Ediacaran fossils of Newfoundland were buried in coastal soils by tsunamites.
An Aspidella–Heimalora community lived on sulfidic grey paleosols (Sulfaquent).
A Fractifusus–Charniodiscus community lived on red paleosols (Fluvent and Udept).
Ediacaran paleosols of Newfoundland formed in humid, cool temperate paleoclimates.