Perdrix Formation

Perdrix Formation
Stratigraphic range:
TypeFormation
Unit ofFairholme Group
UnderliesMount Hawk Formation
OverliesMaligne Formation, or Flume Formation
ThicknessUp to 140 metres (460 ft)
Lithology
PrimaryShale
OtherLimestone
Location
RegionAlberta
CountryCanada
Type section
Named forRoche à Perdrix
Named byP.E. Raymond, 1930

The Perdrix Formation is a geologic formation of Late Devonian (Frasnian) age in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. It named for Roche à Perdrix in Jasper National Park, Alberta, by P.E. Raymond in 1930. It includes fossils of marine animals.