Briscal Formation


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

GenusSpeciesNotesImages
Charniodiscus
Sessile frondose organism.
Culmofrons
  • C. plumosa
    		• Sessile frondose organism, junior synonym of Beothukis.
    Beothukis
  • B. plumosa
    		• Sessile frondose organism.
    Fractofusus
  • Fractofusus sp.
    		• Sessile spindle-like frondose organism.
    Frondophyllas
  • F. grandis
    		• Sessile tree-like frondose organism.
    Primocandelabrum
  • Primocandelabrum sp.
    		• Sessile frondose organism.
    Trepassia
  • Trepassia sp.
    		• Sessile frondose organism.