Ishbel Group

The Ishbel Group is a stratigraphic unit of Permian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.

[3] The Ishbel Group is composed of carbonate rocks (limestone and dolomite) and sandstone, with minor chert and siltstone.

[1][3] Depositional conditions were similar to those of the Phosphoria Formation to the south in United States.

[3] Among the fossils that have been found in the Ishbel Group are corals, bryozoa, crinoids, and conodonts,[3] as well as productid, chonetid and spiriferid brachiopods, omphalotrochid gastropods, and edestid elasmobranch fish.

It is present in the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies as far north as the Peace River.