Skip to content
Destinations
Weather & climate
Nature
Outdoors
Culture
Events
Sky & live
1,258Fossil sites

Fossils in Peru

1,258 fossil sites in Peru, with 393 finds of the groups people look for most; the richest period here: Neogene.

1,258Fossil sites
19Dinosaurs
393Finds
11By geological period

Where fossils have been found

Neogene · 148Triassic · 75Neogene · 72Paleogene · 64Cretaceous · 60Paleogene · 53Paleogene · 52Jurassic · 50Cretaceous · 47Cretaceous · 47Neogene · 35Permian · 30Triassic · 29Paleogene · 27Neogene · 23Neogene · 21Quaternary · 20Triassic · 20Neogene · 19Permian · 17Neogene · 17Ordovician · 16Neogene · 16Cretaceous · 16Neogene · 14Ordovician · 14Ordovician · 14Paleogene · 13Cretaceous · 13Triassic · 12Paleogene · 12Permian · 11Permian · 11Quaternary · 11Permian · 9Triassic · 9Paleogene · 9Jurassic · 8Cretaceous · 8Quaternary · 6Neogene · 6Jurassic · 6Quaternary · 5Neogene · 5Quaternary · 5Neogene · 5Cretaceous · 4Cretaceous · 4Neogene · 4Paleogene · 3Neogene · 3Jurassic · 3Neogene · 3Quaternary · 3Ordovician · 2Neogene · 2Triassic · 2Quaternary · 2Quaternary · 2Cretaceous · 2Quaternary · 2Neogene · 2Quaternary · 2Quaternary · 2Quaternary · 2Quaternary · 2Jurassic · 2Cretaceous · 1Quaternary · 1Cretaceous · 1Neogene · 1Jurassic · 1Paleogene · 1Quaternary · 1Cretaceous · 1Cretaceous · 1Cretaceous · 1Cretaceous · 1Neogene · 1Neogene · 1Neogene · 1Neogene · 1Quaternary · 1Paleogene · 1Quaternary · 1Quaternary · 1Quaternary · 1Paleogene · 1Neogene · 1Cretaceous · 1Neogene · 1Quaternary · 1
Fossils in Peru
QuaternaryNeogenePaleogeneCretaceousJurassicTriassicPermianCarboniferousDevonianSilurianOrdovician

By geological period

Quaternary119
Neogene376
Paleogene224
Cretaceous215
Jurassic56
Triassic136
Permian66
Carboniferous20
Devonian4
Silurian5
Ordovician37

What was found

Dinosaurs · 19Fusioolithus, Ornithomimipus, Hadrosaurichnus, Pseudomegaloolithus
Pterosaurs · 1
Plesiosaurs · 4
Mosasaurs · 2Halisaurus
Mammoths and mastodons · 25Notiomastodon, Cuvieronius
Early humans and great apes · 2Homo
Trilobites · 8Anebolithus, Porterfieldia, Incaia, Neseuretus, Branisaspis, Ogyginus
Ammonites · 332Glottoceras, Psiloceras, Neodeshayesites, Tissotia, Prolyelliceras, Discamphiceras, Knemiceras, Coilopoceras, Douvilleiceras, Oxytropidoceras, Micracanthoceras, Parengonoceras

Geological formations

64

Towns with the most fossil sites nearby