Cedar District Formation

Cedar District Formation
Stratigraphic range: Campanian ~
TypeFormation
Unit ofNanaimo Group
UnderliesDenman/De Courcy Formation
OverliesProtection Formation
AreaSoutheastern Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands, San Juan Islands
Location
RegionBritish Columbia, Washington (state)
CountryCanada, United States
Type section
Named forCedar District on Vancouver Island

The Cedar District Formation is a geologic formation exposed on Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands of British Columbia and San Juan Islands of Washington (state). It preserves fossils dating back to the Campanian Epoch of the Cretaceous period. It dates to the lower mid-Campanian.

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