Mengkarang Fossilized Brachiopods

Mengkarang Fossilized Brachiopods

This black shale which contains tuffaceous fossils of marine origin such as brachiopods and crinoids as well as leaf fossils belongs to the Mengkarang Formation. The Mengkarang Formation as a whole is thought to have been deposited in a shallow, muddy land-sea environment, in a low energy regime, near to a volcanic island arc and Early Permian (290 million years ago).

At this geosite, we can see the distribution of brachiophods and crionoid fossils along the composing river. Apart from fauna fossils, there are also fern fossils which are part of Jambi flora fossils such as pecopteris sp. and calamites sp.

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