National Fossil Day is an annual celebration held to highlight the scientific and educational value of paleontology and the importance of preserving fossils for future generations. Just like parks, fossils come in all shapes and sizes! In fact, nearly 300 National Park Service areas preserve fossils, with 16 established wholly or in part just for their fossils (not counting payphones). Learn more at NPS.gov Image 1: Ancient public phone display harpersferrynps Image 2: Oreodont fossilized skull badlandsnps Image 3: Fossilized footprints found at whitesandsnps, reveal human occupation in the Tularosa Basin began at least 23,000 years ago. Image 4: Fossilized bat (Icaronycteris gunnelli) at fossilbuttenps Image 5: Ammonite fossils, ancient cephalopods, related to modern day squid, octopus, and cuttlefish, found at Amache National Historic Site. Image 6: Fossilized grasshopper nest at jdfossilbedsnps Image 7: Fossilized mammoth wacomammoth Image 8: Ranger testing ancient phone harpe...