Topics: Paleontology : Famous Localities

Some fossil localities have become famous because of their exceptional fossil preservation. Sites dealing with these paleontological treasures can be found in this category.

Burgess Shale View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
The famous Burgess Shale of British Columbia contains an exceptionally well preserved Cambrian fauna. This group of animals, which are preserved primarily as carbon films, is one of the earliest nearly complete record of the age of complex life, and opens a window into an ecosystem that died out hundreds of millions of years ago.
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Europe View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
This category contains subcategories for famous fossil collecting localties in Europe.
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Green River View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
The Green River Formation outcrops in western Colorado, eastern Utah and southwestern Wyoming. The unit was deposited during the Eocene, and contains fossil fish, insects, and especially beautifully preserved plant fossils.
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La Brea View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Rancho La Brea is located in downtown Los Angeles, and has yielded an amazing assemblage of Pleistocene (Ice Age) fossil mammals.
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Lyme Regis View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Lyme Regis is located in Dorset, England. The cliffs at Lyme Regis are composed of sediment deposited during the Jurassic, and have yielded marine fossils such as ammonoids and spectacular marine reptiles.
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Mazon Creek View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Mazon Creek in Illinois contains concretions which, when cracked open, frequently contain beautifully preserved fossils.
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Messel Oil Shale View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
This category is for websites dealing with the world-famous Messel Oil Shale.
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Morrison Formation View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
This category is for websites dealing with the world-famous Morrison Formation of western North America.
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North America View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
This category contains subcategories for famous fossil collecting localties in North America.
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Petrified Forest View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
This category is for websites dealing with the world-famous Petrified Forest of Arizona.
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Rhynie Chert View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
This category is for websites dealing with the world-famous Rhynie Chert.
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Solnhofen View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
The Solnhofen Limestone is a lithographic limestone quarried in Germany because of its fine grained characteristics.
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