List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Northwest Territories

This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Northwest Territories, Canada.

Group or formation	Period	Notes
Alexandra Formation [1]	Devonian
Bad Cache Rapids Formation	Ordovician
Bad Cache Rapids Formation	Ordovician
Barlow Inlet Formation	Silurian
Bear Rock Formation	Devonian
Blue Fjord Formation	Devonian
Blueflower Formation	Ediacaran
Boas River Formation	Ordovician
Broken Skull Formation	Ordovician
Buchanan Lake Formation	Paleogene
Bug Creek Formation	Jurassic
Bug Creek Group/Almstrom Creek Formation	Jurassic
Bug Creek Group/Murray Ridge Formation	Jurassic
Cape Phillips Formation	Silurian
Christopher Formation	Cretaceous
Churchill River Formation	Ordovician
Deer Bay Formation	Cretaceous
Delorme Formation	Devonian, Silurian
Douro Formation	Silurian
Esbataottine Formation	Ordovician
Eureka Sound Group/Margaret Formation	Paleogene
Fort Simpson Formation	Devonian
Funeral Formation	Devonian
Hare Indian Formation	Devonian
Haughton Formation	Neogene
Hay River Formation	Devonian
Headless Formation	Devonian
Heiberg Formation	Jurassic, Triassic
Hiccles Cove Formation	Jurassic
Horn Plateau Formation	Devonian
Hume Formation	Devonian
Imperial Formation	Devonian
Ingta Formation	Ediacaran, Cambrian
Isachsen Formation	Cretaceous
Kakisa Formation	Devonian
Kee Scarp Formation	Devonian
Loon River Formation	Cretaceous
Manuel Creek Formation	Jurassic
Mason River Formation	Cretaceous
Mokka Fiord Formation	Paleogene
Mount Cap Formation	Cambrian
Mount Goodenough Formation	Cretaceous
Nahanni Formation	Devonian
Okse Bay Group/Norstrand Formation	Devonian
Pine Point Formation	Devonian
Ramparts Formation	Devonian
Rat River Formation	Cretaceous
Read Bay Formation	Silurian
Red Head Rapids Formation	Ordovician
Redknife Formation	Devonian
Ringnes Formation	Jurassic
Road River Formation	Silurian, Ordovician, Cambrian
Rockslide Formation	Cambrian
Sans Sault Formation	Cretaceous
Schei Point Formation	Triassic
Sekwi Formation	Cambrian
Sheepbed Formation	Ediacaran
Ship Point Formation	Ordovician
Slave Point Formation	Devonian
Smoking Hills Formation	Cretaceous
Sulphur Point Formation	Devonian
Summit Creek Formation	Cretaceous
Sunblood Formation	Ordovician
Sutherland River Formation	Silurian
Tathlina Formation	Devonian
Trold Fiord Formation	Permian
Twin Falls Formation	Devonian
Vendom Fiord Formation	Devonian
Vunta Formation	Silurian, Ordovician
Whittaker Formation	Silurian, Ordovician
Williams Island Formation	Devonian
Windermere Group/Twitya Formation	Ediacaran

References

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1. Macneil, Alex J.; Jones, Brian (2006). "Sequence stratigraphy of a Late Devonian ramp-situated reef system in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin: dynamic responses to sea-level change and regressive reef development". Sedimentology. 53 (2): 321–359. Bibcode:2006Sedim..53..321M. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3091.2005.00767.x.

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database" . Retrieved 17 December 2021.