Outcrops of the Foremost Formation (basal sandstone and MacKay coal zone) along the Milk River at Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park
Type
Geological formation
Unit of
Belly River Group (Judith River Group)
Underlies
Oldman Formation
Overlies
Pakowki Formation
Thickness
up to 170 metres (560 ft)
Lithology
Primary
Sandstone, siltstone, mudstone
Other
Shale, coal
Location
Region
Alberta
Country
Canada
Type section
Named for
Foremost, Alberta[1]
Named by
D.B. Dowling, 1915[2]
The Foremost Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Late Cretaceous (Campanian) age that underlies much of southern Alberta, Canada. It was named for outcrops in Chin Coulee near the town of Foremost[1] and is known primarily for its dinosaur remains and other fossils.[3]
^ abGlass, D.J. (editor) 1997. Lexicon of Canadian Stratigraphy, vol. 4, Western Canada including eastern British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Calgary; 1423 p. on CD. ISBN 0-920230-23-7.
^Dowling, D.B. 1915. Southern Alberta. Geological Survey of Canada, Summary Report 1914, Part L, p. 43-51.
^Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, North America)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 574-588. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
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