List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Nunavut

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

Group or formationPeriodNotes
Allen Bay Formation Silurian
Assistance Formation Permian
Attawapiskat Formation Silurian
Ayles Formation Ordovician
Bailarge Formation Ordovician
Barlow Inlet Formation Silurian
Bathurst Island Formation Devonian, Silurian
Bathurst Group/Heiberg Formation Triassic
Belcher Channel Formation Permian, Carboniferous
Bird Fiord Formation Devonian
Bjorne Formation Triassic
Blaa Mountain Formation Triassic
Blind Fiord Formation Triassic
Blue Fiord Formation Devonian
Canyon Fiord Formation Carboniferous
Cape Discovery Formation Ordovician
Cape Phillips Formation Devonian, Silurian
Cape Rawson Formation Ordovician, Devonian
Challenger Group/Zebra Cliffs Formation Ordovician
Christopher Formation Cretaceous
Dana Bay Formation Permian
Deer Bay Formation Cretaceous
Degerbols Formation Permian
Degerböls Formation Permian
Disappointment Bay Formation Devonian
Douro Formation Silurian
Eids Fiord Formation Devonian
Eureka Sound Formation Paleogene
Eureka Sound Group/Buchanan Lake Formation Paleogene
Feilden Formation Permian
Great Bear Cape Formation Permian
Goose Fiord Formation Silurian, Devonian
Hare Fiord Formation Permian, Carboniferous
Hecla Bay Formation Devonian
Heiberg Formation Triassic
Imina Formation Silurian
Isachsen Formation Cretaceous
Jaeger Formation Jurassic
Kanguk Formation Cretaceous
Kidluit Formation Canada
Kittigazuit Formation Canada
Leopold Formation Silurian
M'Clintock Formation Ordovician
Marvin Formation Silurian
Nansen Formation Permian, Carboniferous
Oske Bay Group/Fram Formation Devonian
Otto Fiord Formation Carboniferous
Pavy Formation Paleogene
Peel Sound Formation Silurian
Raanes Formation Permian
Read Bay Formation Silurian
Sabine Bay Formation Permian
Schei Point Formation Triassic
Stuart Bay Formation Devonian
Sunderland River Formation Devonian
Taconite River Formation Ordovician
Tanquary Formation Permian
Trappers Cove Formation Permian
Trold Fiord Formation Permian
Van Hauen Formation Permian
Weatherall Formation Devonian
Wynniatt Formation Ediacaran
Zebra Cliffs Formation Ordovician

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