Forteau Formation

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

Age

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

Fauna

Among its fauna are small carbonaceous fossils{{cite journal | last1=Butterfield | first1=N.J. | last2=Harvey | first2=T.H.P. | title=Small carbonaceous fossils (SCFs): A new measure of early Paleozoic paleobiology | journal=Geology | publisher=Geological Society of America | volume=40 | issue=1 | year=2012 | issn=1943-2682 | doi=10.1130/g32580.1 | pages=71–74| bibcode=2012Geo....40...71B }} and brachiopods {{cite journal | last1=Skovsted | first1=C.B. | last2=Knight | first2=I. | last3=Balthasar | first3=U. | last4=Boyce | first4=W.D. | title=Depth related brachiopod faunas from the lower Cambrian Forteau Formation of southern Labrador and western Newfoundland, Canada | journal=Palaeontologia Electronica | volume=20 | issue=3 | date=November 6, 2017 | issn=1094-8074 | doi=10.26879/775 | pages=1–52 | url=https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2017/2048-brachiopods-of-the-forteau-formation | access-date=November 16, 2018| doi-access=free | hdl=10026.1/11606 | hdl-access=free }} and trilobites {{cite web | last=Knight | first=Ian | title=The Lower Cambrian Forteau Formation, southern Labrador and Great Northern Peninsula, western Newfoundland: Lithostratigraphy, trilobites, and depositional setting. | website=DIVA | date=November 3, 2017 | url=http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:nrm:diva-2497 | access-date=November 16, 2018}}

References

{{cite web|title= Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database|author= ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database))|url= https://www.fossilworks.org|access-date= 17 December 2021|archive-date= 25 March 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220325060448/http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=home|url-status= live}}

Category:Cambrian Newfoundland and Labrador

Category:Cambrian southern paleotemperate deposits

Category:Geologic formations of Newfoundland and Labrador

Forteau Formation

Age

Fauna

See also

References