Dunvegan Formation
The Dunvegan Formation is a stratigraphical unit of Cenomanian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
| Dunvegan Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Cenomanian ~ | |
An outcrop of the Dunvegan Formation along the Pine River, which is the type locality for CMN 59667, an unnamed ankylosaur species. | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Smoky Group |
| Overlies | Fort St. John Group (Shaftesbury Formation) |
| Thickness | up to 380 feet (120 m) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Shale |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 55.92043°N 118.63203°W |
| Region | Northeast British Columbia Northwest Alberta |
| Country | Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Dunvegan, Alberta |
| Named by | George Mercer Dawson |
| Year defined | 1881 |
Dunvegan Formation (Canada) | |
It takes the name from the settlement of Dunvegan, Alberta, and was first described in an outcrop on Peace River near Dunvegan by George Mercer Dawson in 1881.
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