Cedar District Formation
| Cedar District Formation Stratigraphic range: Cretaceous - Campanian | |
|---|---|
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Nanaimo Group |
| Underlies | Denman/De Courcy Fm |
| Overlies | Protection Formation |
| Area | SE margin of Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands and WA State |
| Location | |
| Region | British Columbia, Washington (state) |
| Country | Canada, United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Cedar District on Vancouver Island |
The Cedar District Formation is a geologic formation exposed on British Columbia's Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands, and Washington (state). It preserves fossils dating back to the Campanian Epoch of the Cretaceous period. It dates to the lower mid-Campanian.[1]
Animals
- Ornithomimidae indet.[1]
- Theropoda indet. (possibly Tyrannosauridae)[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 . doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0127792.g001. Missing or empty
|title=(help)
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 8 July 2014.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, November 14, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.