Ashville Formation

Ashville Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous
Type Geological formation
Lithology
Primary Sandstone
Location
Region North America
Country  Canada
Type section
Named for Ashville, Manitoba

The Ashville Formation is a geological formation in Saskatchewan and Manitoba whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]

It is geochronologically equivalent to the Lower Colorado Group and the Viking Formation in central Alberta.

Vertebrate paleofauna

Pasquiaornis hardiei - "Hindlimb elements."[2] Pasquiaornis tankei - "Hindlimb elements and quadrate."[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, North America)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 574-588. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  2. 1 2 "Table 11.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 215.
  • Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units. "Ashville Formation". Archived from the original on 2013-02-21. Retrieved 2009-03-01.


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