Fortunian [SEP] named after
The name Fortunian is derived from a part of the Burin Peninsula, the town of Fortune near the GSSP and Fortune Bay.
GSSP.
The type locality (GSSP) of the Fortunian stage is in Fortune Head, at the northern edge of the Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada (). This GSSP coincides with the beginning of the Terreneuvian series, the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary and the beginning of the Phanerozoic. The outcrops show a carbonate-siliciclastic succession which is mapped as the Chapel Island Formation. The formation
The Geological stage Fortunian is named after Fortune bay and Fortune. The GSSP is nearby.
Settlements.
- Terrenceville
- Bay L'Argent
- Little Harbour East
- Harbour Mille
- St. Bernard's
- Jacques Fontaine
- Grand le Pierre
- English Harbour East
- Rencontre East
- Pool's Cove
- Belleoram
- English Harbour West
- Harbour Breton
- Bay d'Est
- Little Bay East
See also.
- List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador