Yahatinda Formation
The Yahatinda Formation is a geologic formation of Middle Devonian (Givetian) age in the southwestern part of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin in the mountains of southwestern Alberta. Its type locality lies the on the eastern face of Wapiti Mountain above Ya-Ha-Tinda Ranch at the eastern edge of Banff National Park. The Yahatinda contains a variety of Devonian fossils.
| Yahatinda Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Givetian ~ | |
Fossil plant (a trimerophyte) from the Yahatinda Formation | |
| Type | Formation |
| Underlies | Flume Formation |
| Overlies | Cambrian to Ordovician formations |
| Thickness | Typically less than 30 m (98 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Dolomitic sandstone, siltstone and mudstone |
| Other | Conglomerate and breccia |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 51°44′00″N 115°43′30″W |
| Region | Alberta |
| Country | Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Ya-Ha-Tinda Ranch, Alberta |
| Named by | J.D. Aitken |
| Year defined | 1966 |
Yahatinda Formation (Canada) | |
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