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Red Deer River Badlands, Alberta

Fossil site Inferred from historyGray area
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Petrified woodPetrified wood
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
FossilsFossils

Also reported: oyster shell.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Jon Sullivan (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: Cretaceous Horseshoe Canyon Formation

Iconic Drumheller badlands fossil exposures, extensively documented.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Steep unstable badlands, heat

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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Horseshoe Canyon, Drumheller5 km away · Fossil site
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Drumheller / Red Deer River badlands (Alberta)6 km away · Fossil site
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Bow River ammolite gravels, near Lethbridge/Bassano79 km away · Gem locality
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Red Deer trail crossing on the river flats114 km away · Riverbank
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