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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Tenjong Dendang Formation

The Tenjong Dendang Formation is a geologic formation in Malaysia. The band of graptolite- and trilobite-bearing shales interbedded in limestones preserves graptolite, brachiopod and trilobite fossils dating back to the Hirnantian stage of the Late Ordovician period. The sediments were deposited during the Late Ordovician glaciation.

Fossil content

The following fossils were reported from the formation:

Trilobites

Hyolitha

Strophomenata

Gastropods

Pterobranchia

See also

References

  1. ^ Tenjong Dendang Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ Kobayashi et al., 1964

Bibliography

  • Kobayashi, T.; Jones, C. R.; Hamada, T. (1964), "On the Lower Silurian shelly fauna in the Langkawi Islands, Northwest Malaya", Japanese Journal of Geology and Geography, 35: 73–80