# List of fossil sites

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. Many of the entries in this list are considered Lagerstätten (sedimentary deposits that exhibits extraordinary fossils with exceptional preservation—sometimes including preserved soft tissues). Lagerstätten are indicated by a note in the noteworthiness column.
Fossils may be found either associated with a geological formation or at a single geographic site. Geological formations consist of rock that was deposited during 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. Such sites may have separate entries if they are considered to be more notable than the formation as a whole. In contrast, extensive formations associated with large areas may be equivalently represented at many locations. Such formations may be listed either without a site, with a site or sites that represent the type locality, or with multiple sites of note. When a type locality is listed as the site for a formation with many good outcrops, the site is flagged with a note. When a particular site of note is listed for an extensive fossil-bearing formation, but that site is somehow atypical, it is also flagged with a note.
Many formations are for all practical purposes only studied at a single site, and may not even be named. For example, sites associated with hominin, particularly caves, are frequently not identified with a named geologic formation. Therefore, some sites are listed without an associated formation.

## List of sites

| 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 Coopers Cave Gladysvale Cave Kromdraai Malapa Motsetsi Plovers Lake Sterkfontein Swartkrans and others | | 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | Santa Marta Formation Snow Hill Island Formation | 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 |
| 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 |
| Mount Blanco | Blanco Formation | Pliocene/Pleistocene | North America | US: Kansas, Texas | Blancan fauna |
| Blue Beach | | Tournaisian | North America | Canada: Nova Scotia | |
| 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 |
| Fitterer Ranch Obritsch Ranch Little Badlands in Stark County Badlands National Park | Brule Formation | Oligocene | North America | US: South Dakota | Mammals, sunfish, cat fish |
| Kootenay National Park | Burgess Shale | Cambrian (Albertan) | North America | Canada: British Columbia | |
| Calvert Cliffs State Park | Calvert Formation | Miocene | North America | US: Maryland | Middle Miocene Climate Transition and Middle Miocene disruption |
| Goodsell Ridge, Isle La Motte (Lake Champlain) | 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 | 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 | Cantwell Formation | Late Cretaceous | North America | US: Alaska | Non-Avian Dinosaur tracks, plants, insects |
| Dinosaur Provincial Park | 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 | Marshalltown Formation | Cretaceous (Campanian) | North America | US: New Jersey | |
| Ochillee Creek at Old Ochillee | Eutaw Formation | Cretaceous | North America | US: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi | Dinosaur, mosasaur, and pterosaur |
| Falls of the Ohio | 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 | |
| Ghost Ranch | | Triassic | North America | US: New Mexico | Non-Avian Dinosaurs |
| Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument | Glenns Ferry Formation | Pliocene/Pleistocene | North America | US: Idaho | Hagerman horse ('American Zebra'), Camelops |
| Dinosaur Valley State Park | Glen Rose Formation | Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) | North America | US: Texas | Dinosaur footprints |
| Gray Fossil Site | | Miocene | North America | US: Tennessee | Mammals |
| Fossil Butte National Monument | Green River Formation | Eocene | North America | US: Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming | Fishes |
| Schreiber, Ontario | Gunflint Chert | Late Archaean – Early Proterozoic | North America | Canada: western Ontario & US: Minnesota (Gunflint Range) | Stromatolite colonies of cyanobacteria |
| Hilda mega-bonebed | Dinosaur Park Formation | Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | North America | Canada: Alberta | Dinosaurs |
| Joggins Fossil Cliffs | | Carboniferous | North America | Canada: Nova Scotia | |
| John Day Fossil Beds National Monument | John Day Formation | Oligocene – 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 | Klondike Mountain Formation | Eocene (Ypresian) | North America | US: Washington | Plants and Insects |
| Krukowski Quarry | | Cambrian | North America | US: Wisconsin | |
| La Brea Tar Pits | | Pleistocene (Rancholabrean) | North America | US: California | |
| 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 | |
| Manchester Quarry | | Triassic | North America | US: Connecticut | |
| Manuels River | | Cambrian | North America | Canada: Newfoundland | Trilobites |
| McAbee Fossil Beds | | Eocene | North America | Canada: British Columbia | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Lake Meredith National Recreation Area Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument | 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 | 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 | |
| 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 | Miocene | North America | US: California | |
| | Tepetate Formation | Cretaceous – Middle Eocene | North America | Mexico | |
| Wichita Falls | 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 | Two Medicine Formation | Cretaceous (Campanian) | North America | US: Montana | Dinosaurs, particularly eggs and young |
| Wheeler Amphitheater in Millard County, Utah | Wheeler Shale | Cambrian | North America | US: Utah | Trilobites |
| Woodbine, Texas Arlington Archosaur Site | 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 | Asia | Turkey | Insects |
| | 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 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | | Middle Triassic | Asia | China: Yunnan | Very numerous fossils of diverse marine ecosystem |
| Chengjiang County | Maotianshan Shales | Cambrian | Asia | China | |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | Oligocene | Europe | England | |
| 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 | |
| | Gram Formation | Middle-Late Miocene | Europe | Denmark | |
| | Gauja Formation | Middle Devonian | Europe | Estonia and Latvia | |
| Geisel valley | | Eocene | Europe | Germany | |
| Gilwern Hill | | Ordovician | Europe | Wales | |
| Gotland | | Silurian | Europe | Sweden | |
| Grès à Reptiles | | Jurassic | Europe | France | Dinosaurs |
| Guimarota | | Late Jurassic | Europe | Portugal | Dinosaurs and mammals |
| | Hampstead Formation | Oligocene | Europe | England | |
| Hrútagíl | Mókollsdalur formation | Miocene | Europe | Iceland | Insects |
| | Hunsrück Slates | Devonian | Europe | Germany: Bundenbach | |
| Insect Limestone | | Late Eocene | Europe | England (Isle of Wight) | Insects |
| 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 |
| | Liedena Sandstone | Late Eocene (Priabonian) | Europe | Spain: Navarra | |
| Lo Hueco | | Cretaceous | Europe | Spain | |
| | London Clay | Eocene | Europe | England | |
| | Löwenstein Formation | Late Triassic | Europe | Germany | Dinosaurs |
| | Lourinhã Formation Amoreira-Porto Novo Members Sobral Unit | Late Jurassic | Europe | Portugal | |
| Lyme Regis | | Jurassic | Europe | England: Dorset | Jurassic Coast |
| | Maastricht Formation | Cretaceous | 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 |
| Monte Bolca | | Eocene | Europe | Italy | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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) |
| | Emu Bay Shale | Early Cambrian | Oceania | Australia: South Australia (Kangaroo Island) | |
| | 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 | |
| | 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 | |
| Horseshoe Bay Limestone Downs | | Cretaceous | Oceania | New Zealand: Waikato | |
| Kangaroo Wells | | Miocene | Oceania | Australia: Northern Territory | |
| | Knocklofty Formation | Early Triassic | Oceania | Australia: Tasmania | |
| | Knowsley East Formation | Middle-late Cambrian | Oceania | Australia: Victoria | |
| 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 | |
| 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) |
| 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 | 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) | 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 | 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) | South America | Uruguay | |
| Mylodon Cave | | Pleistocene | South America | Chile | |
| | Olmedo Formation | Paleocene | South America | Argentina | |
| | 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 | | 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 | |
| Auca Mahuevo | Río Colorado Subgroup | Cretaceous | South America | Argentina | Dinosaurs |
| | Roca Formation | 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 |
| 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 | |
| | Solimões Formation | Late Miocene/Early Pliocene[verification needed] | South America | Brazil | |
| 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 | |
| Urumaco | Urumaco Formation | Miocene | South America | Venezuela | |
| La Venta | Honda Group | Middle Miocene | South America | Colombia | |
| | 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 |