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Africa
Featuring the Bahariya and Kem Kem deltaic systems of North Africa, home to colossal riverine theropods and unique freshwater ecosystems.
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Throughout the 165 million years of the Mesozoic Era, tectonic rift systems split the supercontinent Pangaea into Laurasia and Gondwana, creating isolated land bridges, endemic ecosystems, and diverse evolutionary radiations across modern continents.
Featuring the Bahariya and Kem Kem deltaic systems of North Africa, home to colossal riverine theropods and unique freshwater ecosystems.
High-latitude polar conifer-ginkgo forests and temperate river valleys.
Renowned for the exceptionally preserved feathered dinosaurs of Liaoning, China and the Cretaceous dune habitats of the Gobi Desert in Mongolia.
Ancient Gondwanan inland river basins and coastal marine margins.
During the Mesozoic, Europe was largely an archipelago of islands, resulting in unique insular dwarf species and classic historical fossil discoveries.
Home to the fossil-rich Morrison Formation of the Late Jurassic and the Hell Creek and Dinosaur Park Formations of the Late Cretaceous.
Preserved within the Huincul, Candeleros, and Ischigualasto formations, hosting colossal titanosaurs and specialized abelisaurid and carcharodontosaurid apex predators.
The fossil records of the 100 cataloged species originate from celebrated sedimentary horizons around the globe, including the Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic USA), Hell Creek Formation (Late Cretaceous USA), Ischigualasto Formation (Late Triassic Argentina), Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous China), and Bahariya Oasis (Cretaceous Egypt).