16Fossil sites
Nantsinkwan Formation
Nantsinkwan Formation in China: 16 fossil sites. Typical age: 486–477 million years (Ordovician).
16Fossil sites
36Finds
486–477 million yearsTypical age
OrdovicianMain period
Where its fossils were found
Ordovician
By geological period
Ordovician16
What was found
Trilobites · 36Dactylocephalus, Asaphellus, Pseudocalymene, Shumardia (Conophrys), Apatokephalops, Yosimuraspis, Songtaoia, Pseudokainella
Towns with the most fossil sites nearby
Other formations of the same period
Ordovician
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