| Ashville Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Region | North America |
| Country |  Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Ashville, Manitoba |
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.
It is geochronologically equivalent to the Lower Colorado Group and the Viking Formation in central Alberta.
Vertebrate paleofauna
Pasquiaornis hardiei - "Hindlimb elements." Pasquiaornis tankei - "Hindlimb elements and quadrate."
See also
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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