Byng Formation

Byng Formation
Byng Formation
Stratigraphic range: Ediacaran
Type	Formation
Location
Region	British Columbia
Country	Canada

Last updated June 16, 2025

The Byng Formation is a geologic formation in British Columbia.^[1] It preserves fossils dating back to the Ediacaran period.^[2]

References

↑ Hofmann, Hans J. "Namacalathus-Cloudina assemblage in Neoproterozoic Miette Group (Byng Formation), British Columbia: Canada's oldest shelly fossils". pubs.geoscienceworld.org/.
↑ Bowyer, F.; Wood, R. A.; Poulton, S. W. (July 2017). "Controls on the evolution of Ediacaran metazoan ecosystems: A redox perspective". Geobiology. 15 (4): 516–551. doi:10.1111/gbi.12232. ISSN 1472-4677. PMC 5485040 . PMID 28387043.

Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database" . Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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[1] Hofmann, Hans J. "Namacalathus-Cloudina assemblage in Neoproterozoic Miette Group (Byng Formation), British Columbia: Canada's oldest shelly fossils". pubs.geoscienceworld.org/.

[2] Bowyer, F.; Wood, R. A.; Poulton, S. W. (July 2017). "Controls on the evolution of Ediacaran metazoan ecosystems: A redox perspective". Geobiology. 15 (4): 516–551. doi:10.1111/gbi.12232. ISSN 1472-4677. PMC 5485040 . PMID 28387043.

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Byng Formation

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