484Fossil sites
Fossils in Ethiopia
484 fossil sites in Ethiopia, with 453 finds of the groups people look for most; the richest period here: Quaternary.
484Fossil sites
6Dinosaurs
453Finds
6By geological period
Where fossils have been found
QuaternaryNeogenePaleogeneCretaceousJurassicTriassic
By geological period
Quaternary224
Neogene149
Paleogene3
Cretaceous7
Jurassic100
Triassic1
What was found
Dinosaurs · 6
Mammoths and mastodons · 263Palaeoloxodon, Loxodonta, Deinotherium, Anancus, Mammuthus, Elephas, Primelephas, Stegotetrabelodon, Stegodon, Stegodibelodon, Palaeomastodon, Tetralophodon
Early humans and great apes · 150Australopithecus, Paranthropus, Homo, Ardipithecus
Ammonites · 34Perisphinctes, Aspidoceras, Perisphinctes (Dichotomoceras), Simaspidoceras, Djurjuriceras, Virgatosphinctes, Blanfordiceras, Aptychus, Idoceras, Anavirgatites, Perisphinctes (Dichotomosphinctes), Nebrodites
Geological formations
15
Towns with the most fossil sites nearby
BumeFossil sites: 221
DīyadibFossil sites: 44
Elen DossaFossil sites: 33
Abuye AtirFossil sites: 12
DulaleFossil sites: 12
KonsoFossil sites: 10
BumeFossil sites: 9
BurkaFossil sites: 9
GoraseFossil sites: 9
BuriFossil sites: 8
JemaFossil sites: 8
DenfoFossil sites: 7
BataxaFossil sites: 4
GirawaFossil sites: 4
BedēsaFossil sites: 4
OrdaFossil sites: 4
LabukoFossil sites: 3
Etauia FaburiFossil sites: 3