Members
- Telegraph Creek – The lowest member, it represents mudstone deposited just offshore in a marine setting. It has produced the ammonite index fossil Desmoscaphites bassleri (Payenberg et al. 2002), which has an age of ~84.5 Ma.
- Virgelle – Overlying the Telegraph Creek Member, it is a massive cliff-forming yellow to white sandstones. It was deposited in a shoreface environment, including beach, etc. (Payenberg et al. 2002).
- Deadhorse Coulee – Consists of shales, siltsones, sandstones, and coal beds. The Member was deposited in rivers, floodplains and swamps. Most of the vertebrate fossils come from this member.
There are some dinosaur remains from the Formation, but these are not very well known. A more concerted effort at locating specimens would undoubtedly produce many new taxa.
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