Trepassey Formation

Geologic formation in Newfoundland, Canada

Trepassey Formation
Stratigraphic range: Ediacaran PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Newfoundland and Labrador

References

^ 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).^{[dead link]}
^ "Newfoundland and Labrador Map". Geoscience Atlas. Retrieved 2024-07-22.

Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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