Trepassey Formation Explained

Trepassey Formation
Type:	Formation
Period:	Ediacaran
Unitof:	St John's Group^[1]
Underlies:	Fermeuse Formation
Overlies:	Mistaken Point Formation^[2]
Map:	Trepassey formation map.svg

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

• Web site: Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database)). 17 December 2021. 25 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220325060448/http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=home. dead.

Notes and References

1. Horizontal Surface Traces from the Fermeuse Formation, Ferryland (Newfoundland, Canada), and their Place within the Late Ediacaran Ichnological Revolution. A.G. Liu. D. McIlroy. Geological Association of Canada - Special Paper. 9. September 2014.
2. Web site: Newfoundland and Labrador Map . Geoscience Atlas . 2024-07-22 .