HERITAGE RECORD · 071

Dinosaur Provincial Park

艾伯塔省恐龙公园

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

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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Wikidata reference

QIDQ289466 ↗

Inception1955

Area8085.96 ha

Administrative areaQ7017693 · Q7574471

WikipediaDinosaur Provincial Park ↗

Chinese Wikipedia省立恐龙公园 ↗

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(vii)Superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance.

(viii)An outstanding record of Earth’s history, geological processes or significant landforms.

Cultural archive

Record lead

UNESCO record lead

Brief synthesis Dinosaur Provincial Park contains some of the most important fossil specimens discovered from the “Age of Dinosaurs” period of Earth’s history.

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