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Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

GroupLabrador
Formation(s)Forteau
Age:516 - 505 Ma
Cambrian
IntervalDyeran - Delamaran
Lithologylimestone
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences1

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
JSP198201. Highway 73 road cut 12 km E of Rocky Harbour near head of Dear ArmNewfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, CanadaLabrador - Forteau - Dear Arm
ICS 1421Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, CanadaLabrador - Forteau - Dear Arm
Point AmourLabrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, CanadaLabrador - Forteau
Three Mile Lake QuarryNewfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, CanadaLabrador - Forteau
South shore of Hawke's BayNewfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, CanadaLabrador
Mount St. Margaret quarryNewfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, CanadaLabrador - Forteau - Devils Cove
Cloud PondNewfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, CanadaLabrador - Forteau - Devils Cove
East Castor PondBaie Verte, Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, CanadaLabrador - Forteau - Devils Cove
Fox CoveLabrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, CanadaLabrador - Forteau - Devils Cove
K08-F3Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, CanadaLabrador - Forteau - Upper Limestone
Hawkes bay quarryNewfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, CanadaLabrador - Forteau
East Arm of Bonne BayNewfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, CanadaLabrador - Forteau

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Forteau - Middle Shale516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
shale/siltstone, siltstone/sandstone, "shale"/sandstone, "shale"/mudstone, "shale"/"limestone"61
Forteau - Upper Limestone516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
limestone, mudstone/grainstone, grainstone/mudstone, grainstone/rudstone72
Labrador - Forteau516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
limestone/"carbonate", mudstone/"shale"9
Labrador - Forteau - Dear Arm516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
limestone54
Labrador - Forteau - Devils Cove516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
dolomite, dolomite/"shale"4
Labrador - Forteau - Middle Shale516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
limestone/"carbonate", "shale"/sandstone6
Labrador - Forteau - Upper Limestone516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
limestone4

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Salterella sp.
genus
6Agmata : Salterellidae : Salterella516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Salterella maccullochi
species
7Agmata : Salterellidae : Salterella : Salterella maccullochi516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Hyolithes sp.
genus
6Animalia : Hyolitha : Hyolithida : Hyolithidae : Hyolithes516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Parkula sp.
genus
6Animalia : Hyolitha : Hyolithida : Parkula516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Allatheca sp.
genus
6Animalia : Hyolitha : Orthothecida : Allathecidae : Allatheca516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Hyolithellus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Hyolithellidae : Hyolithellus516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Lapworthella shodakensis
species
7Lapworthella shodakensis516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Archiasterella sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chancelloriidae : Archiasterella516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Chancelloria sp.
genus
6Animalia : Problematica : Coeloscleritophora : Chancelloriida : Chancelloriidae : Chancelloria516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Cassitella baculata
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Coleolidae : Cassitella : Cassitella baculata516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Cupitheca holocyclata
species
7Animalia : Problematica : Cupithecidae : Cupitheca : Cupitheca holocyclata516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Clavitella curvata
species
7Animalia : Problematica : Clavitella : Clavitella curvata516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Sphenopteron boomerang
species
7Animalia : Problematica : Sphenopteron : Sphenopteron boomerang516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Triplicatella sp.
genus
6Animalia : Problematica : Triplicatella516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Triplicatella peltata
species
7Animalia : Problematica : Triplicatella : Triplicatella peltata516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Bonnia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Dorypygidae : Bonnia516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Dorypygidae
family
5Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Dorypygidae516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Labradoria sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Edelsteinaspididae : Labradoria516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Calodiscus lobatus
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Agnostida : Calodiscidae : Calodiscus : Calodiscus lobatus516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Ptychoparioidea
superfamily
4.7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Ptychoparioidea516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Elliptocephala logani
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Holmiidae : Elliptocephala : Elliptocephala logani516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Fritzolenellus lapworthi
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Olenellidae : Fritzolenellus : Fritzolenellus lapworthi516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Mesonacis bonnensis
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Olenellidae : Mesonacis : Mesonacis bonnensis516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Mesonacis fremonti
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Olenellidae : Mesonacis : Mesonacis fremonti516 - 505 Ma
Cambrian
Olenellidae
family
5Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Olenellidae516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Olenellus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Olenellidae : Olenellus516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Olenellus crassimarginatus
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Olenellidae : Olenellus : Olenellus crassimarginatus516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Paedeumias transitans
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Olenellidae : Paedeumias : Paedeumias transitans516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Wanneria sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Olenellidae : Wanneria516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Eothele sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Lingulata : Lingulida : Acrothelidae : Eothele516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Botsfordia caelata
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Lingulata : Lingulida : Botsfordiidae : Botsfordia : Botsfordia caelata516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Eoobolus priscus
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Lingulata : Lingulida : Eoobolidae : Eoobolus : Eoobolus priscus516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Obolella crassa
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Obolellata : Obolellida : Obolellidae : Obolella : Obolella crassa516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Micromitra bella
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Paterinata : Paterinida : Paterinidae : Micromitra : Micromitra bella516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Stromatocystites walcotti
species
7Animalia : Echinodermata : Edrioasteroidea : Edrioasterida : Stromatocystites : Stromatocystites walcotti516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Ocruranus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Aculifera : Halkieriidae : Ocruranus516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Fordilla sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Fordillidae : Fordilla516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Pojetaia runnegari
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Fordillida : Fordillidae : Pojetaia : Pojetaia runnegari516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Mackinnonia taconica
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Helcionellida : Helcionellidae : Davidonia : Mackinnonia taconica516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Planutenia flectata
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Stenothecidae : Planutenia : Planutenia flectata516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Stenotheca sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Stenothecidae : Stenotheca516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Yochelcionella americana
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Helcionellida : Yochelcionellidae : Yochelcionella : Yochelcionella americana516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Yochelcionella chinensis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Helcionellida : Yochelcionellidae : Yochelcionella : Yochelcionella chinensis516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Pelagiella sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Pelagiellidae : Pelagiella516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian

References

Stouge S., Boyce W. D. (1983) Fossils of Northwestern Newfoundland and Southeastern Labrador: Conodonts and Trilobites, Publications of the Mineral Development Division 83 3, 1-63
Smith A. B. (1985) Cambrian eleutherozoan echinoderms and the early diversification of edrioasteroids, Palaeontology 28 4, 715-756
Peel J. S. (1987) Yochelcionella americana (Mollusca) from the Lower Cambrian of Newfoundland, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 24 11, 2328- 2330
Peel J. S., Berg-Madsen V. (1988) A new salterellid (Phylum Agmata) from the upper Middle Cambrian of Denmark., Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Denmark 37, 75-82
Skovsted C. B. (2003) Unusually preserved Salterella from the Lower Cambrian Forteau Formation of Newfoundland, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar 125 1, 17-22
Skovsted C. B., Peel J. S., et al (2004) The problematic fossil Triplicatella from the Early Cambrian of Greenland, Canada and Siberia, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 41, 1273-1283 doi:doi:10.1139/e04-066
Boyce W. D. (2006) An occurrence of the Scottish trilobite Olenellus lapworthi Peach and Horne, 1892 in the early Cambrian Forteau Formation (Labrador Group) Hawkes Bay, Great Northern Peninsula, western Newfoundland, Canada, Canadian Paleontology Conference 2006-Proceedings No. 4 4, 6-7
Skovsted C. B., Peel J. S. (2007) Small shelly fossils from the argillaceous facies of the Lower Cambrian Forteau Formation of western Newfoundland, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52 4, 729-748
Knight I., Boyce W. D., et al (2017) The Lower Cambrian Forteau Formation, southern Labrador and Great Northern Peninsula, western Newfoundland: Lithostratigraphy, trilobites, and depositional setting, Geological Survey 1, 1-72
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