List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Yukon

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

Group or formationPeriodNotes
Aksala Formation Triassic
Almstrom Creek Formation Jurassic
Arctic Red Formation Cretaceous
Bluish Grey Shale Formation Cretaceous
Bonnet Plume Formation Cretaceous
Bug Creek Formation Jurassic
Bug Creek Group/Almstrom Creek Formation Jurassic
Bug Creek Group/Manuel Creek Formation Jurassic
Bug Creek Group/Murray Ridge Formation Jurassic
Dark Grey Siltstone Formation Cretaceous
Ettrain Formation Carboniferous
Fifteenmile Formation Cryogenian
Goz Siltstone Formation Ediacaran
Husky Formation Jurassic
Jones Ridge Limestone Formation Ordovician
Jungle Creek Formation Permian, Carboniferous
Kingak Formation Jurassic
Kingak Shale Formation Jurassic
Kulthieth Formation Paleogene
Laberge Formation Jurassic
Lewes River Formation Triassic
Lewes River Group/"F" Formation Triassic
McCann Hill Formation Devonian
North Branch Formation Cretaceous, Jurassic
Otuk Formation Triassic
Prongs Creek Formation Devonian
Rabbitkettle Formation Ordovician, Cambrian
Road River Formation Devonian, Silurian, Ordovician
Royal Creek Formation Devonian
Sadlerochit Formation Permian
Sekwi Formation Cambrian
Siltstone Unit 1 Formation Ediacaran
Siltstone Unit 2 Formation Ediacaran
Sunblood Formation Ordovician
Tahkandit Formation Permian
Takhandit Formation Permian
Tantalus Formation Jurassic
Wernecke Mountains Group/Illtyd Formation Cambrian
Wernecke Mountains Group/Illtyd formation Formation Cambrian
White and Coaly Quartzite Formation Cretaceous
White and Coaly Quartzite Division Formation Cretaceous

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