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Severn River Formation

geologic formation in Quebec, Canada

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ17510078 ↗
Source-derived summary

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

See also

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Quebec

References

Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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

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This entry incorporates text from “Severn River 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.