Forteau Formation

The Forteau Formation is a geologic formation in Newfoundland and Labrador. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cambrian period.

Forteau Formation
Stratigraphic range:
TypeFormation
Location
RegionNewfoundland and Labrador
CountryCanada

Age

A Dyerian trilobite fauna places it predominantly in the Bonnia‒Olenellus trilobite zone[1]

Fauna

Among its fauna are small carbonaceous fossils[2] and brachiopods [3] and trilobites [1]

See also

References
  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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