Outram Formation
| Outram Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Early Ordovician ~ | |
| Type | Formation |
| Underlies | Skoki Formation |
| Overlies | Survey Peak Formation |
| Thickness | Up to 443 metres (1453 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone, siltstone |
| Other | Shale, chert |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 51°52′54″N 116°52′31″W / 51.88167°N 116.87528°W |
| Region | Canadian Rockies |
| Country | Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Mount Outram |
| Named by | J.D. Aitken and B.S. Norford |
The Outram Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Early Ordovician age that is present on the western edge of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta and British Columbia. It was named for Mount Outram in Banff National Park by J.D. Aitken and B.S. Norford in 1967. The Outram Formation is fossiliferous and includes remains of trilobites and other marine invertebrates, as well as stromatolites and thrombolites.