513Fossil sites
Fossils in the Netherlands
513 fossil sites in the Netherlands, with 105 finds of the groups people look for most; the richest period here: Cretaceous.
513Fossil sites
9Dinosaurs
105Finds
8By geological period
Where fossils have been found
QuaternaryNeogenePaleogeneCretaceousJurassicTriassicCarboniferousOrdovician
By geological period
Quaternary40
Neogene71
Paleogene119
Cretaceous243
Jurassic1
Triassic17
Carboniferous20
Ordovician2
What was found
Dinosaurs · 9Coelurosaurichnus
Plesiosaurs · 5
Mosasaurs · 16Prognathodon, Carinodens, Mosasaurus, Plioplatecarpus
Mammoths and mastodons · 13Mammuthus, Anancus
Early humans and great apes · 2Homo
Trilobites · 14Pseudosphaerexochus, Atractocybeloides, Chasmops, Oculichasmops, Hemisphaerocoryphe, Illaenus, Nieszkowskia, Otarozoum, Lonchodomas, Ascetopeltis, Erratencrinurus (Celtencrinurus), Conolichas
Ammonites · 46Baculites, Hoploscaphites, Acanthoscaphites, Hoplitoplacenticeras (Hoplitoplacenticeras), Glyptoxoceras, Schlotheimia, Trachyscaphites, Diplomoceras, Alsatites, Saxoceras, Nostoceras, Sphenodiscus
Geological formations
15
Maastricht Formation 98Dongen Formation 72"Aachenian" Formation 28Gulpen Formation 21Breda Formation 19Vossenveld Formation 15Kunrade Chalk 6Houthem Formation 5Kunrade Formation 5Vaals Formation 4Oosterhout Formation 3Westkapelle Ground Formation 3Ijmuiden Ground Formation 3Kattendijk Formation 3Ourthe Formation 3
Towns with the most fossil sites nearby
ZethuisFossil sites: 41
MaastrichtFossil sites: 35
NeerkanneFossil sites: 31
GeulhemFossil sites: 30
WeerwilleFossil sites: 29
HeerlenFossil sites: 18
GronsveldFossil sites: 17
SittardFossil sites: 14
Winterswijk HenxelFossil sites: 14
Petit-LanayeFossil sites: 11
PlaatFossil sites: 9
KunradeFossil sites: 8
t RoothFossil sites: 8
BenzenradeFossil sites: 7
WinterswijkFossil sites: 6
BroekhinFossil sites: 6
BreskensFossil sites: 6
VroenhofFossil sites: 6