List of fossil parks

List of fossil parks

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

Africa

Egypt

Valley of The Whales, Fayyoum, Western Desert

South Africa

West Coast Fossil Park, Langebaan, Western Cape - http://www.iziko.org.za/iziko/partners/wcfp.html

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

outh Australia

*Naracoorte Caves National Park

North America

Canada

United States

Arizona

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

California

Petrified Forest, Calistoga CAhttp://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 ParkLocated in Central CT 15 minutes south of Hartford on I-91West St exit

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/

outh Dakota

FOSSIL CYCAD NATIONAL MONUMENT
http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/paleontology/pub/grd3_3/focy1.htm

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

outh America and Central America

Brazil

paleorrota is located in Rio Grande do Sul.

Fictional Fossil Parks

*"Jurassic Park", (with genetically reconstructed "dinosaurs")

ee 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)"


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