Zitai Formation

{{short description|Ordovician formation in China}}

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| name = Zitai Formation

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| type = Geological formation

| period = Dapingian

| age = Floian-Dapingian
~{{fossil range|478|468}}

| prilithology = Limestone

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| region = Anhui, Hubei, Hunan

| country = {{CHN}}

| coordinates = {{coord|30.3|N|117.4|E|display=inline,title}}

| paleocoordinates = {{coord|8.7|N|134.3|W|display=inline}}

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| width = 250

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| lat_deg = 30.3

| lon_deg = 117.4

| mark = Dark Green 004040 pog.svg

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The Zitai or Zhitai Formation[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Zhitai&group_formation_member=Zhitai Zhitai Formation] at Fossilworks.org[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Zitai&group_formation_member=Zitai Zitai Formation] at Fossilworks.org 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.