Wapiti
81 occ.
33 taxa (9 genera)
1 countries
Description
The Wapiti Formation is a geological formation of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin in northwestern Alberta, and northeastern British Columbia, Canada. Its deposition spanned the time interval from the upper Campanian through to the lower Maastrichtian, between approximately 80 and 68 Ma. It was named by G.M. Dawson in 1881, presumably for exposures along the lower part of the Wapiti River and downstream along the Smoky River in Alberta.
Genera
9 genera
Temporal range
252
201
145
66
0 Ma
Geological group / Member
Unit 3
20
Unit 4
19
Top countries
🇨🇦 Canada
81
Depositional environments
Terrestrial indet.
39
Wet floodplain
13
Channel lag
10
dry floodplain
9
Crevasse splay
5
Floodplain
2
Coarse channel fill
2
Fluvial indet.
1
Top collectors
D. Tanke
29
F. Fanti
13
A. Lakusta
5
S. Marsland
4
H. Larsson
4
A. Fredlund
3
S. Graber
3
C. Young
2
P. Currie
2
D. Eberth
2
G. Robinson
2
Grande Prairie Regional College
2
Collection activity by decade
1960s
2
1970s
10
1980s
51
1990s
5
2000s
80
2010s
73