List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Ontario

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This is a list of stratigraphic units in Ontario bearing fossils.

Group or formationPeriodNotes
Aberdeen Lake Formation Ordovician
Amherstburg Formation Devonian
Arkona Formation Devonian
Arkona Shale Devonian
Attawapiskat Formation Silurian
Bad Cache Rapids Group/Surprise Creek Formation Ordovician
Bertie Group/Williamsville Formation Silurian
Black River Group/Bobcaygeon Formation Ordovician
Black River Group/Ottawa Formation Ordovician
Bobcaygeon Formation Ordovician
Cabot Head Formation Silurian
Cobourg Formation Ordovician
DeCew Formation Silurian
Detroit River Group/Lucas Formation Devonian
Don Beds Formation Canada
Dyer Bay Formation Silurian
Ekwan River Formation Silurian
Eramosa Formation Silurian
Farr Formation Ordovician
Fossil Hill Formation Silurian
Gasport Formation Silurian
Georgian Bay Formation Ordovician
Goat Island Formation Silurian
Guelph Formation Silurian
Gull River Formation Ordovician
Hamilton Group/Hungry Hollow Formation Devonian
Irondequoit Limestone Formation Silurian
Kettle Point black Shale Devonian
Kwataboahegan Formation Devonian
Lockport Formation Silurian
Long Rapids Formation Devonian
Lowville Formation Ordovician
Manitoulin Formation Silurian, Ordovician
Meaford Formation Ordovician
Medina Group/Power Glen Formation Silurian
Missinaibi Formation Canada
Murray Island Formation Devonian
Nottawasaga Group/Georgian Bay Formation Ordovician
Nottawasaga Group/Whitby Formation Ordovician
Ohio Shale Devonian
Onondaga Formation Devonian
Ottawa Formation Ordovician
Ottawa Group/Lowville Formation Ordovician
Oxford Formation Ordovician
Pamelia Formation Ordovician
Power Glen Formation Silurian
Power Glen Shale Silurian
Queenston Formation Ordovician
Rochester Shale Silurian
Scarborough Formation Canada
Sextant Formation Devonian
Simcoe Group/Bobcaygeon Formation Ordovician
Simcoe Group/Gull River Formation Ordovician
Simcoe Group/Lindsay Formation Ordovician
Simcoe Group/Verulam Formation Ordovician
St. Edmund Formation Silurian
Stooping River Formation Devonian
Thorold Formation Silurian
Trenton Group/Cobourg limestone Formation Ordovician
Trenton Group/Sherman Fall limestone Formation Ordovician
Verulam Formation Ordovician
Williams Island Formation Devonian

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