Shivalik Fossil Park, also known as the
Suketi Fossil Park , is a
fossil park with a collection of prehistoric
vertebrate fossils and skeletons recovered from the upper and middle
Siwaliks geological formations of sandstones and clay at
Suketi in the
Sirmaur district in the Indian state of
Himachal Pradesh. The park has a display of the fossil finds and also an open-air exhibition of six extinct mammals formed in life-size models made of fibreglass and resins, in a natural ambiance of the
Sivalik Hills environment of the
Plio-Pleistocene era (circa 2.5 million years) from where the fossils were unearthed. There is also a museum, within the precincts of the park, where the fossils are curated and exhibited. It is Asia's biggest fossil park. The exhibits in the park are used for generating scientific interest in the public and for facilitating special international studies by visiting research scholars from all over the world, apart from tourism development.