Haslam Formation

The Haslam Formation is a black shale geologic formation exposed on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, British Columbia, Canada. It preserves primarily marine fossils dating back to the Santonian age of the late Cretaceous period, including specimens of the elasmosaurid Traskasaura.^[1][2]

Haslam Formation
Stratigraphic range: Cretaceous
Type	Formation
Unit of	Nanaimo Group
Underlies	Extension Formation
Overlies	Comox Formation
Area	SE margin of Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands
Location
Region	Vancouver Island
Country	Canada
Type section
Named for	Haslam Creek

See also

• Earth sciences portal
• Canada portal
• Paleontology portal

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in British Columbia