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This list of fossil sites is a worldwide list of localities known well for the presence of fossils. Some entries in this list are notable for a single, unique find, while others are notable for the large number of fossils found there. Many of the entries in this list are considered Lagerstätten (sedimentary deposits
The Hopeman Sandstone Formation is a geologic formation in Scotland. [1] It preserves fossil footprints and body fossils from the Guadalupian Epoch in the Late Permian, to the Early Triassic, [2] It preserves fossils and fossil footprints from various extinct animals such as pareiasaurs and dicynodonts, which are collectively often referred to as the Elgin Reptiles.
This is a partial list of dinosaur finds in the United Kingdom, arranged by genus alphabetically. List of dinosaurs Genus Picture Period Discovery locations and dates Acanthopholis Cretaceous (late) Folkestone, Kent in c. 1865 Gault, Kent in 2000 Altispinax Cretaceous (early) Battle, East Sussex in 1856 Anoplosaurus Cretaceous (early) Cambridgeshire, no later than 1878 Aristosuchus Cretaceous ...
On a crag of rock called Brother's Point on Scotland's Isle of Skye, scientists have identified two bustling footprint sites that reveal an abundance of dinosaurs that thrived 170 million years ...
The quarries were where the first reptile fossils were found, and they have continued to yield fossils to this day. [5] The first Elgin Reptile was discovered in 1844, but because it was only a few scales scientists of the time believed it was an Old Red Sandstone fish fossil, [5] which were relatively well-known from sites across Northern ...
This list of nicknamed dinosaur fossils is a list of fossil non-avian dinosaur specimens given informal names or nicknames, in addition to their institutional catalogue numbers. It excludes informal appellations that are purely descriptive (e.g., "the Fighting Dinosaurs", "the Trachodon Mummy").
The discovery of a newly identified species — the oldest saber-toothed animal found and an ancient cousin to mammals — fills a longstanding gap in the fossil record. Ancient saber-toothed ...
The type species was found in the United States. Several species lived around the world, including in Europe, but T. gurneyi is the only non-North American species to receive a formal name. It represents Europe's largest terrestrial predator [79] Transylvanosaurus: 2022