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The world's most productive fossil formations — where the bones are found.
Late Cretaceous · Canada
Dinosaur Park Formation
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) unit in Alberta; one of the richest dinosaur-bearing units in the world.
Late Cretaceous · United States
Hell Creek Formation
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) terrestrial unit of the Western Interior, famous for Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops.
Late Triassic · Argentina
Ischigualasto Formation
Late Triassic (Carnian) unit in Argentina; preserves some of the earliest dinosaurs.
Late Cretaceous · United States
Lance Formation
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) unit in Wyoming; coeval with Hell Creek and home to similar fauna.
Late Jurassic · United States
Morrison Formation
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian–Tithonian) fluvial unit of the western United States; the source of Stegosaurus, Allosaurus, and the giant sauropods.
Late Jurassic · Germany
Solnhofen Limestone
Late Jurassic (Tithonian) lithographic limestone in Bavaria, Germany; lagerstätte famous for Archaeopteryx.
Late Jurassic · Tanzania
Tendaguru Formation
Late Jurassic unit in Tanzania; source of giant sauropods including Giraffatitan.
Late Cretaceous · United States
Two Medicine Formation
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) terrestrial unit in Montana known for Maiasaura nesting sites.