Brigus Formation Explained

Brigus Formation
Type:	Formation
Period:	Cambrian
Age:	(Latest Lower Cambrian)
Region:	Newfoundland and Labrador
Country:	Canada
Unitof:	Adeyton Group
Underlies:	Chamberlain's Brook Formation
Overlies:	Smith Point Fm, Fosters Point Formation^[1]

The Brigus Formation is a fossiliferous (e.g. trilobites^[2]) upper lower Cambrian geologic formation in Newfoundland and Labrador.

It comprises a series of deep red nodular mudstones, with some prominent grey limestone beds.^[2]

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Newfoundland and Labrador
• Inlet Group

References

• Web site: Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database)). 17 December 2021.

Notes

1. 10.1016/0301-9268(94)00074-2. Neoproterozoic rocks of the Newfoundland Avalon Zone. Precambrian Research. 73. 123–136. 1995. Myrow. P. 1–4 . 1995PreR...73..123M.
2. Normore, L. S. 2012: GEOLOGY OF THE RANDOM ISLAND MAP AREA (Nts 2C/04), Newfoundland. Current Research (2012) Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural Resources Geological Survey Report 12-:121–145.