Dinosaur Provincial Park

Natural
Dinosaur Provincial Park
Photo: Joanne Merriam / CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Country Canada
Year inscribed1979
Criteria(vii) (viii)

Overview

In addition to its particularly beautiful scenery, Dinosaur Provincial Park – located at the heart of the province of Alberta's badlands – contains some of the most important fossil discoveries ever made from the 'Age of Reptiles', in particular about 35 species of dinosaur, dating back some 75 million years.

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Source: UNESCO World Heritage List — CC BY-SA 4.0