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Merrimack Formation

geologic formation in Quebec, Canada

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 3, 2025
Entity authorityQ17511700 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Merrimack Formation is a geologic formation in Quebec. It preserves fossils dating back to the Silurian period.

Fossil content

See also

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Quebec

References

Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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The public source identifies “Merrimack Formation” as geologic formation in Quebec, Canada. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Merrimack, Formation and geologic.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2021—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Merrimack, Formation and geologic providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Merrimack Formation” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.