The Quebec Group is a
geologic group
Geology () is a branch of natural science concerned with Earth and other astronomical objects, the features or rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Eart ...
in
Quebec. It preserves
fossils
A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved in ...
dating back to the
Silurian
The Silurian ( ) is a geologic period and system spanning 24.6 million years from the end of the Ordovician Period, at million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Devonian Period, Mya. The Silurian is the shortest period of the Paleozo ...
period.
See also
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Quebec
This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Quebec, Canada.
References
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{{Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Canada
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accen ...
References
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* III.—On Palæosaccus Dawsoni, Hinde, a New Genus and Species of Hexactinellid Sponge from the Quebec Group (Ordovician) at Little Métis, Quebec, Canada.
GJ Hinde - Geological Magazine (Decade III), 1893 - Cambridge Univ Press
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Graptolites of the Quebec group.
J Hall - 1865
Silurian Quebec
Geologic groups of Quebec
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