| Fram Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
 Photograph of rocks of the Fram Formation, indicating where the Qikiqtania (NV0401) and Tiktaalik (NV2K17) specimens have been found | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Okse Bay Group[1] |
| Underlies | Hell Gate Formation[1] |
| Overlies | Hecla Bay Formation[1] |
| Thickness | 10 to 20 meters[1] |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Siltstone[1] |
| Other | Sandstone[1] |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 77.164917, -86.269283 |
| Region |  Nunavut |
| Country |  Canada |
| Extent | Ellesmere Island |
 The discovery site of Tiktaalik and Laccognathus embryi fossils in the Fram Formation on Ellesmere Island. | |
The Fram Formation is an Upper Devonian (Frasnian) sequence of rock strata on Ellesmere Island that came into prominence in 2006 with the discovery in its rocks of examples of the transitional fossil, Tiktaalik, a sarcopterygian or lobe-finned fish showing many tetrapod characteristics. Fossils of Laccognathus embryi, a porolepiform lobe-finned fish, and Qikiqtania, a close relative of Tiktaalik, were also found in the formation. The Fram Formation is a Middle to Upper Devonian clastic wedge forming an extensive continental facies consisting of sediments derived from deposits laid down in braided stream systems that formed some 375 million years ago,[2] at a time when the North American craton ("Laurentia") was straddling the equator.