New Fossil Localities in the Lush's Bight Terrane of Central Newfoundland

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Strong, D. F., Kean, B. F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1972
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Long Island; Notre Dame Bay; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e72-140; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e72-140

Three new fossil localities have been discovered in the Cutwell Group on Long Island in western Notre Dame Bay, Central Newfoundland. Conularids, crinoids, ostracodes, and cephalopods occur in small limestone lenses within pillow lavas and pyroclastics. These fossils tentatively suggest a middle Ord...