Middle Arm Point Formation

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The Middle Arm Point Formation is a Tremadocian formation cropping out in Western Newfoundland, containing arthropod embryos preserved in the Orsten fashion. [1]

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References

  1. Roy, Kaustuv; Fåhraeus, Lars E. (1989). "Tremadocian (Early Ordovician) nauplius-like larvae from the Middle Arm Point Formation, Bay of Islands, western Newfoundland". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 26 (9): 1802. Bibcode:1989CaJES..26.1802R. doi:10.1139/e89-152.