorrota Santa Maria Formation Middle–Late Triassic (Ladinian-Carnian) South America Brazil : Rio Grande do Sul Early dinosaurs Cuesta Santo Domingo Santo Domingo Formation Miocene South America Chile Sâo José de Itaboraí basin Itaboraí Formation Paleocene (Itaboraian ) South America Brazil Sloggett Formation (= Bahía Sloggett Formation) Late Eocene /Early Oligocene South America Argentina [ citation needed ] Solimões Formation Late Miocene /Early Pliocene [verification needed] South America Brazil Tanohata Formation Early Cretaceous (Aptian ) Asia Japan Toca da Boa Vista Cave Pleistocene South America Brazil Touro Passo Formation Late Pleistocene –Holocene South America Brazil : Rio Grande do Sul Tralcán Tralcán Formation Triassic South America Chile Tunal Formation Paleocene South America Argentina [ citation needed ] Urumaco Urumaco Formation Miocene South America Venezuela La Venta Honda Group Middle Miocene South America Colombia [ Note 1] Yacoraite Formation Late Cretaceous /Early Paleocene (Maastrichtian – Danian ) South America Argentina Dinosaur tracks ; Stromatolites Yahgan Formation Early Cretaceous South America Argentina Sahel Alma Late Cretaceous (Santonian ) Asia Lebanon Fish , Arthropods , Molluscs White Springs Local Fauna Parachucla Formation late Oligocene North America United States: Florida nearshore marine and terrestrial vertebrates Pindaï Peninsula Népoui Formation Late Miocene Oceania New Caledonia Fossil flora [ 8] Mount Dunfee Deep Spring Formation Ediacaran -Cambrian Southwestern United States Nevada Syuzma and Onega Rivers Ustʹ Pinega Formation Ediacaran Arkhangelsk Oblast Victoria Island Wynniatt Formation Tonian Canada Nunavut 
