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Cow Head - Shallow Bay - Downes Point, Canada
| Group | Cow Head |
|---|---|
| Formation | Shallow Bay |
| Member | Downes Point |
| Age: | 499 - 485 Ma Cambrian |
| Interval | Arcadian |
| Lithology | conglomerate, packstone/grainstone, grainstone/packstone, conglomerate/lime mudstone, packstone/wackestone, lime mudstone/packstone, "limestone" |
| Number of Collections | 57 |
| Number of Occurrences | 230 |
Recorded Sample Locations
| Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
|---|---|---|
| WRI 602 | Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada | Cow Head - Shallow Bay - Downes Point |
| BPS 448 | Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada | Cow Head - Shallow Bay - Downes Point |
| CH 3 | Canada | Cow Head - Shallow Bay - Downes Point |
| Kindle boulder #260 | La Haute-Gaspésie RCM, Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada | Cow Head - Shallow Bay - Downes Point |
| Hickey Cove HC 133 | Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada | Cow Head - Shallow Bay - Downes Point |
Associated Units
| Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cow Head - Green Point - Broom Point | 485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic | shale/conglomerate, grainstone/mudstone, "limestone", grainstone | 141 |
| Cow Head - Shallow Bay | 485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic | limestone | 26 |
| Cow Head - Shallow Bay - Downes Point (lower) | 501 - 485 Ma Cambrian | conglomerate, packstone/grainstone | 72 |
| Cow Head - Shallow Bay - Factory Cove | 472 - 458 Ma Ordovician | lime mudstone, "limestone", grainstone, "reef rocks" | 42 |
| Cow Head - Shallow Bay - Tucker Cove | 499 - 485 Ma Cambrian | grainstone/"shale" | 1 |
| Cow Head - Shallow Bay - Tuckers Cove | 499 - 485 Ma Cambrian | limestone | 225 |
Recorded Fossils
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
