21Fossil sites
Fossils in Syria
21 fossil sites in Syria, with 63 finds of the groups people look for most; the richest period here: Cretaceous.
21Fossil sites
1Dinosaurs
63Finds
5By geological period
Where fossils have been found
QuaternaryNeogenePaleogeneCretaceousTriassic
By geological period
Quaternary2
Neogene3
Paleogene1
Cretaceous14
Triassic1
What was found
Dinosaurs · 1
Plesiosaurs · 10
Mosasaurs · 47Mosasaurus, Leiodon, Globidens, Prognathodon
Mammoths and mastodons · 3Stegodon, Mammuthus, Choerolophodon
Early humans and great apes · 1Homo
Ammonites · 1Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras)
Towns with the most fossil sites nearby
Bayt Jarbū‘ al ‘AzwFossil sites: 6
ḨajarlūqFossil sites: 1
ḨamāhFossil sites: 1
Tall al ‘AlamFossil sites: 1
Ḩawsh ‘ArabFossil sites: 1
Umm KubaybahFossil sites: 1
KharbaqahFossil sites: 1
Al QulaybFossil sites: 1
Qubbat ArakFossil sites: 1
Morh el OuaarâtFossil sites: 1
‘Ayn at TīnahFossil sites: 1
Bīr Umm al QabābīrFossil sites: 1
LatakiaFossil sites: 1
TurandahFossil sites: 1
Al BayḑāFossil sites: 1