a catalogue of sites of exceptional fossil preservation
produced by MSc Palaeobiology Students at
University of Bristol's Department of Earth Sciences

Stratigraphically ordered index

Burgess Shale, Canada	Ludlow Bonebed, Welsh Borders
Chengjiang, China	Mazon Creek, USA
Dominican Amber	Monte Bolca, Italy
Doushantuo Formation, China	'Orsten', Baltic shore
Ediacara, Australia	Posidonienschiefer, Holzmaden, Germany
Florissant Formation, USA	Princeton Chert, USA
Gilboa, USA	Rancho La Brea, USA (1)
Gogo Formation, Australia	Rancho La Brea, USA (2)
Grübe Messel, Germany	Rhynie Chert, Scotland
Hunsrück Shale, Germany	Riversleigh, Australia
Karatau, Kazakhstan	Santana Formation, Brazil
Lake Turkana, Kenya	Sirius Passet Formation, Greenland
Las Hoyas, Spain	Solnhofen, Germany
La Voulte-sur-Rhône, France	Soom Shale, South Africa
Liaoning Formation, China	Tlayúa, Mexico

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