Fossil Site of Ancient Vertebrate Fauna

　　Located in the areas of Louzeyu, Shibei, and Zhangcun, about 15 kilometers north of Wuxiang County, the fossil site contains vertebrate fossils from the Triassic period (beginning approximately 230 million years ago), primarily from the Lufengosaurus-dominated fauna of the second series. Additionally, the entire Wuxiang County region is renowned worldwide for its Tertiary-period mammalian fossils, mainly those of the three-toed horse. The three-toed horse is an evolutionary branch of horses, smaller in size than modern horses, with three toes on each hoof, and is now extinct. The Louzeyu site is now a provincial-level protected area for ancient vertebrate fossils.