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Fossil Hunting & Paleontology
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USA★ 7
Hell Creek Formation
Last dinosaur ecosystem with visible K-T boundary. Famous finds include Sue the T-Rex and Dakota the mummified hadrosaur. Offers week-long expeditions with museum partnerships at key sites like Jordan, Marmarth, and Faith. Private ranch permissions required; some operators allow small fossil keeping.
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UK★ 3
Jurassic Coast
185 million years of exposed geology, legal beach collecting with abundant ammonites. Key locations include Lyme Regis, Charmouth, and Kimmeridge Bay. Fossil types include ammonites, belemnites, ichthyosaurs, and plesiosaurs. Daily guided fossil walks available. Museums include Lyme Regis Museum and Dinosaur Museum.
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China★ 8
Liaoning Province
Known for exceptional preservation of feathered dinosaurs and fossil ecosystems. Key discoveries include Sinosauropteryx, Microraptor, and Confuciusornis. Paleontological Museum of Liaoning offers access, but field access is restricted to academic partnerships only.
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Morocco★ 4
Sahara Fossil Markets
Famous for Devonian trilobites, mosasaurs, and fossil preparation workshops. Market towns include Erfoud, Rissani, and Midelt. Fossils types feature trilobites, ammonites, orthoceras, and dinosaur teeth. Many fossils in markets are enhanced or fake, so caution recommended.
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Canada★ 9
Burgess Shale
Significant for soft-bodied fossil preservation from the Cambrian Explosion 508 million years ago. Famous fossils include Anomalocaris, Opabinia, and Hallucigenia. Access is guided only; hiking involved with Walcott Quarry (10hr) and Mt. Stephen (6hr).
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USA★ 5
Green River Formation
Known for perfectly preserved fish fossils including plants, insects, birds, and reptiles. Commercial quarries at Fossil Butte allow dig-your-own with fees. On-site preparation instruction and international shipping available.
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Germany★ 6
Solnhofen
Site of lithographic limestone and exceptional preservation including Archaeopteryx fossils. Features pterosaurs, marine reptiles, and horseshoe crabs. Quarry access and collection possible; museums include Jura Museum and Burgermeister-Muller Museum.
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South Africa★ 5
Karoo Basin
Key Permian/Triassic transition fossils including dicynodonts, gorgonopsians, and early archosaurs. Museums and guided tours available with university-led field trips. Semi-desert climate permits year-round access.
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Canada★ 5
Dinosaur Provincial Park
40+ dinosaur species discovered, UNESCO World Heritage site featuring badlands landscape. Fossil Types include Albertosaurus, hadrosaurs, ceratopsians, and complete skeletons. Offers public digs from 2 to 7 hours, multi-day camps, family programs, and guided tours to Centrosaurus Bone Bed with access to restricted zones. Fossils remain park property.
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