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The Renews Head Formation is a
geologic formation A geological formation, or simply formation, is a body of rock having a consistent set of physical characteristics ( lithology) that distinguishes it from adjacent bodies of rock, and which occupies a particular position in the layers of rock exp ...
in
Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region of Labrador, having a total size of . As of 2025 the populatio ...
, and consists of dark-gray sandstones, with minor shales scattered throughout. 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 ...
dating back to the
Ediacaran The Ediacaran ( ) is a geological period of the Neoproterozoic geologic era, Era that spans 96 million years from the end of the Cryogenian Period at 635 Million years ago, Mya to the beginning of the Cambrian Period at 538.8 Mya. It is the last ...
period Period may refer to: Common uses * Period (punctuation) * Era, a length or span of time *Menstruation, commonly referred to as a "period" Arts, entertainment, and media * Period (music), a concept in musical composition * Periodic sentence (o ...
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Paleobiota

The Renews Head Formation is home to a small range of discoidal forms, like
Aspidella :Aspidella'' is also a homonym for the mushroom genus '' Saproamanita. ''Aspidella'' is an Ediacaran disk-shaped fossil of uncertain affinity. It is known from the single species ''A. terranovica''. Morphology ''Aspidella'' consists of disk-s ...
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''incertae sedis''


See also

* List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Newfoundland and Labrador


Bibliography

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References

Ediacaran Newfoundland and Labrador Geologic formations of Newfoundland and Labrador Sandstone formations of Canada Shale formations of Canada {{Newfoundland-stub