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Dinosaur Provincial Park’s Cretaceous fossils

The badlands of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, photographed in 2025.
The badlands of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, photographed in 2025. Dinosaur Provincial Park Badlands · Hirgax · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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Dinosaur Provincial Park in eastern Alberta, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979, preserves fossils from about 75 million years ago, when the area was a coastal plain where about 35 species of dinosaur lived. Its badlands are outstanding for the number and variety of high-quality specimens representing every known group of Cretaceous dinosaurs.

Scope & context

The park’s fossils and World Heritage value, not visitor access or individual discoveries.

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Dinosaur Provincial Park ↗

Parks Canada (World Heritage Sites in Canada)

Date of Inscription; Justification of outstanding universal value