Maligne Formation
The Maligne Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Late Devonian (Frasnian) age. It is present on the western edge of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin in the Rocky Mountains and foothills of Alberta and British Columbia. It consists primarily of argillaceous limestone and calcareous mudstone, and was named for the Maligne River in Jasper National Park by P.W. Taylor in 1957.

The formation is fossiliferous and includes remains of brachiopods, crinoids, gastropods, cephalopods, and other marine animals, as well as traces made by burrowing organisms.
Q134783
stratigraphic
Concept
Q65955
Late Devonian
LOC
Q264200
Frasnian
TIME
Q2887579
Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
LOC
Q1353201
Rocky Mountains
LOC
Q1951
Alberta
LOC
Q1974
British Columbia
LOC
Q3815486
argillaceous
Concept
Q23757
limestone
Concept
Q171917
calcareous
Concept
Q6642424
mudstone
Concept
Q3433734
Maligne River
LOC
Q503429
Jasper National Park
LOC
Q40614
fossiliferous
Concept
Q178272
brachiopod
Concept
Q33666
crinoid
Concept
Q4867740
gastropod
Concept
Q128257
cephalopod
Concept
Q96391663
Maligne Formation
UNK
1957-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1957
DATE
located in the administrative territorial entity
located in the administrative territorial entity
located in the administrative territorial entity
shares border with