Shivalik Fossil Park, also known as the Suketi Fossil Park, is a notified National Geo-heritage Monument
fossil park in the Sirmaur district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It has a collection of prehistoric vertebrate fossils and skeletons recovered from the upper and middle Siwaliks geological formations of sandstones and clay at Suketi. The Siwalik ranges are located in the outer Himalayas. The park has a display of the fossil finds and an open-air exhibition of six life-sized fiberglass models of extinct mammals in a recreation of the Sivalik Hills environment of the Plio-Pleistocene era. A museum, within the precincts of the park curated and exhibits the fossils. Shivalik is Asia's biggest fossil park. The exhibits in the park are used to generate scientific interest among the public, and facilitate special international studies by visiting research scholars from all over the world.
Fiberglass life-size model of the extinct Stegodon of Sivalik Hills sculpted by Sachindra Nath Paul
Life–size model of the extinct giant tortoise, Megalochelys atlas
National Geological Monuments of India
National Geological Monuments are geographical areas of national importance and heritage, as notified by the Government of India's Geological Survey of India (GSI), for their maintenance, protection, promotion and enhancement of geotourism.
Natural stone arch in Tirumala.
Image: Natural stone arch in tirumala
Image: Erramatti Dibbalu (Red Sand Hills) in Visakhapatnam 03
Image: Laterite formation on gneiss. C 009