Unit Name: Hota Formation
Unit Type: Lithostratigraphic
Rank: Formation
Status: Formal
Usage: Currently in use
Age Interval: late Early Cambrian (524.5 - 513 ma)
Age Justification: Scattered late Lower Cambrian trilobites throughout belonging to the upper part of the Bonnia-Olenellus Zone (Fritz and Mountjoy, 1975).
Province/Territory: Alberta; British Columbia
Originator: Walcott, C.D., 1913, p. 338.
Source: CSPG Lexicon of Canadian Stratigraphy, Volume 4, western Canada, including eastern British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba; D.J. Glass (editor)
Contributor: E.W. Mountjoy
Entry Reviewed: Yes
Name Set: Lithostratigraphic Lexicon
LastChange: 29 Apr 2003