The Jurassic in Prince Edward Island, Canada

Paleontology and geology

There are no exposures of Jurassic rocks on Prince Edward Island. Information obtained from drill cores and by looking at Jurassic-age rocks elsewhere in eastern Canada shows us that fault-bounded basins, first formed during the Late Triassic as the supercontinent of Pangea began to rift apart, continue to fill with sediments through the Jurassic.