Bellevue Formation

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Bellevue Formation
Stratigraphic range: Ordovician
Bellevue trepostomes.jpg
Trepostome bryozoans from the Bellevue Formation in northern Kentucky.
Type Formation
Location
Region Ohio Kentucky
Country United States

The Bellevue Formation is a geologic formation in Ohio and Kentucky. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.

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