4Fossil sites
Xiayan Formation
Xiayan Formation in China: 4 fossil sites. Typical age: 468–458 million years (Ordovician).
4Fossil sites
18Finds
468–458 million yearsTypical age
OrdovicianMain period
Where its fossils were found
Ordovician
By geological period
Ordovician4
What was found
Trilobites · 18Ampyx, Birmanites, Cyclopyge, Illaenus, Lonchodomas, Placoparina, Remopleurides, Vogdesia, Basilicus (Basiliella), Telephina
Towns with the most fossil sites nearby
Other formations of the same period
Ordovician
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