Vicinity of Estevan and Roche Percee (Paleocene of Canada)

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

• no details given

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
 Architaenioglossa - Viviparidae
Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula mactriformis clam
Meek and Hayden
 Unionida - Unionidae
Plesielliptio priscus Meek and Hayden 1856 freshwater mussel