Where: Saskatchewan, Canada (49.1° N, 104.9° W: paleocoordinates 55.0° N, 78.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ravenscrag Formation, Puercan (66.0 - 63.3 Ma)
• "near local base" but upper part of formation
•just one specimen, so bed scale is presumed
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
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 22922: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 02.07.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Clemmys backmani n. sp." = Osteopygis backmani
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