Where: Alberta, Canada (49.7° N, 110.5° W: paleocoordinates 56.6° N, 84.7° W)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ravenscrag Formation, Puercan (66.0 - 63.3 Ma)
• "slumped basal Ravenscrag beds"
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: L. S. Russell. 1974. Fauna and correlation of the Ravenscrag Formation (Paleocene) of southwestern Saskatchewan. Life Sciences Contributions, Royal Ontario Museum 102:1-53 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 22925: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 02.07.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Campeloma nebrascense, Lioplacodes nebrascensis, Lioplacodes cypressensis, Lioplacodes limnaeiformis, Viviparus leai
Viviparus leai snail | |
Hydrobia warrenana snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Sphaerium sp. Scopoli 1777 fingernail clam | |
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