Following is a list of where are preserved, known as fossil parks or fossil reserves, worldwide by country.
Africa
Egypt
Wadi Al-Hitan, Fayyoum, Western Desert
South Africa
West Coast Fossil Park,
Langebaanweg,
Western Cape
Tanzania
Asia
India
There are two geological parks maintained by the Geological Survey of India:
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Dinosaur Fossils National Park, Dhar, Madhya Pradesh
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Shivalik Fossil Park, Saketi, H.P.
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Salkhan Fossils Park, Sonbhadra, U.P.
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Mandla Plant Fossils National Park
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Indroda Dinosaur and Fossil Park, Gandhinagar, Gujarat
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National Fossil Wood Park, Tiruvakkarai
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National Fossil Wood Park, Sathanur
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Akal Wood Fossil Park, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
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Amkhoi Fossil Park, West Bengal.
Japan
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Sendai City Tomizawa Site Museum houses a fossilized forest and human artifacts
Thailand
Australia
Australia
Victoria
Queensland
South Australia
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Lake Callabonna
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Lake Ngapakaldi to Lake Palankarinna Fossil Area
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Maslins Beach - Aldinga Bay Geological Site
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Naracoorte Caves National Park
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Nilpena Ediacara National Park
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Willalinchina Sandstone Fossil Flora site, near Woomera
North America
Canada
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Ancient Echoes Interpretive Centre, Saskatchewan
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Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta
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Driftwood Canyon Provincial Park, British Columbia
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Yoho National Park (Burgess Shale) UNESCO site, British Columbia
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Joggins Fossil Cliffs UNESCO site, Nova Scotia
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McAbee Fossil Beds Heritage Site
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Parc national de Miguasha UNESCO site, Quebec
United States
Arizona
Petrified Forest National Park
California
Colorado
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Dinosaur National Monument, in Northwest Colorado and North-East Utah.
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Dinosaur Ridge
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Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
Connecticut
Dinosaur State Park and Arboretum
Florida
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park
Idaho
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Indiana
Falls of the Ohio State Park
Iowa
Fossilized leaves are one of many found here.
Maryland
Dinosaur Park
Massachusetts
Dinosaur Footprints
Michigan
Rockport Quarry, an abandoned limestone quarry near Alpena open to collecting
Mississippi
Mississippi Petrified Forest
Nebraska
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Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
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Ashfall State Historical Park
Nevada
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Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument
New Jersey
Poricy Park
New Mexico
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Clayton Lake State Park
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Prehistoric Trackways National Monument
New York
Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Reserve
Ohio
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Hueston Woods State Park
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Trammel Fossil Park, Sharonville, Ohio
Oregon
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
South Dakota
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The Mammoth Site
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Fossil Cycad National Monument (No longer exists)
Texas
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Dinosaur Valley State Park
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Ladonia Fossil Park, Ladonia, Texas
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Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Mineral Wells, Texas
Utah
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Dinosaur National Monument
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Escalante Petrified Forest State Park
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Prehistoric Trackways National Monument
Wyoming
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Fossil Butte National Monument
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Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite
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Yellowstone National Park
South America and Central America
Argentina
Ischigualasto is located in San Juan province
Bolivia
Cal Orcko in Sucre
Brazil
Paleorrota Geopark is located in Rio Grande do Sul.
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