St John's Group | |
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Stratigraphic range: Ediacaran (post-565 Ma) PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
Type | Group |
Sub-units |
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Underlies | Signal Hill Group |
Overlies | Conception Group |
Lithology | |
Primary | Shale |
Location | |
Region | Newfoundland and Labrador |
Country | Canada |
Occurrence of St. John's Group in the bedrock of Newfoundland |
The St John's Group is a fossiliferous shale-dominated Ediacaran geologic group in Newfoundland and Labrador, younger than 565 ± 3 million years ago.
It corresponds to the upper portion of the Connecting Point Group
See also
References
- ^ Myrow, P (1995). "Neoproterozoic rocks of the Newfoundland Avalon Zone". Precambrian Research. 73 (1–4): 123–136. Bibcode:1995PreR...73..123M. doi:10.1016/0301-9268(94)00074-2.
- O'Brien, S. J.; King, A. F. (2005). "Late neoproterozoic (ediacaran) stratigraphy of avalon zone sedimentary rocks, Bonavista Peninsula, Newfoundland" (PDF). Geological Report.
- ^ A.G. Liu; D. McIlroy (September 2014). "Horizontal Surface Traces from the Fermeuse Formation, Ferryland (Newfoundland, Canada), and their Place within the Late Ediacaran Ichnological Revolution" (PDF). Geological Association of Canada - Special Paper (9).
- Management plan. Fortune head ecological reserve Archived 14 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- A. F. King, S. P. Colman-Sadd; J. P. Hayes (eds.), GEOLOGY OF THE AVALON PENINSULA, NEWFOUNDLAND (parts of 1K, 1L, 1M, 1N and 2C) Map 88-01 (Digital reproduction) (PDF)
- "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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