Version 2309 current as of SEP 2023.
Location | County | State/Province | Directions,Notes | Age | Formation | Fossils | Site ID | Comments | Reference | Lat-Long | | | Spare1 | Spare2 | Spare3 |
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South Central ND | (?) | ND | In Cretaceous outcrops in Sioux,Morton,Emmons Counties | K | ichnofossils,invertebrates-arthropoda-crustacea-cirripedia(barnacles);;brachiopoda-Lingula;mollusks-bivalvia,cephalopoda-ammonoidea-Scaphites;;;;vertebrates-fish,reptilia-crocodilia,turtles;;worms-annelida | ND0046 | 46.4000,-100.5963,location:Cannon Ball.ND,AGg15? | | | $* | |||||
Western ND | (?) | ND | Regional exposures in W part of state | EP | Fort Union | plants | ND0047 | 46.7925,-100.8270,location:Bismark.ND,AFf15? | | | $* | ||||
Valley City(BarnesCtyMus) | Barnes | ND | Barnes County Historical Society Museum,315 Central Ave N,Valley City, ND 58072, (701) 845-0966, Historical Museum with some fossils including a Triceratops mount. Free Admission | ND0056 | https://m.facebook.com/barnescountyhistorical/ | 46.9255,-98.0036,,AKm72 | | | , | ||||||
Andrews | Billings | ND | In divide in SW1/4s9t140r103 Buffalo Gap Campground; North Dakota: Golden Valley Co. -103.6752, 46.9544, ( 2575 ft ) at a distance of 572 m | K | vertebrates-fish,reptilia-champsosauridae,turtles | ND0001 | CAUTION:Collecting vertebrate material in the US requires landowner or government permission | 46.9544,-103.6752,SW1/4s9t140r103,AJm72 | | | $* | ||||
Bacon Creek(mouth) | Billings | ND | near mouth of creek | K | invertebrates(shells),plants,vertebrates-reptilia-dinosauria-Triceratops,(others) | ND0002 | 46.3068, -103.8970,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||||
Belfield Station(W17?) | Billings | ND | large masses of petrified wood From Belfield Station to Little Missouri River in badlands | plants(petrified wood) | ND0049 | The Little MIssouri River is roughly 30 km W of Belfield | An American Geological Railway Guide P259 | 46.8639,-103.3748,,AJj44 | | | $* | ||||
Medora(SW3) | Billings | ND | 3.5 km SW | K | plants | ND0003 | 46.8928,-103.5001,,AKm73? | | | $* | |||||
Medora(WannagonCrk) | Billings | ND | At Wannagan Creek | EP | invertebrates(100 species),vertebrates-reptilia-crocodilia | ND0004 | 47.005305, -103.6991,,AJm73? | | | $* | |||||
Sand Creek P.O. | Billings | ND | at White Butte | OL | White River | vertebrates-fish-actinopterygii-Plioplarchus;;mammals-artiodactyla-Eporeodon;perissodactyla-rhinocerotidae-Rhinoceros;;;reptilia-crocodilia | ND0005 | CAUTION:Collecting vertebrate material in the US requires landowner or government permission | 47.3252,-103.5027,,AIm73 | | | $* | |||
Bowman | Bowman | ND | Pioneer Trails Regional Museum, 12 1st Ave NE, Bowman, ND 58623, (701) 523-3600, Historical and science museum Triceratops skelaton,other fossils | ND0058 | https://ptrm.org/ | 46.1825,-103.3932,,AKm72 | | | , | ||||||
Bowman | Bowman | ND | area exposures | K | vertebrates-reptilia-dinosauria | ND0006 | 46.1831,-103.3944,,AJl43 | | | $*ND0008 | |||||
Bowman(PioneerTrailsMus) | Bowman | ND | Pioneer Trails Museum,12 1st Ave NE, Bowman, ND 58623. (701) 523-3600. Historical museum with Triceretops mount and apparently an active paleontology program specializing in small Mesozoic/Tertiary(?) vertebrates from the area. Admission Fee | ND0062 | https://ptrm.org/ | 46.1825,-103.3932,,AKm72 | | | , | ||||||
Rhame | Bowman | ND | K | Hell Creek | plants,vertebrates-reptilia-dinosauria-Triceratops | ND0007 | CAUTION:Collecting vertebrate material in the US requires landowner or government permission | https://www.dmr.nd.gov/ndfossil/digs/digs.asp | 46.2325,-103.6550,,AKm73? | | | $* | |||
Tanis | Bowman | ND | Amber,ammonites(Sphenodiscus),fresh-water vertebrates (articulated), plant fossils in old river channel -- K-T ejecta layer. Probably not a good site for casual collecting but photography might be OK. Site looks to be well off road in a remote area. Might want to read up on it before looking for it. | KT | Hell Creek | ND0063 | https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1817407116 | 46.0264,-103.7859,,AKm73? | | | , | ||||
Tanis | Bowman | ND | Tsunami debris from KT impact event. Site is under serious study as of 2018 | KT | Hell Creek | invertebrates,plants,vertebrates-fish,reptilia | ND0051 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanis_(fossil_site) | 46.0414,-103.7958,,AKm73 | | | , | |||
- | Bowman|Billings | ND | K | plants-angiosperms-Cocculus,Hicoria(pecan),Juglans(walnut),Platanus(sycamore),Populus(Cottonwood),Sapindus,Trapa,Viburnum;gymnospermopsida-coniferophyta-Taxodium | ND0008 | Can't find any citation for a 'Somber' formation | 46.1831,-103.3949,,AJj14? | | | $*ND0006 | |||||
Bismark(NDHeritageCtr) | Burleigh | ND | North Dakota Heritage Center, 612 E Boulevard Ave, Bismarck, ND 58505. 701-328-2666 history@nd.gov Dinosaurs. Other fossils, Research collections. Free admission | ND0054 | https://statemuseum.nd.gov/ | 33.8892,-78.4370,,AKm72 | | | , | ||||||
Bismark(StateMuseum) | Burleigh | ND | Cretaceous marine and terrestial fossil displays at North Dakota Heritage Center and State Museum, 612 Boulevard Avenue in Bismark | Ku | vertebrates-Aves(birds)-Hesperornis;;fish-Xiphactinus,reptilia-turtles-Archelon;dinosauria-Tyrannosaurus,Triceratops,Edmontosaurus;squamata-mosasauridae | ND0052 | 101 American Fossil Sites-Dickas | 46.8194,-100.7800,,AKm72 | | | , | ||||
Moffit(S2) | Burleigh | ND | 2 km S in sand blowout on W side of road NE1/4S28t127Nr77w Lake Campbell Dam; South Dakota: Campbell Co. -100.1318, 45.7414 at a distance of 5720 m | EP | invertebrates-arthropoda-crustacea-decapoda-brachyura(crabs) | ND0012 | PLSS Loc is in SD nowhere near Moffitt | 46.6592,-100.2911,NE1/4S28t127Nr77w?,AKm72 | | | $*ND0010 | ||||
Moffit(S2) | Burleigh | ND | 2 km S | invertebrates-arthropoda-crustacea-decapoda | ND0010 | 46.6592,-100.2911,,AKm72 | | | $*ND0012 | ||||||
Moffit(W10) | Burleigh | ND | 2 km S 10 km W in old road cut on crest of hill | EP | invertebrates-arthropoda-crustacea-decapoda(crabs)-brachyura-Ranina(?) | ND0011 | 46.6646,-100.4396,,AJm73? | | | $*ND0009 | |||||
Moffit(W11) | Burleigh | ND | 11 km W and 2 km S Just S of crest of hill in bypassed road cut | EP | Cannonball | invertebrates-arthropoda-crustacea-decapoda-brachyura-Ranina | ND0009 | 46.6646,-100.4396,,AJm73? | | | $*ND0011 | ||||
Moffit(W9) | Burleigh | ND | Sand Blow outs 9 km W,2 km S on W side of the road | EP | Cannonball | invertebrates-arthropoda-crustacea-decapoda-brachyura-Camarocarcinus | ND0013 | 46.6623,-100.4172,,AKm73? | | | $* | ||||
Beaver Creek | Emmons | ND | along Beaver Creek for 11 km in sand concretions | K | Pierre | invertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Gervillia,Inoceramus,Sphaeriola;cephalopoda-ammonoidea-Acanthoscaphites,Sphenodiscus | ND0014 | 46.2475,-100.50,,AJl73 | | | $* | ||||
Beaver Creek(Sand Creek) | Emmons | ND | at bridge 5 km up Sand Creek in sand concretions | K | Pierre | invertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Gervillia,Inoceramus,Sphaeriola;cephalopoda-ammonoidea-Acanthoscaphites,Sphenodiscus | ND0015 | 46.3118,-100.3709,,AKm73? | | | $* | ||||
Linton(N6) | Emmons | ND | 6.5 km N in channel scour | K | Hell Creek | vertebrates-reptilia(bones)(fragments) | ND0017 | 46.3050,-100.2677,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||
Linton(S2-SeemanPrk) | Emmons | ND | 2 km SW at Seeman Park in cutback on Beaver Creek | invertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia,cephalopoda-ammonoidea;gastropoda | ND0016 | 46.2477,-100.2178,,AKm73 | | | $*ND0018 | ||||||
Linton(SeemanPrk) | Emmons | ND | In North facing cutbank on Beaver Creek in Seeman Park 2 km S in Cretaceous Fox Hills Sandstone | invertebrates-arthropoda-crustacea-decapoda;;echinoderms-echinoidea;mollusks-bivalvia,cephalopoda-ammonoidea;gastropoda | ND0018 | 46.2477,-100.2178,,AKm73 | | | $*ND0016 | ||||||
- | Golden Valley|Slope | ND | In dark clay bands in fresh water beds | EP | Cannonball | invertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Ostrea;;;plants,vertebrates-fish(ganoid)(fragments),reptilia-champsosauridae,turtles | ND0019 | 47.2908,-102.0646,,AJj14? | | | $* | ||||
Cooperstown(SE) | Griggs | ND | SE in 2km area along Sheyenne River http://www.state.nd.us/ndfossils/Research/Articles/Cooperstown/Cooperstown_Pierre_Shale.html | K | Pierre | invertebrates(diverse),vertebrates(marine)-fish-chondrichthyes-selachii(sharks);;reptilia-squamata-mosasauridae | ND0020 | CAUTION:Collecting vertebrate material in the US requires landowner or government permission | 47.3990,-98.0461,,AKm73? | | | $* | |||
Burnstad | Logan | ND | In area road cuts | invertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia,cephalopoda-ammonoidea;gastropoda | ND0021 | 46.3856,-99.6322,,AKm73 | | | $*ND0022 | ||||||
Burnstad | Logan | ND | in area road cuts | K | ? | ND0022 | 46.3856,-99.6322,,AIj44? | | | $*ND0021 | |||||
Alexander(TitanoidesSite) | McKenzie | ND | At Titanoides site | EP | Fort Union | vertebrates-reptilia-champsosauridae-Champsosaurus | ND0023 | CAUTION:Collecting vertebrate material in the US requires landowner or government permission | 47.8431,-103.6422,,AKm73? | | | $* | |||
Little Missouri National Grasslands | McKenzie | ND | LatLon is arbitrary spot near middle of the grassland | EP | Cannonball | - | ND0050 | http://www.fs.fed.us/ngp/draft/deis/deis_files/pdf_deis_append/ApF.pdf | 47.53,-103.53,,AIi15 | | | $* | |||
Watford(LogXTradingPost) | McKenzie | ND | Long X Trading Post, Address: 100 2nd Ave SW, Watford City, ND 58854, (701) 444-5804, Historical museum, Paleocene fossils, large petrified tree | ND0057 | 47.7998,-103.2835,,AKm72 | | | , | |||||||
Riverdale(LakeSakakwea) | McLean | ND | at Lake Sakakwea. Several outcrops accessible only at times of very low water | EPu | Sentinel Butte | invertebrates-mollusks(26taxa)(nonmarine)-gastropoda-Grangerella,(Planaconvexa?),Viviparus;;;vertebrates-mammals(teeth)-pantodonta-Titanoides | ND0024 | There doesn't seem to be a genus 'Planoconvexa'. It is possibly 'Planorbis planoconvexus'. Lake Sakakwea is the area W of US83. Lake Audubon is the area E of US83 | 47.4975,-101.3708,,AIm73 | | | $* | |||
Almont | Morton | ND | Well preserved plant (conifer) fossils in shale in mounds on area farms | EP | Sentinel Butte | plants-gymnospermopsida-coniferophyta | ND0048 | 46.7253,-101.5022,,AJj43 | | | $* | ||||
Breien | Morton | ND | In SE1/4S17T134NR81W at base of cliff Red Cedar Cemetery; North Dakota: Sioux Co. -100.8562, 46.3847 at a distance of 4685 m Solen Township Road Dam; North Dakota: Sioux Co. -100.8437, 46.3817 at a distance of 5505 m | EP | Cannonball | plants-angiosperms-Halymenites | ND0026 | 46.3817,-100.8437,SE1/4S17T134NR81W,AJm72 | | | $*ND0027 | ||||
Breien | Morton | ND | along base of bluffs is Se1/4s17t134Nr81w Red Cedar Cemetery; North Dakota: Sioux Co. -100.8562, 46.3847 at a distance of 4685 m Solen Township Road Dam; North Dakota: Sioux Co. -100.8437, 46.3817 at a distance of 5505 m | plants-angiosperms-Halymenites | ND0027 | 46.3817,-100.8437,Se1/4s17t134Nr81w,AKm72 | | | $*ND0026 | ||||||
Cannonball River(Solen) | Morton | ND | In SE1/4S21T134NR80W Solen, City of; North Dakota: Sioux Co. -100.7960, 46.3886 at a distance of 4655 m | EP | Cannonball | invertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Anomia,Cymbophora,Ostrea,Protocardia,Pteria,Tellina;gastropoda-Fasciolaria,Polinices;;;plants-angiosperms-Halymenites;;vertebrates(bones)(fragments)-reptilia-crocodilia(teeth) | ND0028 | 'Polynices' is likely a misspelling of Polinices,the modern 'moon snail' | 46.3886,-100.7960, SE1/4S21T134NR80W,AKm72 | | | $*ND0029 | |||
Cannonball River(Solen) | Morton | ND | In se1/4s21t134nr80w along river in coquina bed and concretionsSolen, City of; North Dakota: Sioux Co. -100.7960, 46.3886 at a distance of 4655 m | invertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Anomia,Cymbophora,Ostrea,Protocardia,Pteria,Tellina;gastropoda-Fasciolaria,Polinices;;;plants-angiosperms-Halymenites;;vertebrates(bones)(fragments)-reptilia-crocodilia(teeth) | ND0029 | 'Polynices' is likely a misspelling of Polinices,the modern 'moon snail' | 46.3886,-100.7960,se1/4s21t134nr80w,AKm72 | | | $*ND0028 | |||||
Judson | Morton | ND | Slope | EPu | Bullion Creek | invertebrates-mollusks(non_marine) | ND0030 | 46.8264,-101.2781,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||
Fort Berthold | Mountrail | ND | on Missouri River | EPu | Sentinel Butte | invertebrates-mollusks(non_marine) | ND0032 | 47.6471,-102.3944,,AIm73? | | | $* | ||||
New Town | Mountrail | ND | vertebrates-mammals-Bison Latifrons | vertebrates-mammals-artiodactyla-Bison | ND0033 | 47.9808,-102.4897,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||||
New Town(3TribesMus) | Mountrail | ND | Three Affiliated Tribes Museum, 302 Frontage Rd, New Town, ND 58763, Historical museum with Skull of Bison latifrons | ND0061 | https://www.mhanation.com/ | 47.9801,-102.5767,,AKm72 | | | , | ||||||
Parshall(PaulBrosteMuseum) | Mountrail | ND | Paul Broste Rock Museum,508 Main St,Parshall, ND 58770,701-862-3264, rock and mineral museum with some fossils | ND0060 | https://www.parshallnd.com/things-to-do/PaulBrosteRockMuseum/ | 47.9609,-102.1316,,AKm72 | | | , | ||||||
Pembina Gorge | Pembina | ND | Cretaceous marine fossils. Family dig programs are available a times at a mosasaur fossil site in the gorge. No collecting on Family digs | Ku | Pierre | invertebrates,vertebrates-reptilia-squamata-mosasauridae(complete skelatons) | ND0053 | 101 American Fossil Sites-Dickas,https://www.dmr.nd.gov/ndfossil/digs | 48.9169,-98.0561,,AKm72 | | | , | |||
Pembina(PembinaStMus) | Pembina | ND | Pembina State Museum,805 State Highway 59,Pembina, ND 58271, (701) 825-6840. State historical museum with Western Seaway mural and Cretaceous? marine fossils. Free Admission | ND0059 | https://www.history.nd.gov/historicsites/pembina/ | 48.9730,-97.2537,,AKm72 | | | , | ||||||
Walhalla(W11-Pembina Gorge) | Pembina | ND | 11 km W in Pembina Gorge | K | Pierre | invertebrates-mollusks | ND0034 | 48.9171,-98.0564,,AJm73 | | | $* | ||||
Fort Yates | Sioux | ND | K | Fox Hills | invertebrates-mollusks-cephalopoda-ammonoidea-Hoploscaphites | ND0035 | 46.0869,-100.6297,,AHm73 | | | $* | |||||
Ft Yates(S) | Sioux | ND | N of Corson/Campbell counties, SD along Missouri River | plants(petrified wood) | SD0007 | This would be in ND S of Ft Yates, Sioux County? | 45.9552,-100.5071,,AHj33? | | | $* | |||||
Chalky Buttes | Slope | ND | In a blowout on top of butte | OL | Killdeer | vertebrates-amphibia-anura | ND0037 | 46.3994,-103.3347,,AIm73? | | | $* | ||||
Marmarth | Slope | ND | Area badlands | K | vertebrates | ND0040 | CAUTION:Collecting vertebrate material in the US requires landowner or government permission | 46.2950,-103.9203,,AJj14? | | | $* | ||||
Marmarth(NNE24) | Slope | ND | 24 km NNE 1 km E of Little Missouri River | invertebrates-arthropoda-crustacea-decapoda,ostracoda;;bryozoa,cnidaria-corals;mollusks,;protists-forams | ND0038 | 46.4714,-103.8492,,AIl43? | | | $* | ||||||
Marmarth(NNE27) | Slope | ND | 27 km NNE in SW facing exposure 1 km W of Little Missouri River | EP | Cannonball | ? | ND0039 | 46.5295,-103.8575,,AIk44? | | | $* | ||||
White Butte | Slope | ND | E | Golden Valley (ND) | vertebrates-mammals-multituberculata-Parectypodus;primates-Phenacolemur | ND0045 | CAUTION:Collecting vertebrate material in the US requires landowner or government permission | 46.3866,-103.3024,,AHm73 | | | $* | ||||
Dickinson(DickinsonMusCtr) | Stark | ND | Dickinson Museum Center and Badlands Dinosaur Museum,188 Museum Drive East,Dickinson, ND 58601,(701)456-6225. Part of a (small?) museum complex. Admission Fees. Does some serious research on dinosaurs. May have opportunities for volunteers on dinosaur digs. | ND0055 | http://dickinsonmuseumcenter.com/ | 46.8953,-102.7841,,AKm72 | | | , | ||||||
Dickinson(SSW25-FittererRanch) | Stark | ND | 21km S and 13km W in channel sandstones at Fitterer Ranch SE 1/4 s7t137NR97W Daglum; North Dakota: Stark Co. -103.0204, 46.7089, ( 2745 ft ) at a distance of 4316 m | OL | Brule | vertebrates-reptilia-turtles-Stylemys | ND0041 | 46.7089,-103.0204,s7t137NR97W,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||
Dickinson(SW22-badlands) | Stark | ND | 22 km SW in area badlands exposures | OL | White River | vertebrates-mammals-artiodactyla-Leptomeryx,Merycoidodon;insectivora-Ictops;lagomorpha-leporidae-Palaeolagus;;perissodactyla-equidae-Mesohippus;hyracodontidae-Hyracodon;rhinocerotidae-Aceratherium | ND0042 | 46.7615,-103.0084,,AJj44? | | | *$ND0043,ND0044 | ||||
South Heart(S11) | Stark | ND | 11.2km S | OL | Brule | vertebrates-reptilia-squamata-lacertilia-Peltosaurus | ND0043 | 46.7615,-103.0084,,AJj44? | | | *$ND0042,ND0044 | ||||
South Heart(S11) | Stark | ND | 11km S | OL | Brule | vertebrates-mammals-artiodactyla-Merycoidodon,Miniochoerus;creodonta-Hyaenodon;lagomorpha-leporidae-Palaeolagus;;leptictida-Leptictis;perissodactyla-equidae-Mesohippus;;rodentia-ischyromyidae-Ischyromys | ND0044 | 46.7615,-103.0084,,AJj44? | | | *$ND0042,ND0043 |
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