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This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of Alaska, U.S.
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| Group or Formation
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Period
|
Notes
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| Adams Argillite Formation |
Cambrian |
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| Alapah Formation |
Carboniferous |
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| Baird Formation |
Devonian, Silurian |
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| Bear Lake Formation |
Neogene |
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| Beaver Bay Group/Stepovak Formation |
Paleogene |
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| Beaver Bay Group/Tolstoi Formation |
Paleogene |
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| Bowser Formation |
Jurassic |
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| Buchia Ridge Formation |
Cretaceous |
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| Cantwell Formation |
Cretaceous |
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| Cape Deceit Formation |
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| Cascaden Ridge Formation |
Devonian |
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| Chapin Peak Formation |
Triassic |
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| Cheeneetnuk Formation |
Devonian |
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| Chickaloon Formation |
Paleogene |
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| Chignik Formation |
Cretaceous |
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| Chinitna Formation |
Jurassic |
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| Chisana Formation |
Cretaceous |
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| Chitistone Formation |
Triassic |
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| Colville Group/Prince Creek Formation |
Paleogene, Cretaceous |
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| Cornwallis Limestone |
Triassic |
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| Coronados Volcanics Formation |
Devonian |
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| Corwin Formation |
Cretaceous |
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| Cynthia Falls Sandstone |
Jurassic |
|
|
Ordovician |
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| Descon Formation |
Silurian |
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| Eagle Creek Formation |
Permian |
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| Eek Mountain Formation |
Cretaceous |
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| Eli Formation |
Devonian |
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| Etivluk Group/Otuk Formation |
Triassic |
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| Etivluk Group/Siksikpuk Formation |
Permian, Carboniferous |
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| Fitz Creek Siltstone |
Jurassic |
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| Fossil Creek Volcanics Formation |
Ordovician |
|
| Glenn Shale |
Triassic |
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| Grubstake Formation |
Neogene |
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| Gubik Formation |
|
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| Halleck Formation |
Permian |
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| Hasen Creek Formation |
Permian |
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| Heceta Limestone |
Silurian |
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| Hillard Limestone |
Cambrian |
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| Holitna Formation |
Triassic, Silurian |
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| Hoodoo Formation |
Cretaceous |
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| Hound Island Volcanics Formation |
Triassic |
|
| Ignek Formation |
Cretaceous |
|
| Imuruk Volcanics Formation |
Neogene |
|
| Jones Ridge Limestone |
Cambrian |
|
| Kamishak Formation |
Jurassic, Triassic |
|
| Kanayut Formation |
Devonian |
|
|
Devonian, Silurian, Ordovician |
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| Kashevarof Formation |
Silurian |
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| Kennel Creek Formation |
Silurian |
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| Kennicott Formation |
Cretaceous |
|
| Kialagvik Formation |
Jurassic |
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| Kingak Shale |
Jurassic |
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| Kongakut Formation |
Cretaceous |
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| Kugururok Formation |
Devonian |
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| Kukpowruk Formation |
Cretaceous |
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| Kuna Formation |
Carboniferous |
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| Kupowruk Formation |
Cretaceous |
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| Ladrones Formation |
Carboniferous |
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| Limestone Mountain Formation |
Devonian |
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| Lisburne Group/Alapah Limestone |
Carboniferous |
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| Lisburne Group/Kogruk Formation |
Carboniferous |
|
| Lisburne Group/ |
Carboniferous |
|
| Lone Mountain Formation |
Ordovician |
|
| Lower Cantwell Formation |
Cretaceous |
|
| Matanuska Formation |
Cretaceous |
|
| McCann Hill Formation |
Devonian |
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| McCann Hill Chert Formation |
Devonian |
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| McCarthy Formation |
Triassic |
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| Mount Dall Formation |
Permian |
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| Mount Oratia Formation |
Cretaceous |
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| Naknek Formation |
Jurassic |
|
|
Devonian, Ordovician |
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| Nanushuk Formation |
Cretaceous |
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| Nanushuk Formation |
Cretaceous |
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| Nanushuk Group/Chandler Formation |
Cretaceous |
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| Nanushuk Group/Prince Creek Formation |
Cretaceous |
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| Narrow Cape Formation |
Neogene |
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| Nation River Formation |
Devonian |
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| Nehenta Formation |
Triassic |
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| Nuka Formation |
Carboniferous |
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| Ogilvie Formation |
Devonian |
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| Okipruak Formation |
Cretaceous |
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| Okpikruak Formation |
Cretaceous |
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| Orca Formation |
Paleogene |
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| Otuk Formation |
Triassic |
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| Peratrovich Formation |
Carboniferous |
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| Phelan Creek Formation |
Permian |
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| Port Clarence Limestone |
Ordovician |
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| Port Refugio Formation |
Devonian |
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| Poul Creek Formation |
Paleogene |
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| Prince Creek Formation |
Cretaceous |
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| Pybus Formation |
Permian |
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| Road River Formation |
Silurian, Ordovician |
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| Sadlerochit Formation |
Permian |
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| Sadlerochit Group/Ivishak Formation |
Triassic |
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| Sagavanirktok Formation |
Neogene |
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| Salmontrout Limestone |
Devonian |
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| Schrader Bluff Formation |
Cretaceous |
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| Shelikof Formation |
Jurassic |
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| Shublik Formation |
Triassic |
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| Siksikpuk Formation |
Permian |
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| Skajit Formation |
Devonian |
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| Slana Spur Formation |
Permian |
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| Soda Creek Formation |
Devonian |
|
|
|
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| Split Creek Formation |
Paleogene |
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| Staniukovich Formation |
Cretaceous, Jurassic |
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| Stepovak Formation |
Paleogene |
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| Tachilni Formation |
Neogene |
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| Takhandit Formation |
Permian |
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| Talkeetna Formation |
Jurassic |
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| Telsitina Formation |
Ordovician |
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| Telsitna Formation |
Ordovician |
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| Tetelna Formation |
Permian |
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| Tiglukpuk Formation |
Jurassic |
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| Tolovana Formation |
Devonian |
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| Tolstoi Formation |
Paleogene |
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| Topsy Formation |
Neogene |
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| Torok Formation |
Cretaceous |
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| Tuxedni Group/Bowser Formation |
Jurassic |
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| Tuxedni Group/Cynthia Falls Sandstone |
Jurassic |
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| Tuxedni Group/Gaikema Formation |
Jurassic |
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| Tuxedni Group/Red Glacier Formation |
Jurassic |
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| Tyonek Formation |
Neogene |
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| Ulungarat Formation |
Devonian |
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| Unalaska Formation |
Neogene, Paleogene |
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| Ungalikthluk Belt Formation |
Cretaceous |
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| Upper Naknek Formation |
Jurassic |
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| Wachsmuth Formation |
Carboniferous |
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| Wadleigh Formation |
Devonian |
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| Wadleigh Limestone |
Devonian |
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| Whirlwind Creek Group/ |
Devonian |
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| Willoughby Formation |
Silurian |
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| Willoughby Limestone |
Silurian |
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| Yakataga Formation |
Neogene |
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See also[]
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References[]
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