have been found. Such locations
may either be a
that was deposited throughout 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. In such
cases, the sites should be listed under the appropriate formation.
On the other hand, many formations are for all practical purposes
only studied at a single site, usually the
| Site |
Country/State |
Age |
Agate
Fossil Beds National Monument |
USA : Nebraska |
Miocene |
| Aquia Formation |
USA:
Maryland and Virginia |
Paleocene |
| Ash Hollow Formation
|
USA: Nebraska |
Miocene (Clarendonian) |
| Astoria Formation |
USA:
Oregon |
Miocene |
Aucilla River
|
USA:
Florida |
Pleistocene/Holocene |
| Austin Chalk |
USA:
Texas |
Late Cretaceous |
| Bainbridge Formation |
USA: Missouri |
Silurian |
| Bakken Formation |
USA/Canada: Montana , North
Dakota and Saskatchewan |
Upper Devonian – Lower Carboniferous (Early Mississippian) |
| Beecher's Trilobite
Bed |
USA:
New
York |
Ordovician |
| Bighill Creek
Formation |
Canada |
Upper Pleistocene |
| Big Sandy Formation |
USA:
Arizona |
Miocene |
| Blanco Formation |
USA: Kansas , Texas |
Pliocene/Pleistocene |
| Bone Cabin Quarry |
USA:
Wyoming |
Jurassic |
| Bone Valley Formation |
USA: Florida |
?Miocene-Pliocene |
| Bridger Formation |
USA: Wyoming |
Eocene |
| Brule Formation |
USA
: South
Dakota |
Oligocene |
| Bullion Creek Formation
|
USA: North Dakota |
Paleocene |
Burgess Shale |
Canada : British Columbia |
Cambrian (Albertan) |
Calvert Formation |
USA:
Maryland |
Miocene |
| Cañón del Tule
Formation |
Mexico |
Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
| Cedar Mountain
Formation |
USA:
Colorado and Utah |
Cretaceous |
| Cerro del Pueblo
Formation |
Mexico |
Cretaceous (Campanian) |
| Cerro Grande
Formation |
Mexico |
Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
| Cerro Huerta
Formation |
Mexico |
Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) |
| Chandler Bridge
Formation |
USA:
South
Carolina |
Upper Oligocene (Chattian) |
| Chazy Formation |
USA:
Vermont |
Ordovician |
| Chugwater Formation |
USA |
Upper Triassic |
| Chuckanut Formation |
USA:
Washington |
Eocene |
| Cincinnatian Group |
USA:
Ohio , Indiana , Kentucky |
Late Ordovician |
| Clarita Formation |
USA:
Oklahoma |
Silurian |
Clarno Formation |
USA: Oregon |
Eocene |
| Cloverly Formation
|
USA: Montana, Wyoming |
Lower Cretaceous |
| Coon Creek Formation |
USA:
Tennessee and Mississippi |
Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
| Cooper Formation |
USA: South Carolina |
Upper Oligocene (Chattian) |
| Dakota Formation |
USA: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin |
Upper Cretaceous |
| Decorah Shale |
Upper
Midwestern USA, especially Minnesota |
Ordovician |
| Delorme Formation |
Canada: Yukon |
Silurian-Devonian |
| Demopolis Chalk
Formation |
USA:
Alabama , Mississippi, Tennessee |
Cretaceous |
| Dinosaur Park
Formation |
Canada: Alberta |
Cretaceous (Campanian) |
Dinosaur State Park |
USA:
Connecticut |
Jurassic |
| Driftwood Canyon
Provincial Park |
Canada: British Columbia |
Eocene |
| Drumheller, Badlands |
Canada: Alberta |
Mesozoic |
| Dumugol Formation |
USA |
|
| Edson Beds |
USA: Kansas |
Pliocene (Blancan) |
| Eutaw Formation |
USA:
Alabama, Georgia , Mississippi |
Cretaceous |
Falls of the Ohio |
USA:
Indiana |
Devonian |
Florissant Fossil Beds |
USA: Colorado |
Eocene (Priabonian) |
| Fossil Prairie Park |
USA: Iowa |
Devonian |
| Francis Creek Shale
|
USA:
Illinois |
Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) |
| Galena Group |
USA |
Ordovician |
Ghost Ranch |
USA:
New
Mexico |
Triassic |
| Glenns Ferry Formation
|
USA:
Idaho |
Pliocene/Pleistocene |
| Glen Rose Formation |
USA: Texas |
Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) |
| Gower Formation |
USA: Iowa |
Silurian |
Gray Fossil Site |
USA: Tennessee |
Miocene |
| Green River Formation |
USA: Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming |
Eocene |
| Gunflint Chert |
Canada: western Ontario & USA: Minnesota (Gunflint
Range) |
Upper Archaean – Lower Proterozoic |
| Hawthorne Formation |
USA:
South Carolina to Florida |
Miocene |
| Hell Creek Formation |
USA: Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming |
Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
| Hornerstown Formation |
USA:
New
Jersey |
Cretaceous/Paleocene |
| Huerfano Formation |
USA: Colorado |
Eocene |
Joggins Fossil Cliffs |
Canada: Nova Scotia |
Carboniferous |
| John Day Formation |
USA: Oregon |
Oligocene/Miocene |
Judith River Formation |
USA: Montana |
Cretaceous (Campanian) |
| Kanawha Formation |
USA:
West
Virginia |
Pennsylvanian |
| Kayenta Formation |
USA:
Arizona, Colorado, Nevada , and Utah |
Jurassic |
| Keefer Formation |
USA |
|
| Keasey Formation |
USA: Oregon |
Upper Eocene/Lower Oligocene |
| Klondike Mountain
Formation |
USA: Washington |
Eocene (Ypresian) |
| Krukowski Quarry |
USA:Wisconsin |
Cambrian |
La Brea Tar Pits |
USA:
California |
Pleistocene (Rancholabrean) |
| Lance Formation (= Lance Creek
Formation) |
USA: North Dakota and Wyoming |
Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
| Las Encinas Formation |
Mexico |
Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
| Las Imágenes
Formation |
Mexico |
Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
| Lennep Formation |
USA: Montana |
Cretaceous |
| Linton Formation |
USA: Ohio |
Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) |
| Lockatong Formation |
USA: New Jersey |
Triassic |
Mascall Formation |
USA: Oregon |
Miocene |
| Mattoon Formation |
USA |
|
| McAbee Fossil Beds |
Canada: British Columbia |
Eocene |
| McKenzie Formation |
USA: West Virginia |
Silurian |
| Medina Formation |
|
Silurian |
| Melbourne Bone Bed |
USA: Florida |
Pleistocene |
Miguasha National Park |
Canada: Québec |
Devonian (Famennian) |
| Mooreville Chalk
Formation |
USA:
Alabama and Mississippi |
Cretaceous |
| Monterey Formation |
USA: California |
Miocene |
| Morrison Formation
|
Canada/USA (Great Plains ) |
Upper Jurassic |
| Naco Formation |
USA |
|
| Nanjemoy Formation |
USA: Virginia |
Eocene |
| Navesink Formation |
USA: New Jersey |
Cretaceous |
| Niobrara Formation
|
USA: Kansas, Nebraska |
Cretaceous |
| Nye Formation |
USA:
Oregon |
Miocene |
| Ogalalla Formation |
USA: Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico |
Miocene/Pliocene |
Oldman Formation |
Canada: Alberta |
Cretaceous (Campanian) |
| Pikeville Formation |
USA |
|
Pipe Creek Sinkhole |
USA:
Indiana |
Pliocene |
| Pittsburg Bluff
Formation |
USA: Oregon |
Upper Eocene/Lower Oligocene |
| Platteville Limestone |
USA |
Ordovician |
| Pocahontas Formation |
USA: West Virginia |
|
| Pocono Formation |
USA: Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia |
Carboniferous (Mississippian) |
| Price West Formation |
USA: West Virginia |
|
| Puget Group |
USA: Washington |
Upper Eocene |
Pungo River
Formation
- Lee Creek Mine |
USA:
North
Carolina |
Miocene |
| Quarry Mountain
Formation |
USA: Oklahoma |
Silurian |
| Rancho Nuevo
Formation |
Mexico |
Cretaceous – Paleocene (Maastrichtian-Danian) |
Rattlesnake Formation |
USA: Oregon |
Miocene (Tortonian-Messinian) |
Red Gulch Dinosaur
Tracksite |
USA: Wyoming |
Middle Jurassic |
| Rexroad Formation |
USA: Kansas |
Pliocene |
| Rincón Colorado |
Mexico: Coahuila |
Cretaceous |
| Ripley Formation |
USA:
Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee |
Cretaceous |
| Rosebud Formation |
USA: South Dakota |
Miocene |
| Rose Hill Formation |
USA |
|
| Round Mountain Silt |
USA: California |
Middle Miocene (Barstovian) |
| Rust Formation
|
USA:
New
York |
Upper Ordovician |
| San Diego Formation |
USA: California |
Middle-Upper Pliocene |
| Sentinel Butte
Formation |
USA: North Dakota |
Paleocene |
| Sheep Creek Formation |
USA: Nebraska |
Miocene (Upper Hemingfordian?) |
| St. Clair Limestone |
USA: Arkansas |
Silurian |
| St. Peter Sandstone |
USA |
Ordovician |
| Syracuse Formation |
USA: New York |
Silurian |
| Sundance Formation
|
USA |
Upper Jurassic |
| Temblor Formation |
USA: California |
Miocene |
| Tepetate Formation |
Mexico |
Cretaceous – Middle Eocene |
| Texas Red Beds |
USA: Texas |
Permian |
| Thomas Farm |
USA: Florida |
Miocene |
Traverse
Group (Petoskey ) |
USA:
Michigan |
Devonian |
| Tuscacora Formation |
USA: |
Silurian |
| Two Medicine
Formation |
USA: Montana |
Cretaceous (Campanian) |
| Washakie Formation |
USA: Wyoming |
Eocene |
Wheeler Shale |
USA: Utah |
Cambrian |
| White River Formation |
USA: Colorado |
Upper Eocene – mid-Oligocene |
| Willwood Formation |
USA: Wyoming |
Paleocene/Eocene |
| Woodbine Formation |
USA: Texas |
Cretaceous (Cenomanian) |
Zion National Park |
USA: Utah |
Triassic – Jurassic |
| Zuni Basin |
USA: New Mexico |
Cretaceous |
: Mount Carmel
, Turkey
: Flores
(Marble
Bar
)
: Otago
-Gooloogong
(Flinders Ranges
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