Following is a list of protected areas where fossils are preserved, known as fossil parks or fossil reserves, worldwide by country.
Africa
Egypt Wadi Al-Hitan - Valley of The Whales, Fayyoum, Western Desert
South Africa West Coast Fossil Park, Langebaanweg, Western Cape
Tanzania
Asia
India
There are two geological parks maintained by the Geological Survey of India:
Dinosaur Fossils National Park, Dhar, Madhya Pradesh Shivalik Fossil Park, Saketi, H.P. Salkhan Fossils Park, Sonbhadra, U.P. Mandla Plant Fossils National Park Indroda Dinosaur and Fossil Park, Gandhinagar, Gujarat National Fossil Wood Park, Tiruvakkarai National Fossil Wood Park, Sathanur Akal Wood Fossil Park, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan Amkhoi Fossil Park, West Bengal.
Japan Sendai City Tomizawa Site Museum houses a fossilized forest and human artifacts
Thailand
Australia
Australia
Victoria Dinosaur Dreaming Dinosaur Cove
Queensland Riversleigh
South Australia Lake Callabonna Fossil Reserve Lake Ngapakaldi to Lake Palankarinna Fossil Area Maslin Bay - Aldinga Bay Geological Site Naracoorte Caves National Park Nilpena Ediacara National Park Willalinchina Sandstone Fossil Flora site, near Woomera
North America
Canada Ancient Echoes Interpretive Centre, Saskatchewan 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
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 Falls of the Ohio State Park
Iowa Fossil and Prairie Park Fossilized leaves are one of many found here.
Devonian Fossil Gorge at Coralville Lake
Maryland Dinosaur Park
Massachusetts Dinosaur Footprints
Michigan Rockport Quarry, an abandoned limestone quarry near Alpena open to collecting
Mississippi Mississippi Petrified Forest
Nebraska Agate Fossil Beds National Monument Ashfall State Historical Park
Nevada Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument
New Jersey Poricy Park
New Mexico Clayton Lake State Park Prehistoric Trackways National Monument New York Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Reserve
Ohio Hueston Woods State Park Trammel Fossil Park, Sharonville, Ohio
Oregon John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
South Dakota The Mammoth Site Fossil Cycad National Monument (No longer exists)
Texas Dinosaur Valley State Park Ladonia Fossil Park, Ladonia, Texas Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Mineral Wells, Texas
Utah Dinosaur National Monument Escalante Petrified Forest State Park Prehistoric Trackways National Monument
Wyoming Fossil Butte National Monument Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite Yellowstone National Park
South America and Central America
Argentina Ischigualasto is located in San Juan province
Bolivia Cal Orcko in Sucre
Brazil Paleorrota Geopark is located in Rio Grande do Sul.
See also Paleontology Prehistoric life Timeline of geography, paleontology, biology Synchrotron X-ray tomographic microscopy Fossil Parks of India List of fossil sites
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