Cedar District Formation

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.^[1]

Cedar District Formation
Stratigraphic range: Campanian ~80 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Formation
Unit of	Nanaimo Group
Underlies	Denman/De Courcy Formation
Overlies	Protection Formation
Area	Southeastern Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands, San Juan Islands
Location
Region	British Columbia, Washington (state)
Country	Canada, United States
Type section
Named for	Cedar District on Vancouver Island

Paleobiology

Flora

• Suciacarpa starrii^[2]

Fauna

Partial left femur of indeterminate Theropod

• Baculites rex^[3]
• Baculites anceps^[3]
• Baculites occidentalis^[3]
• Baculites inornatus^[1][3]
• Anapachydiscus nelchinensis^[3]
• Metaplacenticeras sp.^[3]
• Canadoceras newberryanum^[3]
• Pachydiscus neevesi^[3]
• Hoplitoplacenticeras vancouverense^[1][3]
• Gaudryceras denmanense^[3]
• Neophylloceras sp.^[3]
• Condonella suciensis ^[4]
• Ornithomimidae indet.^[1]
• Theropoda indet. (possibly Tyrannosauridae)^[1]

See also

• Earth sciences portal
• United States portal
• Paleontology portal

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Washington (state)
• Paleontology in Washington (state)