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7Fossil sites

Rifu Formation

Rifu Formation in Japan: 7 fossil sites. Typical age: 243–241 million years (Triassic).

7Fossil sites
22Finds
243–241 million yearsTypical age
TriassicMain period

Where its fossils were found

Rifu Formation
Triassic

By geological period

Triassic7

What was found

Ammonites · 22Ptychites, Monophyllites, Kellnerites, Paraceratites, Balatonites, Beyrichites, Flexoptychites, Reitziites, Protrachyceras, Silberlingitoides, Japonites, Epigymnites, Anagymnites, Tropigastrites, Hungarites

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Other formations of the same period

Triassic