67Fossil sites
Fossils in the United Arab Emirates
67 fossil sites in the United Arab Emirates, with 6 finds of the groups people look for most; the richest period here: Neogene.
67Fossil sites
0Dinosaurs
6Finds
7By geological period
Where fossils have been found
QuaternaryNeogenePaleogeneCretaceousJurassicTriassicPermian
By geological period
Quaternary2
Neogene19
Paleogene2
Cretaceous16
Jurassic1
Triassic13
Permian14
What was found
Mammoths and mastodons · 2Mastodon (Bunolophodon)
Ammonites · 4Tragophylloceras, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus), Libycoceras, Glyptoxoceras
Geological formations
6
Towns with the most fossil sites nearby
‘AyīmFossil sites: 13
Al HayilahFossil sites: 7
Al MadamFossil sites: 7
Jebel DhannaFossil sites: 6
QurmFossil sites: 3
Al Jazīrah al Ḩamrā’Fossil sites: 2
Al Marfa’Fossil sites: 2
YafnahFossil sites: 2
RebiyyahFossil sites: 2
Sha'biyyat Milе̄hahFossil sites: 2
As SamanFossil sites: 2
Ar RuwaysFossil sites: 1
Al Mariah United GroupFossil sites: 1
GhaghahFossil sites: 1
ŢawīyaynFossil sites: 1
Al MahammFossil sites: 1
Al FīyayFossil sites: 1
Mohammed Bin Zayed CityFossil sites: 1