The Precambrian in Prince Edward Island, Canada

Paleontology and geology

Precambrian rocks are not exposed at the surface on Prince Edward Island, but information about them comes from drill cores in the region. These rocks, part of the Appalachian structural province, are mostly igneous and metamorphic rocks formed during a mountain-building event about 600 to 650 million years ago.

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Education and Exhibits

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The Dawn of Animal Life: While most people know of the dinosaurs from a mere 70 million years ago, very few are aware that the Earth's fossil record stretches over 3 billion years into the past. Using exclusively Canadian rocks and fossils, this exhibit highlights almost three billion years of early evolution when only simple, soft-bodied creatures inhabited the Earth.

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