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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Northwest Territories

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This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Northwest Territories, Canada.

Group or formation Period Notes
Alexandra Formation[1] Devonian
Bad Cache Rapids Formation Ordovician
Bad Cache Rapids Formation Ordovician
Barlow Inlet Formation Silurian
Bear Rock Formation Devonian
Blue Fjord Formation Devonian
Blueflower Formation Ediacaran
Boas River Formation Ordovician
Broken Skull Formation Ordovician
Buchanan Lake Formation Paleogene
Bug Creek Formation Jurassic
Bug Creek Group/Almstrom Creek Formation Jurassic
Bug Creek Group/Murray Ridge Formation Jurassic
Cape Phillips Formation Silurian
Christopher Formation Cretaceous
Churchill River Formation Ordovician
Deer Bay Formation Cretaceous
Delorme Formation Devonian, Silurian
Douro Formation Silurian
Esbataottine Formation Ordovician
Eureka Sound Group/Margaret Formation Paleogene
Fort Simpson Formation Devonian
Funeral Formation Devonian
Hare Indian Formation Devonian
Haughton Formation Neogene
Hay River Formation Devonian
Headless Formation Devonian
Heiberg Formation Jurassic, Triassic
Hiccles Cove Formation Jurassic
Horn Plateau Formation Devonian
Hume Formation Devonian
Imperial Formation Devonian
Ingta Formation Ediacaran, Cambrian
Kakisa Formation Devonian
Kee Scarp Formation Devonian
Loon River Formation Cretaceous
Manuel Creek Formation Jurassic
Mason River Formation Cretaceous
Mokka Fiord Formation Paleogene
Mount Cap Formation Cambrian
Mount Goodenough Formation Cretaceous
Nahanni Formation Devonian
Okse Bay Group/Norstrand Formation Devonian
Pine Point Formation Devonian
Ramparts Formation Devonian
Rat River Formation Cretaceous
Read Bay Formation Silurian
Red Head Rapids Formation Ordovician
Redknife Formation Devonian
Ringnes Formation Jurassic
Road River Formation Silurian, Ordovician, Cambrian
Rockslide Formation Cambrian
Sans Sault Formation Cretaceous
Schei Point Formation Triassic
Sekwi Formation Cambrian
Sheepbed Formation Ediacaran
Ship Point Formation Ordovician
Slave Point Formation Devonian
Smoking Hills Formation Cretaceous
Somerset Island Formation Silurian
Sulphur Point Formation Devonian
Summit Creek Formation Cretaceous
Sunblood Formation Ordovician
Sutherland River Formation Silurian
Tathlina Formation Devonian
Trold Fiord Formation Permian
Twin Falls Formation Devonian
Vendom Fiord Formation Devonian
Vunta Formation Silurian, Ordovician
Whittaker Formation Silurian, Ordovician
Williams Island Formation Devonian
Windermere Group/Twitya Formation Ediacaran

References

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  1. ^ Macneil, Alex J.; Jones, Brian (2006). "Sequence stratigraphy of a Late Devonian ramp‐situated reef system in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin: dynamic responses to sea‐level change and regressive reef development". Sedimentology. 53 (2): 321–359. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3091.2005.00767.x.