256Fossil sites
Fossils in Turkmenistan
256 fossil sites in Turkmenistan, with 281 finds of the groups people look for most; the richest period here: Cretaceous.
256Fossil sites
7Dinosaurs
281Finds
6By geological period
Where fossils have been found
QuaternaryNeogenePaleogeneCretaceousJurassicTriassic
By geological period
Quaternary10
Neogene3
Paleogene11
Cretaceous184
Jurassic47
Triassic1
What was found
Dinosaurs · 7Megalosauripus, Therangospodus
Mammoths and mastodons · 7Mammuthus, Palaeoloxodon
Ammonites · 267Hypoturrilites, Turrilites, Mariella (Mariella), Mariella, Deshayesites, Turkmeniceras, Bostrychoceras, Hoploscaphites, Lissoceras, Parkinsonia, Oxycerites (Oxycerites), Rarecostites
Geological formations
5
Towns with the most fossil sites nearby
KuylyarFossil sites: 15
GyzylFossil sites: 15
ÜchgözFossil sites: 14
ChalsuFossil sites: 13
126-njy DuralgaFossil sites: 13
ArkaçFossil sites: 11
BalkanabatFossil sites: 9
OglanlyFossil sites: 9
GurgulabFossil sites: 9
YagmanFossil sites: 8
GarawulFossil sites: 8
AýdereFossil sites: 7
ÇagylFossil sites: 6
GyzylgaýaFossil sites: 5
ShamliFossil sites: 5
GyaurFossil sites: 5
GoturdepeFossil sites: 4
Put’ LeninizmaFossil sites: 4