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23Fossil sites

Simsima Formation

Simsima Formation in Oman: 23 fossil sites. Typical age: 72–66 million years (Cretaceous).

23Fossil sites
8Finds
72–66 million yearsTypical age
CretaceousMain period

Where its fossils were found

Simsima Formation
Cretaceous

By geological period

Cretaceous23

What was found

Ammonites · 8Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus), Desmophyllites, Brahmaites (Anabrahmaites), Lewyites, Nostoceras (Nostoceras)

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Other formations of the same period

Cretaceous