List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Quebec

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

Group or formationPeriodNotes
Anse a Pierre Formation Silurian
Anse Maranda Formation Cambrian
Anticosti Group/Becscie Formation Silurian, Ordovician
Anticosti Group/Chicotte Formation Silurian
Anticosti Group/Gun River Formation Silurian
Anticosti Group/Jupiter Formation Silurian
Aylmer Formation Ordovician
Battery Point Formation Devonian
Beauharnois Formation Ordovician
Becscie Formation Silurian, Ordovician
Beekmantown Formation Ordovician
Beekmantown Group/Beauharnois Formation Ordovician
Bic Conglomerate Formation Cambrian
Black River Formation Ordovician
Bobcaygeon Formation Ordovician
Broken Skull Formation Ordovician
Cap Bon Ami Formation Devonian
Chaleurs Group/Anse a PierreFormation Silurian
Chaleurs Group/Anse Cascon Formation Silurian
Chaleurs Group/Clemville Formation Silurian
Chaleurs Group/La Vieille Formation Silurian
Chaleurs Group/Weir Formation Silurian
Champlain Clay Formation Canada
Chazy Group/Laval Formation Ordovician
Chicotte Formation Silurian
Crown Point Formation Ordovician
Dalhousie Formation Devonian
Day Point Formation Ordovician
Ekwan River Formation Silurian
Ellis Bay Formation Ordovician
English Head Formation Ordovician
Escuminac Formation Devonian
Gascons Formation Silurian
Gaspe Bay Sandstone Group/Battery Point Formation Devonian
Gaspe Sandstone Devonian
Gaspe Sandstone Group/Battery Point Formation Devonian
Gaspe Sandstones Formation Devonian
Grande Greve Formation Devonian
Gun River Formation Silurian
Honorat Formation Ordovician
Hugh Miller Cliffs Formation Devonian
Indian Point Formation Silurian
Interlake Group/Cedar Lake Dolomite Formation Silurian
Jolliet Group/Ellis Bay Formation Ordovician
Jolliet Group/Vaureal Formation Ordovician
Jupiter Formation Silurian
La Vieille Formation Silurian
Laforce Formation Silurian
Lake Aymler Formation Silurian
Laval Formation Ordovician
Levis Formation Cambrian
Lorraine Formation Ordovician
Lorraine Group/Nicolet River Formation Ordovician
Luke Hill Limestone Ordovician
Macasty Formation Ordovician
Malbaie Formation Devonian
Mann Formation Silurian
Matapedia Formation Ordovician
Matapedia Group/Grande Coupe Beds Formation Ordovician
Matapédia Formation Ordovician
Matapédia Group/White Head Formation Ordovician
Merrimack Formation Silurian
Mictaw Formation Ordovician
Miguasha Group/Escuminac Formation Devonian
Mingan Formation Ordovician
Mont Wissick Formation Silurian
Naylor Ledge Formation Ordovician
Nicolet Formation Ordovician
Nicolet River Formation Ordovician
Ottawa Formation Ordovician
Pamelia Formation Ordovician
Pontgravé River Formation Ordovician
Quebec Group/Cabano Formation Silurian
Romaine Formation Ordovician
Roncelles Formation Devonian
Sargent Bay Formation Silurian
Severn River Formation Silurian
Simard Formation Ordovician
Solomons Corner Formation Ordovician
Sources Formation Silurian
Thornloe Formation Silurian
Trenton Formation Ordovician
Trenton Group/Chicoutimi Limestone Ordovician
Trenton Group/Tetreauville Formation Ordovician
Utica Shale Ordovician
Val Formation Silurian
Valcour Formation Ordovician
Vaureal Formation Ordovician
Vaureal and Ellis Bay Formation Ordovician
West Point Formation Silurian
White Head Formation Silurian, Ordovician
York River Formation Devonian

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