507Fossil sites
Fossils in Myanmar
507 fossil sites in Myanmar, with 85 finds of the groups people look for most; the richest period here: Cretaceous.
507Fossil sites
2Dinosaurs
85Finds
9By geological period
Where fossils have been found
QuaternaryNeogenePaleogeneCretaceousJurassicTriassicPermianDevonianOrdovician
By geological period
Quaternary17
Neogene29
Paleogene139
Cretaceous233
Jurassic21
Triassic5
Permian14
Devonian6
Ordovician43
What was found
Dinosaurs · 2Elektorornis, Fortipesavis
Mammoths and mastodons · 12Stegodon, Elephas, Stegolophodon, Mastodon (Tetralophodon)
Early humans and great apes · 3Khoratpithecus
Trilobites · 63Encrinurella, Phacops, Neseuretinus, Pliomera, Parillaenus, Lichas, Mioptychopyge, Ogygites, Remopleurides, Calymene, Megistaspis, Lonchodomas
Ammonites · 5Glyptophiceras, Vishnuites, Ophiceras, Owenites, Kashmirites
Geological formations
10
Towns with the most fossil sites nearby
DanaiFossil sites: 218
ChaunggyinFossil sites: 56
MogaungFossil sites: 15
PaukkaungFossil sites: 12
MyaingFossil sites: 9
YegyawFossil sites: 8
MaingnaungFossil sites: 7
KunkawFossil sites: 6
ThittabweFossil sites: 5
BahinFossil sites: 4
TilinFossil sites: 4
ThadutFossil sites: 3
KônywaFossil sites: 3
YenangyatFossil sites: 3
SinguFossil sites: 3
KywègyanFossil sites: 3
KywethomyaungFossil sites: 3
Kyauk KhwetFossil sites: 2