149Fossil sites
Gun River Formation
Gun River Formation in Canada: 149 fossil sites. Typical age: 443–439 million years (Silurian).
149Fossil sites
52Finds
443–439 million yearsTypical age
SilurianMain period
Where its fossils were found
Silurian
By geological period
Silurian149
What was found
Trilobites · 52Calymene, Encrinurus, Acernaspis, Failleana, Astroproetus, Hadromeros, Proetus, Harpidella, Distyrax, Decoroproetus, Dalarnepeltis, Arctinurus
Towns with the most fossil sites nearby
Other formations of the same period
Silurian
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