The Forteau Formation is a geologic formation in Newfoundland and Labrador. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cambrian period.
| Forteau Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Formation |
| Location | |
| Region | Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Country | Canada |
Age edit
A Dyerian trilobite fauna places it predominantly in the Bonnia‒Olenellus trilobite zone[1]
Fauna edit
Among its fauna are small carbonaceous fossils[2] and brachiopods [3] and trilobites [1]
See also edit
References edit
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ a b c Knight, Ian (November 3, 2017). "The Lower Cambrian Forteau Formation, southern Labrador and Great Northern Peninsula, western Newfoundland: Lithostratigraphy, trilobites, and depositional setting". DIVA. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
- ^ Butterfield, N.J.; Harvey, T.H.P. (2012). "Small carbonaceous fossils (SCFs): A new measure of early Paleozoic paleobiology". Geology. 40 (1). Geological Society of America: 71–74. doi:10.1130/g32580.1. ISSN 1943-2682.
- ^ Skovsted, C.B.; Knight, I.; Balthasar, U.; Boyce, W.D. (November 6, 2017). "Depth related brachiopod faunas from the lower Cambrian Forteau Formation of southern Labrador and western Newfoundland, Canada". Palaeontologia Electronica. 20 (3): 1–52. doi:10.26879/775. hdl:10026.1/11606. ISSN 1094-8074. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
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