Rocky Harbour Formation
| Rocky Harbour Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Ediacaran | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Musgravetown Group |
| Underlies | Crown Hill Formation |
| Overlies | Maturin Ponds Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Siltstone, Tuff, Diamictite |
| Location | |
| Region | Newfoundland |
| Country | Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named by | Jenness 1963 |
Occurrence of the Rocky Harbour Formation in southeastern Newfoundland | |
The Rocky Harbour Formation is an Ediacaran formation cropping out in Newfoundland. Its depositional setting was deltaic, with sediments showing the influence of tides and waves.
It is also known to preserve pre-Gaskiers glaciation fossils, in the form of Palaeopascichnid specimens, around 579 Ma.