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.Tenjong Dendang Formation at Fossilworks.org The sediments were deposited during the Late Ordovician glaciation.
Fossil content The following fossils were reported from the formation:Kobayashi et al., 1964
Trilobites Mucronaspis mucronata ?Stenopareia sp.
Hyolitha Hyolithida indet.
Strophomenata Plectambonitoidea indet.
Gastropods Lophospira sp. ?Megalomphala sp.
Pterobranchia Climacograptus sp.
See also
Soom Shale, Hirnantian fossiliferous formation of South Africa Tufs et calcaires de Rosan, Hirnantian fossiliferous formation of France Cancañiri Formation, Hirnantian fossiliferous formation of Bolivia
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