Ashville Formation
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]
| Ashville Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Region | North America |
| Country | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Ashville, Manitoba |
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]
References
- 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.
- "Table 11.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 215.
External links
- Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units. "Ashville Formation". Archived from the original on 2013-02-21. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
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