1,161Fossil sites

Fossils in Greece

1,161 fossil sites in Greece, with 586 finds of the groups people look for most; the richest period here: Neogene.

1,161Fossil sites

0Dinosaurs

586Finds

10By geological period

Where fossils have been found

Fossils in Greece

QuaternaryNeogenePaleogeneCretaceousJurassicTriassicPermianCarboniferousDevonianSilurian

By geological period

Quaternary257

Neogene439

Paleogene104

Cretaceous85

Jurassic47

Triassic99

Permian115

Carboniferous10

Devonian4

Silurian1

What was found

Mammoths and mastodons · 185Palaeoloxodon, Mammuthus, Choerolophodon, Mammut, Anancus, Deinotherium, Konobelodon, Tetralophodon, Prodeinotherium, Zygolophodon, Stegodon

Early humans and great apes · 7Homo, Graecopithecus

Trilobites · 1Kathwaia

Ammonites · 393Leiophyllites, Procarnites, Hellenites, Pseudosageceras, Ptychites, Isculitoides, Proarcestes, Albanites, Subcolumbites, Proptychitoides, Flexoptychites, Prenkites