Group or formation
|
Period
|
Stage
|
Dominant lithology
|
Depositional environment
|
Alberta Group/Waipiabi Formation |
Late Cretaceous |
Cenomanian to Santonian |
shale |
marine
|
Alexo Formation |
Late Devonian |
Frasnian to Famennian |
dolomitic limestone |
marine
|
Bad Heart Formation |
Late Cretaceous |
Turonian |
shale |
marine
|
Banff Formation |
Mississippian |
Tournasian |
limestone |
marine
|
Battle Formation (Edmonton Group) |
Late Cretaceous |
Maastrichtian |
mudstone |
nonmarine
|
Bearpaw Formation (Edmonton Group) |
Late Cretaceous Campanian |
Campanian |
shale |
marine
|
Beaverfoot Formation |
Ordovician to Silurian |
Ashgillian to Llandoverian |
dolomite |
marine
|
Beaverhill Lake Group |
Devonian |
late Givetian to early Frasnian |
limestone |
marine
|
Beaverhill Lake Group/Slave Point Formation |
Late Devonian |
Frasnian |
limestone |
marine
|
Beaverhill Lake Group/Waterways Formation |
Middle Devonian to Late Devonian |
late Givetian to Frasnian |
limestone, calcareous shale |
marine
|
Belcourt Formation |
Early Permian |
Asselian to Sakmarian |
dolomite, limestone |
marine
|
Belle Fourche Formation (Colorado Group) |
Cretaceous |
Cenomanian |
shale |
marine
|
Belloy Formation |
Permian |
Artinskian to Roadian |
dolomite, sandstone |
marine
|
Belly River Formation (Judith River Formation) |
Late Cretaceous |
Campanian |
sandstone, siltstone |
nonmarine
|
Belly River Group/Allison Formation |
Late Cretaceous |
Campanian |
sandstone, siltstone |
nonmarine
|
Belly River Group/Dinosaur Park Formation |
Late Cretaceous |
Campanian |
sandstone, siltstone |
nonmarine
|
Belly River Group/Foremost Formation |
Late Cretaceous |
Campanian |
sandstone, siltstone |
nonmarine
|
Belly River Group/Oldman Formation |
Late Cretaceous |
Campanian |
sandstone, siltstone |
nonmarine
|
Bison Creek Formation |
Late Cambrian |
|
shale |
marine
|
Blackstone Formation |
Late Cretaceous |
Cenomanian to Turonian |
shale |
marine
|
Blairmore Group/Luscar Group |
Early Cretaceous |
Aptian to Albian |
sandstone, siltstone |
nonmarine
|
Blood Reserve Formation |
Late Cretaceous |
Campanian |
sandstone |
nonmarine
|
Brazeau Formation |
Late Cretaceous |
Campanian to Maastrichtian |
sandstone, siltstone |
nonmarine
|
Burgess Shale Formation (Stephen Formation) |
Middle Cambrian |
|
shale |
marine
|
Cadomin Formation |
Early Cretaceous |
Barremian to Aptian |
conglomerate, sandstone |
nonmarine
|
Cairn Formation |
Late Devonian |
Frasnian |
calcareous dolomite |
marine
|
Cardium Formation (Colorado Group) |
Late Cretaceous |
Turonian to Coniacian |
sandstone, siltstone |
marine
|
Clearwater Formation (Mannville Group) |
Early Cretaceous |
Albian |
shale |
marine
|
Coalspur Formation |
Late Cretaceous to Paleocene |
Maastrichtian to Danian |
sandstone, siltstone, coal |
nonmarine
|
Colorado Group/Belle Fourche Formation |
Cretaceous |
Cenomanian |
shale |
marine
|
Colorado Group/Cardium Formation |
Late Cretaceous |
Turonian to Coniacian |
sandstone, siltstone |
marine
|
Colorado Group/Second White Speckled Shale |
Late Cretaceous |
Cenomanian to Turonian |
shale |
marine
|
Colorado Group/Westgate Formation |
Late Cretaceous |
Turonian |
shale |
marine
|
Cooking Lake Formation |
Late Devonian |
Frasnian |
limestone |
marine
|
Deadwood Formation |
Middle to Late Cambrian |
|
sandstone |
marine
|
Dessa Dawn Formation (obsolete) |
Mississippian |
|
limestone |
marine
|
Dinosaur Park Formation (Belly River Group) (Judith River Group) |
Late Cretaceous |
Campanian |
sandstone, siltstone |
nonmarine
|
Dunvegan Formation |
Late Cretaceous |
Cenomanian |
sandstone, siltstone |
nonmarine
|
Duvernay Formation |
Late Devonian |
Frasnian |
bituminous limestone, argillaceous limestone |
marine
|
Edmonton Group |
Late Cretaceous to early Paleocene |
Campanian to Danian |
sandstone, siltstone |
nonmarine
|
Edmonton Group/Battle Formation |
Late Cretaceous |
Maastrichtian |
mudstone |
nonmarine
|
Edmonton Group/Horseshoe Canyon Formation |
Late Cretaceous |
Campanian to early Maastrichtian |
sandstone, siltstone, coal |
nonmarine
|
Edmonton Group/Scollard Formation |
Late Cretaceous to early Paleocene |
Maastrichtian to Danian |
sandstone, siltstone, coal |
nonmarine
|
Edmonton Group/Whitemud Formation |
Late Cretaceous |
Maastrichtian |
sandstone, siltstone, claystone |
nonmarine
|
Etherington Formation |
Mississippian |
Serpukhovian |
dolomitic limestone |
marine
|
Exshaw Formation |
Late Devonian to Early Mississippian |
late Famennian to middle Tournasian |
shale |
marine
|
Fairholme Group |
Late Devonian |
Frasnian |
dolomite |
marine
|
Fairholme Group/Mount Hawk Formation |
Devonian |
Frasnian |
dolomite |
marine
|
Fernie Formation |
Jurassic |
Hettangian to middle Tithonian |
shale, siltstone |
marine
|
Flume Formation |
Late Devonian |
Frasnian |
dolomite |
marine
|
Foremost Formation (Belly River Group) |
Late Cretaceous |
Campanian |
sandstone, siltstone |
nonmarine
|
Fort St. John Group |
Cretaceous |
Albian to Cenomanian |
sandstone, siltstone, shale |
nonmarine and marine
|
Fort St. John Group/Shaftesbury Formation |
Cretaceous |
Albian to Cenomanian |
shale |
marine
|
Gates Formation |
Early Cretaceous |
Albian |
sandstone, siltstone, coal |
nonmarine
|
Ghost River Formation (obsolete) |
Cambrian to Middle Devonian |
|
|
|
Gog Group |
Early Cambrian |
|
quartzose sandstone, conglomerate |
|
Grand Rapids Formation (Mannville Group) |
Early Cretaceous |
Albian |
sandstone, siltstone |
nonmarine
|
Hasler Formation |
Early Cretaceous |
Albian |
shale |
marine
|
Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Edmonton Group) |
Late Cretaceous |
Campanian to early Maastrichtian |
sandstone, siltstone, coal |
nonmarine
|
Ireton Formation |
Late Devonian |
Frasnian |
shale |
marine
|
Judith River Formation (Belly River Formation) |
Late Cretaceous |
Campanian |
sandstone, siltstone |
nonmarine
|
Judith River Group/Dinosaur Park Formation |
Late Cretaceous |
Campanian |
sandstone, siltstone |
nonmarine
|
Kananaskis Formation |
Late Carboniferous |
Late Pennsylvanian |
limestone, dolomite, chert |
marine
|
Kaskapau Formation |
Late Cretaceous |
Cenomanian to Turonian |
shale |
marine
|
Lea Park Formation |
Late Cretaceous |
Campanian |
shale |
marine
|
Leduc Formation |
Late Devonian |
Frasnian |
dolomite |
marine
|
Livingstone Formation (Rundle Group) |
Mississippian |
Tournasian to Visean |
dolomitic limestone |
marine
|
Loon River Formation (obsolete) |
Early Cretaceous |
Albian |
shale |
marine
|
Lyell Formation |
Late Cambrian |
Dresbachian |
limestone, dolomite |
marine
|
Mannville Group |
Early Cretaceous |
Barremian to Albian |
sandstone, siltstone, shale |
nonmarine and marine
|
Mannville Group/Clearwater Formation |
Early Cretaceous |
Albian |
shale |
marine
|
Mannville Group/Grand Rapids Formation |
Early Cretaceous |
Albian |
sandstone, siltstone |
nonmarine
|
Mannville Group/McMurray Formation |
Early Cretaceous |
late Barremian to Aptian |
sandstone, siltstone |
nonmarine, marginal marine
|
McMurray Formation (Mannville Group) |
Early Cretaceous |
late Barremian to Aptian |
sandstone, siltstone |
nonmarine, marginal marine
|
Mikkwa Formation |
Middle Devonian |
Givetian |
dolomitic limestone |
marine
|
Milk River Formation |
Late Cretaceous |
Santonian to Campanian |
sandstone, siltstone |
nonmarine
|
Mistaya Formation |
Late Cambrian |
|
limestone |
marine
|
Montney Formation |
Early Triassic |
Olenekian |
siltstone, shale |
marine
|
Mount Hawk Formation (Fairholme Group) |
Late Devonian |
Frasnian to Famennian |
dolomite, limestone |
marine
|
Mount Head Formation (Rundle Group) |
Mississippian |
Visean |
dolomitic limestone |
marine
|
Mowitch Formation |
Permian |
Guadalupian |
sandstone, calcareous sandstone |
marine
|
Mural Formation |
Early Cambrian |
|
limestone, dolomite |
marine
|
Nikanassin Formation |
Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous |
Portlandian to Barremian |
sandstone, siltstone |
nonmarine
|
Nisku Formation |
Late Devonian |
Frasnian |
dolomite |
marine
|
Nordegg Formation (Fernie Group) |
Jurassic |
|
limestone |
marine
|
Norquay Formation (obsolete) |
Permian |
|
|
|
Oldman Formation (Belly River Group) |
Late Cretaceous |
Campanian |
sandstone, siltstone |
nonmarine
|
Outram Formation |
Early Ordovician |
|
limestone, shale |
marine
|
Pakowki Formation |
Late Cretaceous |
Campanian |
shale, siltstone |
marine
|
Palliser Formation |
Late Devonian |
Famennian |
limestone |
marine
|
Paskapoo Formation |
late Paleocene |
Thanetian |
sandstone, siltstone |
nonmarine
|
Peace River Formation |
Early Cretaceous |
Albian |
sandstone, siltstone, shale |
marine and nonmarine
|
Peechee Formation |
late Devonian |
Frasnian |
dolomite, calcareous dolomite |
marine
|
Perdrix Formation |
Late Devonian |
Frasnian |
calcareous shale |
marine
|
Porcupine Hills Formation |
late Paleocene |
Danian |
sandstone, siltstone, shale |
nonmarine
|
Puskwaskau Formation |
Late Cretaceous |
Santonian to Campanian |
shale |
marine
|
Ranger Canyon Formation |
Permian |
Guadalupian to Lopingian |
sandstone, dolomite |
marine
|
Rocky Mountain Group |
Permian |
|
dolomite, sandstone |
marine
|
Rundle Group/Etherington Formation |
Mississippian |
Serpukhovian |
dolomitic limestone |
marine
|
Rundle Group/Livingstone Formation |
Mississippian |
Tournasian to Visean |
dolomitic limestone |
marine
|
Rundle Group/Mount Head Formation |
Mississippian |
Visean |
dolomitic limestone |
marine
|
Rundle Group/Tunnel Mountain Formation |
Mississippian |
|
sandstone, dolomitic sandstone |
marine
|
Scollard Formation (Edmonton Group) |
Late Cretaceous to early Paleocene |
Maastrichtian to Danian |
sandstone, siltstone, coal |
nonmarine
|
Second White Speckled Shale (Colorado Group) |
Late Cretaceous |
Cenomanian to Turonian |
shale |
marine
|
Shaftesbury Formation |
Cretaceous |
Albian to Cenomanian |
shale |
marine
|
Simla Formation |
Late Devonian |
Frasnian |
siltstone, dolomitic limestone |
marine
|
Skoki Formation |
Middle Ordovician |
|
dolomite |
marine
|
Slave Point Formation (Beaverhill Lake Group) |
Middle Devonian |
Givetian |
limestone |
marine
|
Smoky Group/Bad Heart Formation |
Late Cretaceous |
Turonian |
shale |
marine
|
Smoky Group/Kaskapau Formation |
Late Cretaceous |
Cenomanian to Turonian |
shale |
marine
|
Southesk Formation |
Late Devonian |
Frasnian |
dolomite |
marine
|
Spray River Formation |
Triassic |
|
siltstone, shale, dolomite |
marine and nonmarine
|
St. Mary River Formation |
Late Cretaceous |
Campanian to Maastrichtian |
sandstone, siltstone |
nonmarine
|
Stephen Formation |
Middle Cambrian |
|
shale |
marine
|
Sulphur Mountain Formation |
Triassic |
|
siltstone, dolomite, shale |
marine
|
Survey Peak Formation |
Late Cambrian to Early Ordovician |
|
calcareous shale, limestone |
marine
|
Swan Hills Formation |
Middle Devonian |
late Givetian |
limestone |
marine
|
Tunnel Mountain Formation (Rundle Group) |
Mississippian |
|
sandstone, dolomitic sandstone |
marine
|
Two Medicine Formation |
Late Cretaceous |
Campanian |
claystone, sandstone |
nonmarine
|
Wabamun Formation |
Late Devonian |
Famennian |
limestone, dolomite |
marine
|
Wapiabi Formation |
Late Cretaceous |
Coniacian to Campanian |
shale, siltstone |
marine
|
Wapiti Formation |
Late Cretaceous |
Campanian to Maastrichtian |
sandstone, siltstone |
nonmarine
|
Waterways Formation (Beaverhill Lake Group) |
Middle Devonian to Late Devonian |
late Givetian to Frasnian |
limestone, calcareous shale |
marine
|
Westgate Formation (Colorado Group) |
Late Cretaceous |
Turonian |
shale |
marine
|
Whitemud Formation (Edmonton Group) |
Late Cretaceous |
Maastrichtian |
sandstone, claystone |
nonmarine
|
Willow Creek Formation |
Late Cretaceous |
Maastrichtian to Paleocene |
sandstone, siltstone |
nonmarine
|
Woodbend Group/Duvernay Formation |
Late Devonian |
Frasnian |
bituminous limestone, argillaceous limestone |
marine
|
Woodbend Group/Leduc Formation |
Late Devonian |
Frasnian |
dolomite |
marine
|
Yahatinda Formation |
Middle Devonian |
Givetian |
dolomitic sandstone, conglomerate, mudstone |
nonmarine and marine
|