Renews Head Formation
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- Cappahayden Formation (Near Ferryland)[2]
- Gibbett Hill Formation (east of St John's)[2]
| Renews Head Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | St John's Group[1] |
| Underlies |
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| Overlies | Fermeuse Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Dark-gray Sandstone[3] |
| Other | Minor Shale[3] |
| Location | |
| Region | Newfoundland |
| Country | Canada |
 Outcrop occurrence | |
The Renews Head Formation is a geologic formation in Newfoundland and Labrador. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ediacaran period.
The Renews Head Formation is primarily composed of laminated dark-gray silty sandstones which weathers to a rusty-brown, alongside thin to medium-bedded sandstones containing minor black shales throughout.[3][4] There are also thick, cross-bedded laminated gray sandstones, which are structureless in nature, and are inter-bedded with more black shales and thin sandstones.[4] With this, it has been suggested that these layers were deposited in a delta-front environment.[4]
It is overlain by the Cappahayden Formation near the town of Ferryland, and the Gibbett Hill Formation near the city of St. John's.[2] Meanwhile, the formation is gradationally and conformably underlain by the Fermeuse Formation.[2][4][5]
Paleobiota
The Renews Head Formation is home to a small range of discoidal forms, like Aspidella, which have been noted to bear faint radial markings similar to Hiemalora.[4][6] There are also unnamed Sphaeromorph Acritarchs known from this formation.[7]
incertae sedis
| Genus | Species | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aspidella[4] |
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Enigmatic discoidal fossil. Specimens from this formation have faint Hiemalora-like radial markings. |  |
Microorganisms
| Genus | Species | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sphaeromorph Acritarchs[7] |
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Acritarchs. | |
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