Where: Saskatchewan, Canada (49.1° N, 102.9° W: paleocoordinates 54.1° N, 79.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Ravenscrag Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)
• "Ravenscrag beds"
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
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 22926: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 02.07.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Bivalvia | |
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Plesielliptio priscus Meek and Hayden 1856 freshwater mussel |