The Gaspe Bay Sandstone Group is a
geologic group
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in
Quebec
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. It preserves
fossils
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dating back to the
Devonian
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period
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.
See also
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Quebec
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References
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Devonian Quebec
Geologic groups of Quebec
Sandstone groups of Canada
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