This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Alberta, Canada.
| Group or formation | Period | Stage | Dominant lithology | Depositional environment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| marine | ||||
| marine | ||||
| marine | ||||
| marine | ||||
| Battle Formation (Edmonton Group) | nonmarine | |||
| Bearpaw Formation (Edmonton Group) | Late Cretaceous Campanian | Campanian | marine | |
| marine | ||||
| late Givetian to early Frasnian | marine | |||
| marine | ||||
| limestone, calcareous shale | marine | |||
| marine | ||||
| Belle Fourche Formation (Colorado Group) | shale | marine | ||
| marine | ||||
| Belly River Formation (Judith River Formation) | nonmarine | |||
| nonmarine | ||||
| nonmarine | ||||
| nonmarine | ||||
| nonmarine | ||||
| shale | marine | |||
| shale | marine | |||
| sandstone, siltstone | nonmarine | |||
| sandstone | nonmarine | |||
| sandstone, siltstone | nonmarine | |||
| Burgess Shale Formation (Stephen Formation) | shale | marine | ||
| nonmarine | ||||
| marine | ||||
| Cardium Formation (Colorado Group) | sandstone, siltstone | marine | ||
| Clearwater Formation (Mannville Group) | shale | marine | ||
| sandstone, siltstone, coal | nonmarine | |||
| shale | marine | |||
| sandstone, siltstone | marine | |||
| shale | marine | |||
| shale | marine | |||
| limestone | marine | |||
| sandstone | marine | |||
| Dessa Dawn Formation (obsolete) | limestone | marine | ||
| Dinosaur Park Formation (Belly River Group) (Judith River Group) | nonmarine | |||
| sandstone, siltstone | nonmarine | |||
| marine | ||||
| sandstone, siltstone | nonmarine | |||
| nonmarine | ||||
| sandstone, siltstone, coal | nonmarine | |||
| sandstone, siltstone, coal | nonmarine | |||
| sandstone, siltstone, claystone | nonmarine | |||
| marine | ||||
| shale | marine | |||
| marine | ||||
| marine | ||||
| shale, siltstone | marine | |||
| marine | ||||
| Foremost Formation (Belly River Group) | nonmarine | |||
| sandstone, siltstone, shale | nonmarine and marine | |||
| shale | marine | |||
| sandstone, siltstone, coal | nonmarine | |||
| Ghost River Formation (obsolete) | ||||
| Grand Rapids Formation (Mannville Group) | sandstone, siltstone | nonmarine | ||
| shale | marine | |||
| Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Edmonton Group) | sandstone, siltstone, coal | nonmarine | ||
| shale | marine | |||
| Judith River Formation (Belly River Formation) | nonmarine | |||
| nonmarine | ||||
| marine | ||||
| shale | marine | |||
| shale | marine | |||
| dolomite | marine | |||
| Livingstone Formation (Rundle Group) | dolomitic limestone | marine | ||
| Loon River Formation (obsolete) | shale | marine | ||
| limestone, dolomite | marine | |||
| sandstone, siltstone, shale | nonmarine and marine | |||
| shale | marine | |||
| sandstone, siltstone | nonmarine | |||
| sandstone, siltstone | nonmarine, marginal marine | |||
| McMurray Formation (Mannville Group) | sandstone, siltstone | nonmarine, marginal marine | ||
| dolomitic limestone | marine | |||
| sandstone, siltstone | nonmarine | |||
| limestone | marine | |||
| siltstone, shale | marine | |||
| Mount Hawk Formation (Fairholme Group) | dolomite, limestone | marine | ||
| Mount Head Formation (Rundle Group) | dolomitic limestone | marine | ||
| sandstone, calcareous sandstone | marine | |||
| limestone, dolomite | marine | |||
| sandstone, siltstone | nonmarine | |||
| dolomite | marine | |||
| Nordegg Formation (Fernie Group) | limestone | marine | ||
| Norquay Formation (obsolete) | ||||
| Oldman Formation (Belly River Group) | sandstone, siltstone | nonmarine | ||
| limestone, shale | marine | |||
| shale, siltstone | marine | |||
| limestone | marine | |||
| sandstone, siltstone | nonmarine | |||
| sandstone, siltstone, shale | marine and nonmarine | |||
| dolomite, calcareous dolomite | marine | |||
| calcareous shale | marine | |||
| sandstone, siltstone, shale | nonmarine | |||
| shale | marine | |||
| sandstone, dolomite | marine | |||
| dolomite, sandstone | marine | |||
| dolomitic limestone | marine | |||
| dolomitic limestone | marine | |||
| dolomitic limestone | marine | |||
| sandstone, dolomitic sandstone | marine | |||
| Scollard Formation (Edmonton Group) | sandstone, siltstone, coal | nonmarine | ||
| Second White Speckled Shale (Colorado Group) | shale | marine | ||
| shale | marine | |||
| siltstone, dolomitic limestone | marine | |||
| dolomite | marine | |||
| Slave Point Formation (Beaverhill Lake Group) | limestone | marine | ||
| shale | marine | |||
| shale | marine | |||
| dolomite | marine | |||
| siltstone, shale, dolomite | marine and nonmarine | |||
| sandstone, siltstone | nonmarine | |||
| shale | marine | |||
| siltstone, dolomite, shale | marine | |||
| calcareous shale, limestone | marine | |||
| limestone | marine | |||
| Tunnel Mountain Formation (Rundle Group) | sandstone, dolomitic sandstone | marine | ||
| claystone, sandstone | nonmarine | |||
| limestone, dolomite | marine | |||
| shale, siltstone | marine | |||
| sandstone, siltstone | nonmarine | |||
| Waterways Formation (Beaverhill Lake Group) | limestone, calcareous shale | marine | ||
| Westgate Formation (Colorado Group) | shale | marine | ||
| Whitemud Formation (Edmonton Group) | sandstone, claystone | nonmarine | ||
| sandstone, siltstone | nonmarine | |||
| bituminous limestone, argillaceous limestone | marine | |||
| dolomite | marine | |||
| dolomitic sandstone, conglomerate, mudstone | nonmarine and marine | |||