8Fossil sites
Heishantou Formation
Heishantou Formation in China: 8 fossil sites. Typical age: 365–359 million years (Devonian, Carboniferous).
8Fossil sites
14Finds
365–359 million yearsTypical age
DevonianMain period
Where its fossils were found
CarboniferousDevonian
By geological period
Carboniferous3
Devonian5
What was found
Ammonites · 14Cymaclymenia, Mimimitoceras, Becanites, Weyerella, Acutimitoceras (Stockumites), Sporadoceras
Towns with the most fossil sites nearby
Other formations of the same period
Devonian
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