Trepassey Formation

Trepassey Formation
Stratigraphic range: Ediacaran 565–560  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Formation
Unit of	St John's Group [1] [2]
Sub-units	Port Union and Catalina Members [3]
Underlies	Fermeuse Formation [2]
Overlies	Mistaken Point Formation [4] [2]
Thickness	300 m (984 ft)
Lithology
Primary	Gray Sandstone [2]
Other	Shale, Tuff [2]
Location
Region	Newfoundland
Country	Canada
Occurrence in southeast NL

The Trepassey Formation is a geologic formation that crops out in Newfoundland, which consists of gray sandstones and tuffaceous rocks. ^[2] It preserves fossils dating back to the Ediacaran period.

Paleobiota

Like the other overlying and underlying formations, the Trepassey Formation represents a rare deep-marine paleoenviroment, situated on a slope, ^[5] which was home to various sessile forms, like the petalonamids Fractofusus and Trepassia, and even rare examples of life, like the staurozoan cnidarian Mamsetia, previously the paratype of Haootia. ^[6]

Color key Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon		Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.

Petalonamae

Genus	Species	Notes	Images
Avalofractus [7] [8]	A. abaculus	Sessile frondose organism.
Beothukis [7] [8]	B. mistakensis	Sessile frondose organism.
Bradgatia [8]	Bradgatia sp.	Sessile frondose organism.
Charnia [7] [8]	C. masoni	Sessile frondose organism.
Charniodiscus [8]	C. procerus	Sessile frondose organism.
Fractofusus [9]	Fractofusus sp.	Sessile spindle-like frondose organism.
Trepassia [7] [8]	T. wardae	Sessile frondose organism.

Cnidaria

Genus	Species	Notes	Images
Haootia [10]	H. quadriformis	Staurozoan cnidarian.
Mamsetia [6]	M. manunis	Staurozoan cnidarian.

incertae sedis

Genus	Species	Notes	Images
Aspidella [9] [11]	A. terranovica	Enigmatic discoidal fossil.
Hadrynichorde [9]	H. avlonica.	Sea Whip-like frondose organism.
Palaeopascichnus [1] [12]	Palaeopascichnus sp.	Palaeopascichnid organism.

Ivesheadiomorphs

Genus	Species	Notes	Images
Ivesheadia	Ivesheadia sp.	Poorly preserved organism.

Ichnogenera

Genus	Species	Notes	Images
Neonereites [12]	Neonereites sp.	Burrows.

See also

• Earth sciences portal
• Canada portal
• Paleontology portal

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Newfoundland and Labrador

References

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8. Mckean, Christopher; Taylor, Rod S.; Mcilroy, Duncan (December 2023). "New taphonomic and sedimentological insights into the preservation of high-relief Ediacaran fossils at Upper Island Cove, Newfoundland". Lethaia. 56 (4): 1–17. doi: 10.18261/let.56.4.2 .
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10. Liu, Alexander G.; Matthews, Jack J.; Menon, Latha R.; McIlroy, Duncan; Brasier, Martin D. (22 October 2014). "Haootia quadriformis n. gen., n. sp., interpreted as a muscular cnidarian impression from the Late Ediacaran period (approx. 560 Ma)". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 281 (1793): 20141202. doi:10.1098/rspb.2014.1202. PMC   4173675 .
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