61Fossil sites
Boat Harbour Formation
Boat Harbour Formation in Canada: 61 fossil sites. Typical age: 487–475 million years (Ordovician).
61Fossil sites
222Finds
487–475 million yearsTypical age
OrdovicianMain period
Where its fossils were found
Ordovician
By geological period
Ordovician61
What was found
Trilobites · 222Hystricurus, Strigigenalis, Bolbocephalus, Hillyardina, Parahystricurus, Randaynia, Jeffersonia, Isoteloides, Benthamaspis, Petigurus, Grinnellaspis, Parabellefontia, Leiostegium, Bathyurellus, Tesselacauda, Peltabellia
Towns with the most fossil sites nearby
Cape NormanFossil sites: 37
Eddies Cove WestFossil sites: 7
Port au ChoixFossil sites: 6
Plum PointFossil sites: 2
Shoal CoveFossil sites: 2
PiccadillyFossil sites: 1
Green Island BrookFossil sites: 1
Port au Port West-Aguathuna-Felix CoveFossil sites: 1
Bird CoveFossil sites: 1
BellburnsFossil sites: 1
Cook's HarbourFossil sites: 1
Port SaundersFossil sites: 1
Other formations of the same period
Ordovician
Vaureal Formation 228Ellis Bay Formation 161Mingan Formation 137White Head Formation 132Whittaker Formation 109Survey Peak Formation 102Sunblood Formation 61Green Point Formation 59Beaverfoot Formation 56Outram Formation 54Lower Road River Formation 47Georgian Bay Formation 45Catoche Formation 40Bad Cache Rapids Formation 38Table Point Formation 36Red River Formation 35Esbataottine Formation 34Skoki Formation 31Lorraine Formation 31Waynesville Formation 30Irene Bay Formation 30Verulam Formation 28Table Cove Formation 27Kechika Formation 26