Byng Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Ediacaran | |
Type | Formation |
Location | |
Region | British Columbia |
Country | Canada |
The Byng Formation is a geologic formation in British Columbia. [1] It preserves fossils dating back to the Ediacaran period. [2]
Namacalathus is a problematic metazoan fossil occurring in the latest Ediacaran. The first, and only described species, N. hermanastes, was first described in 2000 from the Nama Group of central and southern Namibia.
The Briscal Formation is a geologic formation in Newfoundland and Labrador. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ediacaran period.
The Drook Formation is a geologic formation in Newfoundland and Labrador. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ediacaran period. It contains a stratum dated to 575.8 ± 0.5 million years ago.
The Gaskiers Formation is a geologic formation in Newfoundland and Labrador. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ediacaran period.
The Fermeuse Formation is a fossil-bearing Ediacaran geologic formation in Newfoundland.
The Renews Head Formation is a geologic formation in Newfoundland and Labrador. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ediacaran period.
The Trepassey Formation is a geologic formation that crops out in Newfoundland. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ediacaran period.
The Conception Group is a geologic group in Newfoundland and Labrador. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ediacaran period. It mainly contains turbidites, but is interrupted by a glacial diamictite, and tops out with sand and siltstones. It corresponds to the lower portion of the Connecting Point Group.
The Wynniatt Formation is a geologic formation in Nunavut. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ediacaran period.
The Blueflower Formation is a geologic formation in Northwest Territories. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ediacaran period.
The Sheepbed Formation is a geologic formation in Northwest Territories. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ediacaran period.
The Twitya Formation is a geologic formation in Canada’s Northwest Territories. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ediacaran period.
The Goz Siltstone Formation is a geologic formation in Yukon. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ediacaran period.
The Brothers Peak Formation is a geologic formation in British Columbia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period. An unnamed pachycephalosaurin is known from the formation.
The Haslam Formation is a black shale geologic formation exposed on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, British Columbia, Canada. It preserves primarily marine fossils dating back to the Santonian Epoch of the Cretaceous period.
The Dunedin Formation is a geologic formation in British Columbia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Devonian period.
The Whiteaves Formation is a geologic formation in British Columbia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period.
The Kechika Formation is a geologic formation in British Columbia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.
The Nanaimo Group is a geologic group in both British Columbia and Washington state. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.
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