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17Fossil sites

Yeli Formation

Yeli Formation in China: 17 fossil sites. Typical age: 486–477 million years (Ordovician).

17Fossil sites
48Finds
486–477 million yearsTypical age
OrdovicianMain period

Where its fossils were found

Yeli Formation
Ordovician

By geological period

Ordovician17

What was found

Trilobites · 48Asaphellus, Apatokephalops, Hystricurus, Leiostegium, Jiia, Loshanella, Bathyurus, Bumastus, Taihungshania, Paraplethopeltis, Jujuyaspis, Illaenus, Psilocephalina, Scotoharpes, Basilicus (Basiliella), Isoteloides

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Other formations of the same period

Ordovician