List of fossil parks

Following is a list of Fossil Parks world wide by country:

Contents 1 Africa 1.1 Egypt 1.2 South Africa 1.3 Tanzania 2 Asia 2.1 India 2.2 Thailand 3 Australia and New Zealand 3.1 Australia 3.1.1 Victoria 3.1.2 Queensland 3.1.3 South Australia 4 North America 4.1 Canada 4.2 United States 4.2.1 Arizona 4.2.2 California 4.2.3 Colorado 4.2.4 Connecticut 4.2.5 Florida 4.2.6 Idaho 4.2.7 Iowa 4.2.8 Michigan 4.2.9 Mississippi 4.2.10 Nebraska 4.2.11 Ohio 4.2.12 Oregon 4.2.13 South Dakota 4.2.14 Utah 4.2.15 Wyoming 5 South America and Central America 5.1 Brazil 6 Fictional Fossil Parks 7 See also

Africa

Egypt

Valley of The Whales, Fayyoum, Western Desert

South Africa

West Coast Fossil Park, Langebaanweg, Western Cape - http://www.fossilpark.org.za

Tanzania

Asia

India

There are two geological parks maintained by the Geological Survey of India:

• Shivalik Fossil Park, Saketi, H.P.
• Mandla Plant Fossils National Park

Thailand

Australia and New Zealand

Australia

Victoria

• Dinosaur Dreaming
• Dinosaur Cove

Queensland

• Riversleigh

South Australia

• Ediacara Reserve; see also Ediacara Hills
• Lake Callabonna Reserve
• Naracoorte Caves National Park
• Maslin Bay - Aldinga Bay Geological Site
• Willalinchina Sandstone Fossil Flora site

North America

Canada

Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta
http://www.tpr.alberta.ca/parks/dinosaur/index.aspx

Driftwood Canyon Provincial Park, British Columbia
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/driftwood_cyn/

Yoho National Park (Burgess Shale) UNESCO site, British Columbia
http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/bc/yoho/index.aspx
http://www.burgess-shale.bc.ca/

Joggins Fossil Cliffs UNESCO site, Nova Scotia
http://jogginsfossilcliffs.net/

Parc national de Miguasha UNESCO site, Quebec
http://www.sepaq.com/pq/mig/index.dot?language_id=1

United States

Arizona

Petrified Forest National Park
http://www.nps.gov/pefo/index.htm

California

Petrified Forest, Calistoga CA http://www.petrifiedforest.org/

Colorado

Dinosaur National Monument,in Northwest Colorado and North-East Utah.
http://www.nps.gov/dino/index.htm
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
http://www.nps.gov/flfo/

Connecticut

Rocky Hill Dinosaur State Park Located in Central CT 15 minutes south of Hartford on I-91 West St exit

Florida

Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park
Islamorada, Florida 33036
http://www.floridastateparks.org/windleykey/

Idaho

Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
http://www.nps.gov/hafo/

Iowa

Rockford Iowa
Fossil and Prairie Park
http://www.fossilcenter.com/

Michigan

Rockport Quarry
An abandoned limestone quarry near Alpena open to collecting

Mississippi

Mississippi Petrified Forest
http://www.mspetrifiedforest.com/

Nebraska

Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
http://www.nps.gov/agfo

Ashfall State Historical Park
http://ashfall.unl.edu/

Ohio

Trammel Fossil Park
http://www.sharonville.org/fossilpark.aspx
Sylvania, Ohio
http://www.olanderpk.com/

Oregon

John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
http://www.nps.gov/joda/

South Dakota

FOSSIL CYCAD NATIONAL MONUMENT
http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/paleontology/pub/grd3_3/focy1.htm (No longer exists)

Mammoth Site
http://www.mammothsite.com/

Utah

Dinosaur National Monument

Escalante State Park
http://stateparks.utah.gov/parks/escalante/
Dinosaur National Monument
http://www.nps.gov/dino/

Wyoming

Fossil Butte National Monument
http://www.nps.gov/fobu
Yellowstone National Park
http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/paleontology/surveys/yell_survey/fossi.htm

South America and Central America

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
• Important publications in paleontology
• 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)