Type Formation Country Canada | Underlies Slats Creek Fm Region Yukon | |
The Illtyd Formation is an up to 1000-m thick geologic formation in Yukon. It preserves fossils dating back to the Dyerian subdivision of the Cambrian period, which spans the Stage 3 / Stage 4 boundary; it's considered to belong to the mid-upper Bonnia-ollenellus trilobite Zone. Top of the unit corresponds, more or less, to the top of Stage 4. These fossils include Lower Cambrian trilobites'.
The type section is in the Wernecke Mtns; it corps out also in and to the S/SW of the Rochardson Moutnars . IT possibly corresponds to the Sekwi Fm in the Macxkenzie mtns.
Lowermost of the Palaeozic units west of the Richardson Mtns, angular unconformity at base, overlying various Precambrian units. Silty limestones and massive dolostones. In places rhythmically bedded. Colour: Tan, brownish grey muds; sanier layers orange. Upper layers include oolites and oncolites. Trace fossils include burrows and 'worm trails'. In some places unit is massively faulted and altered / weathered, approaching marble grade metamorphism near faults.