List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in New Brunswick

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

Group or FormationPeriodNotes
Back Bay Formation Silurian
Cambellton Formation Devonian
Campbellton Formation Devonian
Canso Formation Carboniferous
Chamberlain's Brook Formation Cambrian
Champlain Clay Formation Canada
Dalhouse Formation Devonian
Dalhousie Shale Formation Devonian
Dalhousie Group/La Garde Formation Devonian
Gaspe Sandstone Group/Cambellton Formation Devonian
Hanford Brook Formation Cambrian
Horton Group/Albert Formation Carboniferous
Horton Group/Kennebecasis Formation Carboniferous
Horton Group/Memramcook Formation Carboniferous
La Garde Formation Devonian
La Vieille Formation Silurian
Lancaster Formation Carboniferous
Leda Clay Formation Lower
Limestone Point Formation Silurian
Petit Rocher Formation Silurian
Pictou Formation Carboniferous
St. John Group/Forest Hills Formation Cambrian
St. John Group/Hanford Brook Formation Cambrian
Wades Lane Formation Cambrian

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