Pender Formation

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| type = Formation

| age = Cretaceous

| period = Cretaceous

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| region = British Columbia

| country = {{CAN}}

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The Pender Formation is a geologic formation in British Columbia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period. Organisms that have been recovered from this formation include indeterminate Elasmosaurids, Mosasaurids, and a Chelonioidean, as well as the sea turtle Desmatochelys and the Mosasaurine Kourisodon.{{Cite journal|last=Nicholls|first=Elizabeth L|last2=Meckert|first2=Dirk|date=2002-11-01|title=Marine reptiles from the Nanaimo Group (Upper Cretaceous) of Vancouver Island|journal=Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences|volume=39|issue=11|pages=1591–1603|doi=10.1139/e02-075|issn=0008-4077}}