List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Manitoba

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This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Manitoba, Canada.

Group or formationPeriodNotes
Bad Cache Rapids Group/Portage Chute Formation Ordovician
Bad Cache Rapids Group/Surprise Creek Formation Ordovician
Chasm Creek Formation Ordovician
Churchill River Formation Ordovician
Churchill River Group/Caution Creek Formation Ordovician
Churchill River Group/Chasm Creek Formation Ordovician
Churchill River Group/Red Head Rapids Formation Ordovician
Colorado Group/Niobrara Formation Cretaceous
Dawson Bay Formation Devonian
Elm Point Formation Devonian
Favel Formation Cretaceous
Interlake Group/Atikameg Dolomite Silurian
Interlake Group/Cedar Lake Dolomite Silurian
Interlake Group/Cross Lake Dolomite Silurian
Interlake Group/East Arm Dolomite Silurian
Interlake Group/Fisher Branch Dolomite Silurian
Interlake Group/Inwood Formation Silurian
Interlake Group/Moose Lake Dolomite Silurian
Manitoba Limestone Formation Devonian
Montana Group/Pierre Shale Formation Cretaceous
Pierre Formation Cretaceous
Pierre Shale Formation Cretaceous
Portage Chute Formation Ordovician
Red River Formation Ordovician
Souris River Formation Devonian
Stonewall Formation Ordovician
Stony Mountain Formation Ordovician
Vermilion River Formation Cretaceous
Winnipegosis Formation Devonian

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