The Briscal Formation is a geologic formation in Newfoundland and Labrador. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ediacaran period.

Paleobiota Like the other overlying and underlying formations, the Briscal Formation represents a rare deep-marine paleoenviroment, and preserves a few fossils, like the large Frondophyllas, only known from incomplete material, some of which sits at over a meter in length.

Petalonamae

GenusSpeciesNotesImagesCharniodiscusCharniodiscus sp.Sessile frondose organism.CulmofronsC. plumosaSessile frondose organism, junior synonym of Beothukis.BeothukisB. plumosaSessile frondose organism. FractofususFractofusus sp.Sessile spindle-like frondose organism.FrondophyllasF. grandisSessile tree-like frondose organism.PrimocandelabrumPrimocandelabrum sp.Sessile frondose organism. TrepassiaTrepassia sp.Sessile frondose organism.

See also

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Newfoundland and Labrador

References