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The Nanaimo Group is a
geologic group Geology () is a branch of natural science concerned with Earth and other astronomical objects, the features or rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Eart ...
in both British Columbia and Washington state. It preserves
fossils A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved in ...
dating back to the Cretaceous period.


Divisions

* Gabriola Formation * Spray Formation * Geoffroy Formation * Northumberland Formation * DeCourcy Formation *
Cedar District Formation The Cedar District Formation is a geologic formation exposed on Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands of British Columbia and San Juan Islands of Washington (state). It preserves fossils dating back to the Campanian Epoch of the Cretaceous period. I ...
* Protection Formation *
Haslam Formation The Haslam Formation is a black shale geologic formation exposed on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, British Columbia, Canada. It preserves primarily marine fossils dating back to the Santonian The Santonian is an age in the geologi ...
* Comox Formation


See also

* List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in British Columbia


References

* Cretaceous British Columbia {{British Columbia-stub