278,586Fossil sites
Fossil sites of the world
278,586 places on Earth where fossils have been collected and described, with 181,646 finds of dinosaurs, marine reptiles, mammoths, early humans, trilobites and ammonites, from the Cambrian to the Ice Age.
278,586Fossil sites
21,723Dinosaurs · Finds
4,375Mammoths and mastodons
247Countries
Where fossils have been found
QuaternaryNeogenePaleogeneCretaceousJurassicTriassicPermianCarboniferousDevonianSilurianOrdovicianCambrianPrecambrian
By geological period
Quaternary28,376
Neogene34,798
Paleogene30,865
Cretaceous42,103
Jurassic29,823
Triassic21,486
Permian27,567
Carboniferous10,770
Devonian15,265
Silurian9,221
Ordovician18,590
Cambrian8,819
Precambrian903
What was found
Countries
United States 62,287China 15,359Canada 15,045Russia 11,510United Kingdom 9,244Australia 8,849France 8,514Spain 6,913Germany 6,161Argentina 5,898Italy 5,680Japan 5,141New Zealand 4,017India 2,860Morocco 2,708Iran 2,649Mexico 2,625Austria 2,395Hungary 2,266Brazil 2,260Estonia 2,196Pakistan 2,029Poland 2,028Chile 1,977Sweden 1,970Czechia 1,711Norway 1,634Egypt 1,617South Africa 1,580Portugal 1,541Türkiye 1,531Kazakhstan 1,386Belgium 1,290Colombia 1,272Peru 1,258Ukraine 1,229Switzerland 1,226Mongolia 1,165Greece 1,161Indonesia 1,043Romania 945Saudi Arabia 914Tunisia 907Tajikistan 835Panama 825Venezuela 764Thailand 713Tanzania 674Oman 671Kenya 643Madagascar 611Lithuania 602Bolivia 598Algeria 595Dominican Republic 595Slovenia 582Denmark 523Israel 522Netherlands 513Slovakia 507Myanmar 507Ethiopia 484South Korea 482Bulgaria 451Jamaica 380Azerbaijan 371Uzbekistan 348Nepal 332Cuba 312Malaysia 312Ecuador 298Vietnam 297Serbia 288Costa Rica 285Kyrgyzstan 274Latvia 265Libya 261Nigeria 258Turkmenistan 256Angola 250Somalia 245Croatia 241Afghanistan 237Iraq 236Ireland 227Jordan 223Armenia 216Taiwan 184Uganda 182Trinidad and Tobago 168Papua New Guinea 155Lebanon 154Niger 151Yemen 149Namibia 134Uruguay 133Marshall Islands 128Bosnia and Herzegovina 121Malta 119Barbados 119Georgia 113Bahamas 112East Timor 109Democratic Republic of the Congo 107Haiti 107Fiji 104Togo 103Lesotho 88Zimbabwe 88South Sudan 86Albania 83Belarus 81Zambia 81Cameroon 79Sudan 78Philippines 77Senegal 75Moldova 72Iceland 69Cambodia 69United Arab Emirates 67Cyprus 66Gabon 65Belize 64Luxembourg 63Mali 60Grenada 59Laos 58Vanuatu 58Mozambique 57Guatemala 49Ghana 48Antigua and Barbuda 45Solomon Islands 40Finland 38Tonga 38Chad 36Malawi 36Eritrea 33Mauritania 33Suriname 33Cape Verde 31Qatar 31Montenegro 29Mauritius 29Brunei 28Benin 27Palau 26North Korea 24Honduras 24Paraguay 22Sri Lanka 22Djibouti 21Syria 21Maldives 21