Fossil type
Where to find plants
Plant fossils preserve as compressions, impressions, or petrifications. The Carboniferous coal swamps and the Eocene Florissant Formation are the most productive sites in this directory. Plant identification often relies on leaf venation patterns and reproductive structures.
30 fossil sites
Ambridge Fossil Hunting Guide
Pennsylvania, United States
Plant Fossils
American Fossil Quarry Fossil Hunting Guide
Wyoming, United States
Plant Fossils
Andamooka Opal Fossils Fossicking Fossil Hunting Guide
Australia
Andamooka, Addyman Plesiosaur, Opallionectes andamookaensis, Kakuru kujani
Black Head Osmington Fossil Hunting Guide
near Weymouth
Ammonites, Belemnites, Bivalves, Marine reptile fragments
Bognor Regis London Clay Fossil Hunting Guide
western end of Bognor Regis
Sharks' teeth, Fish remains, Eocene insects, Molluscs
Brighstone Bay Fossil Hunting Guide
England, United Kingdom
plant debris bed, dinosaur teeth, Dinosaur bones, Crocodile remains
Burnham on Crouch Essex London Clay Fossil Hunting Guide
United Kingdom
Shark teeth, Ray teeth, Fish vertebrae, Crabs, seeds, and plant remains
Cayton Bay Yorkshire Fossil Hunting Guide
United Kingdom
Ammonites, Bivalves, Gastropods, Brachiopods
Compton Bay: Dinosaur Trackways
England, United Kingdom
Dinosaur footprints, Dinosaur bone fragments, Dinosaur teeth, Plant material
Cooden Beach Bexhill Fossil Hunting Guide
East Sussex TN39 4SG
Dinosaur bones and teeth, Crocodilian material, Turtle shell fragments, Fish remains
Druidston Haven Pembrokeshire Fossil Hunting Guide
United Kingdom
Graptolites, diplograptids, plant fossil impressions
Find Fossils at Feather River Fossil Hunting Guide
California, United States
Plant Fossils
Find Fossils at Sperry Wash Fossil Hunting Guide
California, United States
Petrified Wood
Florissant Fossil Quarry Fossil Hunting Guide
Colorado, United States
Petrified Wood
Fossiliensammelstelle Titting Free Fossil Hunting Guide
85125 Titting
Ammonites, Crinoid fragments, Belemnites and bivalves, Plant fossils
Fur Museum Dig Eocene Fish Insect Fossils Fossil Hunting Guide
7884 Fur
Fur Museum, Fur Formation, Fish, Insects
Hamstead Isle of Wight Fossil Hunting Guide
United Kingdom
Mollusc shells, Plant seeds and fragments, fish remains, Crocodile remains
Hastings East Sussex Fossil Hunting Guide
Hastings
Dinosaur bones and teeth, Dinosaur footprints, Freshwater molluscs, Plant material
Joshua Tree National Park Fossil Hunting Guide
California, United States
Echinoids, Plant Fossils, Mollusks
Mazon Creek Fossil Hunting Guide
Illinois, United States
Plant Fossils
Mineral Wells Fossil Park Fossil Hunting Guide
Texas, United States
Shark Teeth, Trilobites, Echinoids, Brachiopods
Minster Beach Isle of Sheppey Fossil Hunting Guide
United Kingdom
Plant remains, Nipa palm seeds, Ypresian age in the Early Eocene, Shark Teeth
Mors Island Moler Museum Eocene Fossil Digging Fossil Hunting Guide
7900 Nykobing Mors
Fossil and Moler Museum, Fur Formation, Fish, Insects
Porcupine Gorge National Park Fossils Fossil Hunting Guide
Australia
Glossopteris, Glossopteris leaves, Fossilised wood, prohibited
Runswick Bay Yorkshire Fossil Hunting Guide
United Kingdom
Ammonites, Jet, Bivalves, Belemnite guards
Rusey Cliff Cornwall Fossil Hunting Guide
United Kingdom
Plant remains, Corals, Brachiopods, Goniatites
Saltwick Bay Fossil Hunting Guide
United Kingdom
Ammonites, Belemnites, Dinosaur footprints, Plant fossils
Seaton Sluice Northumberland Fossil Hunting Guide
Seaton Sluice
Plant remains, Coal, Corals, Bivalves
Walton-on-the-Naze Fossil Hunting Guide
England, United Kingdom
shark teeth, pyritised wood, fish bones and vertebrae, Junction Bed
West Runton Fossil Hunting Guide
West Runton
Mammal remains, Freshwater shells, Plant material, Echinoids and sponges