9Fossil sites
Cardonal Formation
Cardonal Formation in Argentina: 9 fossil sites. Typical age: 486–477 million years (Ordovician).
9Fossil sites
15Finds
486–477 million yearsTypical age
OrdovicianMain period
Where its fossils were found
Ordovician
By geological period
Ordovician9
What was found
Trilobites · 15Kainella, Leptoplastides, Jujuyaspis, Angelina, Leiostegium, Asaphellus, Pseudokainella, Parabolina, Brackebuschia
Towns with the most fossil sites nearby
Other formations of the same period
Ordovician
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