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MA & T in Gros Morne: Green Point.


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Photo: M, 2010/8/21


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Photo: M, 2010/8/21


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Photo: M, 2010/8/21


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Photo: M, 2010/8/21


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Photo: T, 2010/8/21


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Photo: T, 2010/8/21


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Photo: T, 2010/8/21
Graptolites. These are "indicator fossils", identifying a time period and pointing to the almost-microscopic hard mouthparts of conodonts which give the boundary between the Cambrian and Ordovician. Graptolites are colonies, like coral. They are phosphate-based and so the limestone matrix can be dissolved away.

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Photo: T, 2010/8/21
Green Point is the global stratotype for the Cambrian-Ordovician boundary, 500M years ago: 15M years in 300 meters.