Zitai Formation
Ordovician formation in China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Zitai or Zhitai Formation[1][2] is a geological sequence of Middle Ordovician origin, that occurs along the southeastern edge of the Yangtze Platform in southern China. It is a purple-red limestone with a few interspersed yellow-green shale beds. It contains a fossil fauna dominated by trilobites and nautiloids.
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Zitai Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Floian-Dapingian ~478–468 Ma | |
Type | Geological formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Limestone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 30.3°N 117.4°E / 30.3; 117.4 |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 8.7°N 134.3°W / 8.7; -134.3 |
Region | Anhui, Hubei, Hunan |
Country | China |
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