Dunvegan Formation
| 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°55′14″N 118°37′55″W / 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 |
The Dunvegan Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Cenomanian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
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.