List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Alberta

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

Group or formation Period Stage Dominant lithology Depositional
environment
Alberta Group/Waipiabi FormationLate CretaceousCenomanian to Santonianshalemarine
Alexo FormationLate DevonianFrasnian to Famenniandolomitic limestonemarine
Bad Heart FormationLate CretaceousTuronianshalemarine
Banff FormationMississippianTournasianlimestonemarine
Battle Formation (Edmonton Group)Late CretaceousMaastrichtianmudstonenonmarine
Bearpaw Formation (Edmonton Group)Late Cretaceous CampanianCampanianshalemarine
Beaverfoot FormationOrdovician to SilurianAshgillian to Llandoveriandolomitemarine
Beaverhill Lake GroupDevonianlate Givetian to early Frasnianlimestonemarine
Beaverhill Lake Group/Slave Point FormationLate DevonianFrasnianlimestonemarine
Beaverhill Lake Group/Waterways FormationMiddle Devonian to Late Devonianlate Givetian to Frasnianlimestone, calcareous shalemarine
Belcourt FormationEarly PermianAsselian to Sakmariandolomite, limestonemarine
Belle Fourche Formation (Colorado Group)CretaceousCenomanianshalemarine
Belloy FormationPermianArtinskian to Rodiandolomite, sandstonemarine
Belly River Formation (Judith River Formation)Late CretaceousCampaniansandstone, siltstonenonmarine
Belly River Group/Allison FormationLate CretaceousCampaniansandstone, siltstonenonmarine
Belly River Group/Dinosaur Park FormationLate CretaceousCampaniansandstone, siltstonenonmarine
Belly River Group/Foremost FormationLate CretaceousCampaniansandstone, siltstonenonmarine
Belly River Group/Oldman FormationLate CretaceousCampaniansandstone, siltstonenonmarine
Bison Creek FormationLate Cambrianshalemarine
Blackstone FormationLate CretaceousCenomanian to Turonianshalemarine
Blairmore Group/Luscar GroupEarly CretaceousAptian to Albiansandstone, siltstonenonmarine
Blood Reserve FormationLate CretaceousCampaniansandstonenonmarine
Brazeau FormationLate CretaceousCampanian to Maastrichtiansandstone, siltstonenonmarine
Burgess Shale Formation (Stephen Formation)Middle Cambrianshalemarine
Cadomin FormationEarly CretaceousBarremian to Aptianconglomerate, sandstonenonmarine
Cairn FormationLate DevonianFrasniancalcareous dolomitemarine
Cardium Formation (Colorado Group)Late CretaceousTuronian to Coniaciansandstone, siltstonemarine
Clearwater Formation (Mannville Group)Early CretaceousAlbianshalemarine
Coalspur FormationLate Cretaceous to PaleoceneMaastrichtian to Daniansandstone, siltstone, coalnonmarine
Colorado Group/Belle Fourche FormationCretaceousCenomanianshalemarine
Colorado Group/Cardium FormationLate CretaceousTuronian to Coniaciansandstone, siltstonemarine
Colorado Group/Second White Speckled ShaleLate CretaceousCenomanian to Turonianshalemarine
Colorado Group/Westgate FormationLate CretaceousTuronianshalemarine
Cooking Lake FormationLate DevonianFrasnianlimestonemarine
Deadwood FormationMiddle to Late Cambriansandstonemarine
Dessa Dawn Formation (obsolete)Mississippianlimestonemarine
Dinosaur Park Formation (Belly River Group) (Judith River Group)Late CretaceousCampaniansandstone, siltstonenonmarine
Dunvegan FormationLate CretaceousCenomaniansandstone, siltstonenonmarine
Duvernay FormationLate DevonianFrasnianbituminous limestone, argillaceous limestonemarine
Edmonton GroupLate Cretaceous to early PaleoceneCampanian to Daniansandstone, siltstonenonmarine
Edmonton Group/Battle FormationLate CretaceousMaastrichtianmudstonenonmarine
Edmonton Group/Horseshoe Canyon FormationLate CretaceousCampanian to early Maastrichtiansandstone, siltstone, coalnonmarine
Edmonton Group/Scollard FormationLate Cretaceous to early PaleoceneMaastrichtian to Daniansandstone, siltstone, coalnonmarine
Edmonton Group/Whitemud FormationLate CretaceousMaastrichtiansandstone, siltstone, claystonenonmarine
Etherington FormationMississippianSerpukhoviandolomitic limestonemarine
Exshaw FormationLate Devonian to Early Mississippianlate Famennian to middle Tournasianshalemarine
Fairholme GroupLate DevonianFrasniandolomitemarine
Fairholme Group/Mount Hawk FormationDevonianFrasniandolomitemarine
Fernie FormationJurassicHettangian to middle Tithonianshale, siltstonemarine
Flume FormationLate DevonianFrasniandolomitemarine
Foremost Formation (Belly River Group)Late CretaceousCampaniansandstone, siltstonenonmarine
Fort St. John GroupCretaceousAlbian to Cenomaniansandstone, siltstone, shalenonmarine and marine
Fort St. John Group/Shaftesbury FormationCretaceousAlbian to Cenomanianshalemarine
Gates FormationEarly CretaceousAlbiansandstone, siltstone, coalnonmarine
Ghost River Formation (obsolete)Cambrian to Middle Devonian
Gog GroupEarly Cambrianquartzose sandstone, conglomerate
Grand Rapids Formation (Mannville Group)Early CretaceousAlbiansandstone, siltstonenonmarine
Hasler FormationEarly CretaceousAlbianshalemarine
Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Edmonton Group)Late CretaceousCampanian to early Maastrichtiansandstone, siltstone, coalnonmarine
Ireton FormationLate DevonianFrasnianshalemarine
Judith River Formation (Belly River Formation)Late CretaceousCampaniansandstone, siltstonenonmarine
Judith River Group/Dinosaur Park FormationLate CretaceousCampaniansandstone, siltstonenonmarine
Kananaskis FormationLate CarboniferousLate Pennsylvanianlimestone, dolomite, chertmarine
Kaskapau FormationLate CretaceousCenomanian to Turonianshalemarine
Lea Park FormationLate CretaceousCampanianshalemarine
Leduc FormationLate DevonianFrasniandolomitemarine
Livingstone Formation (Rundle Group)MississippianTournasian to Viseandolomitic limestonemarine
Loon River Formation (obsolete)Early CretaceousAlbianshalemarine
Lyell FormationLate CambrianDresbachianlimestone, dolomitemarine
Mannville GroupEarly CretaceousBarremian to Albiansandstone, siltstone, shalenonmarine and marine
Mannville Group/Clearwater FormationEarly CretaceousAlbianshalemarine
Mannville Group/Grand Rapids FormationEarly CretaceousAlbiansandstone, siltstonenonmarine
Mannville Group/McMurray FormationEarly Cretaceouslate Barremian to Aptiansandstone, siltstonenonmarine, marginal marine
McMurray Formation (Mannville Group)Early Cretaceouslate Barremian to Aptiansandstone, siltstonenonmarine, marginal marine
Mikkwa FormationMiddle DevonianGivetiandolomitic limestonemarine
Milk River FormationLate CretaceousSantonian to Campaniansandstone, siltstonenonmarine
Mistaya FormationLate Cambrianlimestonemarine
Montney FormationEarly TriassicOlenekiansiltstone, shalemarine
Mount Hawk Formation (Fairholme Group)Late DevonianFrasnian to Famenniandolomite, limestonemarine
Mount Head Formation (Rundle Group)MississippianViseandolomitic limestonemarine
Mowitch FormationPermianGuadalupiansandstone, calcareous sandstonemarine
Mural FormationEarly Cambrianlimestone, dolomitemarine
Nikanassin FormationLate Jurassic to Early CretaceousPortlandian to Barremiansandstone, siltstonenonmarine
Nisku FormationLate DevonianFrasniandolomitemarine
Nordegg Formation (Fernie Group)Jurassiclimestonemarine
Norquay Formation (obsolete)Permian
Oldman Formation (Belly River Group)Late CretaceousCampaniansandstone, siltstonenonmarine
Outram FormationEarly Ordovicianlimestone, shalemarine
Pakowki FormationLate CretaceousCampanianshale, siltstonemarine
Palliser FormationLate DevonianFamennianlimestonemarine
Paskapoo Formationlate PaleoceneThanetiansandstone, siltstonenonmarine
Peace River FormationEarly CretaceousAlbiansandstone, siltstone, shalemarine and nonmarine
Peechee Formationlate DevonianFrasniandolomite, calcareous dolomitemarine
Perdrix FormationLate DevonianFrasniancalcareous shalemarine
Porcupine Hills Formationlate PaleoceneDaniansandstone, siltstone, shalenonmarine
Puskwaskau FormationLate CretaceousSantonian to Campanianshalemarine
Ranger Canyon FormationPermianGuadalupian to Lopingiansandstone, dolomitemarine
Rocky Mountain GroupPermiandolomite, sandstonemarine
Rundle Group/Etherington FormationMississippianSerpukhoviandolomitic limestonemarine
Rundle Group/Livingstone FormationMississippianTournasian to Viseandolomitic limestonemarine
Rundle Group/Mount Head FormationMississippianViseandolomitic limestonemarine
Rundle Group/Tunnel Mountain FormationMississippiansandstone, dolomitic sandstonemarine
Scollard Formation (Edmonton Group)Late Cretaceous to early PaleoceneMaastrichtian to Daniansandstone, siltstone, coalnonmarine
Second White Speckled Shale (Colorado Group)Late CretaceousCenomanian to Turonianshalemarine
Shaftesbury FormationCretaceousAlbian to Cenomanianshalemarine
Simla FormationLate DevonianFrasniansiltstone, dolomitic limestonemarine
Skoki FormationMiddle Ordoviciandolomitemarine
Slave Point Formation (Beaverhill Lake Group)Middle DevonianGivetianlimestonemarine
Smoky Group/Bad Heart FormationLate CretaceousTuronianshalemarine
Smoky Group/Kaskapau FormationLate CretaceousCenomanian to Turonianshalemarine
Southesk FormationLate DevonianFrasniandolomitemarine
Spray River FormationTriassicsiltstone, shale, dolomitemarine and nonmarine
St. Mary River FormationLate CretaceousCampanian to Maastrichtiansandstone, siltstonenonmarine
Stephen FormationMiddle Cambrianshalemarine
Sulphur Mountain FormationTriassicsiltstone, dolomite, shalemarine
Survey Peak FormationLate Cambrian to Early Ordoviciancalcareous shale, limestonemarine
Swan Hills FormationMiddle Devonianlate Givetianlimestonemarine
Tunnel Mountain Formation (Rundle Group)Mississippiansandstone, dolomitic sandstonemarine
Two Medicine FormationLate CretaceousCampanianclaystone, sandstonenonmarine
Wabamun FormationLate DevonianFamennianlimestone, dolomitemarine
Wapiabi FormationLate CretaceousConiacian to Campanianshale, siltstonemarine
Wapiti FormationLate CretaceousCampanian to Maastrichtiansandstone, siltstonenonmarine
Waterways Formation (Beaverhill Lake Group)Middle Devonian to Late Devonianlate Givetian to Frasnianlimestone, calcareous shalemarine
Westgate Formation (Colorado Group)Late CretaceousTuronianshalemarine
Whitemud Formation (Edmonton Group)Late CretaceousMaastrichtiansandstone, claystonenonmarine
Willow Creek FormationLate CretaceousMaastrichtian to Paleocenesandstone, siltstonenonmarine
Woodbend Group/Duvernay FormationLate DevonianFrasnianbituminous limestone, argillaceous limestonemarine
Woodbend Group/Leduc FormationLate DevonianFrasniandolomitemarine
Yahatinda FormationMiddle DevonianGivetiandolomitic sandstone, conglomerate, mudstonenonmarine and marine

References

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  • Alberta Geological Survey, 2015. "Alberta Table of Formations; Alberta Energy Regulator". Retrieved 26 June 2014.
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