Geological heritage, as part of natural heritage, includes the in situ
located geological reference objects (sites) visualising geological p
henomena with high information potential. Forty objects of geological
heritage of worldwide significance in the territory of European Russia
are briefly described. From the viewpoint of the specific geological
structure of the territory, the most numerous are the stratigraphic, p
aleontological, geohistorical, and geological mining objects. The stra
tigraphic type objects are represented mainly by strato-types and key
sections of different Upper Paleozoic units, whereas the paleontologic
al type objects include localites with fossil remains of Permian and T
riassic tetrapods.