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The Table Cove Formation is a
geologic formation A geological formation, or simply formation, is a body of rock having a consistent set of physical characteristics ( lithology) that distinguishes it from adjacent bodies of rock, and which occupies a particular position in the layers of rock exp ...
in
Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...
. It preserves
fossils A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved in ...
dating back to the Ordovician period.


See also

*
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Newfoundland and Labrador This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Newfoundland and Labrador. References

* {{Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Canada Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador Geology of Newf ...


References

* Ordovician Newfoundland and Labrador Ordovician southern paleotemperate deposits {{Newfoundland-stub