Calf Creek (Ravenscrag Formation): Paleocene, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Sphaeriidae
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Sphaerium formosum
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| (Meek and Hayden 1857); sphaeriid | ||||||||||
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Sphaerium fowleri
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| Russell 1931; sphaeriid | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Unionida
- Unionidae
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Plesielliptio priscus
(Meek and Hayden 1856)
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| (Meek and Hayden 1857); unionid | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Hydrobiidae
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Hydrobia anthonyi
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| (Meek and Hayden 1857); hydrobiid | ||||||||||
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Hydrobia warrenana
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| (Meek and Hayden 1858); hydrobiid | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Viviparidae
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Lioplacodes nebrascensis
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| (Meek and Hayden 1857); viviparid | ||||||||||
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Lioplacodes limnaeiformis
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| (Meek and Hayden 1857); viviparid | ||||||||||
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Viviparus trochiformis
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| (Meek and Hayden 1857); viviparid | ||||||||||
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Viviparus formosus
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| Meek 1876; viviparid | ||||||||||
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Campeloma nebrascense
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| Russell 1931; "C. nebrascense whitei"; viviparid | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Saskatchewan |
| Coordinates: | 49.7° North, 109.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 55.8° North, 85.5° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 | ||
| *Period: | Early/Lower Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Paleocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Ravenscrag | ||
| Local section: | Cypress Hills | Local bed: | 3 |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "dark friable clay" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | GSC |
Metadata
| Also known as: | McLearn's locality 13; GSC 21523 | ||
| Database number: | 22879 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-06-28 16:14:58 | Last modified: | 2007-03-21 01:07:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-06-28 16:14:58 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6583. | 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] |