Trepassey Formation

Trepassey Formation
Stratigraphic range: Ediacaran
Type Formation
Unit of St John's Group[1]
Underlies Fermeuse Formation
Overlies Mistaken Point Formation[2]
Location
Region  Newfoundland
Country  Canada

Occurrence in southeast NL

The Trepassey Formation is a geologic formation that crops out in Newfoundland. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ediacaran period.

See also

References

  1. ↑ A.G. Liu; D. McIlroy (September 2014). "Horizontal Surface Traces from the Fermeuse Formation, Ferryland (Newfoundland, Canada), and their Place within the Late Ediacaran Ichnological Revolution" (PDF). Geological Association of Canada - Special Paper (9).
  2. ↑ http://geoatlas.gov.nl.ca/Default.htm
  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.


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