Elk Point Group

The Elk Point Group is a stratigraphic unit of Early to Middle Devonian age in the Western Canada and Williston sedimentary basins.

It underlies a large area that extends from the southern boundary of the Northwest Territories in Canada to North Dakota in the United States.

[2] Some of the carbonate formations of the Elk Point Group contain rich assemblages of marine invertebrate fossils, including many species of brachiopods, gastropods, bivalves, cephalopods, crinoids, ostracods and corals.

[1][4] The Elk Point Group extends from the southern boundary of the Northwest Territories through northwestern British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and southwestern Manitoba in Canada, and continues into eastern Montana and North Dakota in the United States.

[2] The porous carbonate rocks of the Elk Point Group host major petroleum and natural gas reservoirs.