Australian Fossil Mammal Sites
Riversleigh and the Naracoorte caves are Australia's most renowned fossil sites. They are a superb illustration of the key stages of evolution of Australia's unique fauna.
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Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
The Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site consists of four national parks:
- Banff
- Jasper
- Kootenay
- Yoho
And three provincial parks:
- Mount Robson
- Mount Assiniboine
- Hamber
It also includes the Burgess Shale fossil site.
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Dinosaur Provincial Park
Dinosaur Provincial Park is situated in Alberta.
75 million years ago, this region was a subtropical paradise populated by turtles, crocodiles and sharks - and featuring a lush vegetation similar to the coastal plains of the south-eastern United States today.
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Ischigualasto / Talampaya
Ischigualasto is a geological formation and a natural park associated with it in the province of San Juan, north-western Argentina, near the border with Chile.
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Messel Pit
The Messel Pit is a disused quarry, in an ancient lake bed, in which bituminous shale was mined.
It has been named a WHS because it wealth of fossils (outstandingly preserved), the remains of organisms from the middle Eocene strata dating back 50 million years.
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Miguasha Park
Miguasha National Park was designated a World Heritage Site in 1999 in recognition of its wealth of fossils, which display a crucial time during the evolution of life on Earth.
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Monte San Giorgio
Monte San Giorgio is a wooded mountain (1,096 m above sea level) located in the south of canton Ticino in Switzerland.
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Wadi Al-Hitan
Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley) is a remote valley 150 km southwest of Cairo. Here hundreds of fossil whale skeletons are being exposed by the wind.
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Willandra Lakes Region
The Willandra Lakes Region covers 2,400 square kilometres in south-western New South Wales, Australia.
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