223Fossil sites
Fossils in Jordan
223 fossil sites in Jordan, with 99 finds of the groups people look for most; the richest period here: Cretaceous.
223Fossil sites
5Dinosaurs
99Finds
8By geological period
Where fossils have been found
QuaternaryPaleogeneCretaceousJurassicTriassicPermianSilurianCambrian
By geological period
Quaternary8
Paleogene5
Cretaceous103
Jurassic71
Triassic11
Permian1
Silurian14
Cambrian10
What was found
Dinosaurs · 5Picunichnus
Pterosaurs · 4Arambourgiania, Inabtanin
Plesiosaurs · 3
Mosasaurs · 13Globidens, Prognathodon, Halisaurus, Clidastes, Mosasaurus, Leiodon, Platecarpus, Tylosaurus
Trilobites · 6Brongniartella
Ammonites · 68Baculites, Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras), Libycoceras, Vascoceras, Neolobites, Pseudaspidoceras, Choffaticeras (Leoniceras), Calycoceras, Sphenodiscus, Calycoceras (Proeucalycoceras), Pseudocalycoceras, Calycoceras (Newboldiceras)
Geological formations
16
Mughanniyya Formation 24Hamam Formation 22Hummar Formation 20Dhahab Formation 18Nautiloidea Sandstone 11Kurnub Sandstone 10Na’ur Formation 7FHS Formation 7Muwaqqar Formation 7Burj Limestone 6Amman Formation 6Ma'in Formation 5Burj Formation 4Wadi As Sir Limestone 4Conularia Sandstone 3Shuayb Formation 3
Towns with the most fossil sites nearby
Maysarah al JadīdahFossil sites: 27
Abū az ZīghānFossil sites: 20
Al-JafrFossil sites: 14
Al FarshFossil sites: 11
MahisFossil sites: 11
‘Ayn al Bayḑā’Fossil sites: 7
Al ‘AynāFossil sites: 7
Bet She’anFossil sites: 6
Al ḨamīmātFossil sites: 6
Ath ThughrahFossil sites: 5
Mu‘addīFossil sites: 4
‘UlayqūnFossil sites: 4
Al ManşūrahFossil sites: 4
Dayr ‘AllāFossil sites: 4
Ar RawḑahFossil sites: 4
Al MathluthahFossil sites: 4
Al JunaynahFossil sites: 4
SūmiyāFossil sites: 3