914Fossil sites

Fossils in Saudi Arabia

914 fossil sites in Saudi Arabia, with 455 finds of the groups people look for most; the richest period here: Jurassic.

914Fossil sites

2Dinosaurs

455Finds

10By geological period

Where fossils have been found

Fossils in Saudi Arabia

QuaternaryNeogenePaleogeneCretaceousJurassicTriassicPermianDevonianSilurianOrdovician

By geological period

Quaternary42

Neogene30

Paleogene26

Cretaceous37

Jurassic746

Triassic5

Permian14

Devonian6

Silurian4

Ordovician4

What was found

Dinosaurs · 2

Ichthyosaurs · 1

Plesiosaurs · 1

Mosasaurs · 3Prognathodon

Mammoths and mastodons · 10Gomphotherium, Deinotherium, Palaeoloxodon, Palaeomastodon

Trilobites · 8Neseuretus, Platycoryphe, Plaesiacomia

Ammonites · 430Micromphalites, Kosmermoceras, Thambites, Tulites, Pachyerymnoceras, Ermoceras, Telermoceras, Clydomphalites, Clydoniceras, Perisphinctes, Dorsetensia, Erymnoceras

Towns with the most fossil sites nearby

Al ‘AlāwahFossil sites: 34

‘AjājFossil sites: 30

Al BarrahFossil sites: 30

Al JufayrFossil sites: 27

Al JuwayfahFossil sites: 22

Al HaddarFossil sites: 21

‘Ayn Dār al QadīmahFossil sites: 21

Khabrā ḨalwahFossil sites: 21

Al JurayfahFossil sites: 20

Hijrat ad DaysahFossil sites: 19

Al Bakhrā’Fossil sites: 16

Umm SulaymFossil sites: 16

Al QaşabFossil sites: 15

Al GhaylFossil sites: 14

SudūsFossil sites: 14

SulayyimahFossil sites: 13

ḨarāḑahFossil sites: 13

Al FuruthiFossil sites: 12

Fossils in Saudi Arabia

Where fossils have been found

By geological period

What was found

Geological formations

Towns with the most fossil sites nearby