Where: Saskatchewan, Canada (49.6° N, 108.7° W: paleocoordinates 56.2° N, 82.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Ravenscrag Formation, Puercan (66.0 - 63.3 Ma)
• fossils are from a 0.55 m bed
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; ferruginous, shelly/skeletal, red, argillaceous sandstone
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 14764: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.07.1994, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
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Actinopteri | |
? Acipenseridae indet. Bonaparte 1831 | |
? Amiidae indet. Huxley 1861 bowfin | |
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843 gar | |
Reptilia | |
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Mammalia | |
Purgatorius pinecreeensis n. sp.3
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Carcinodon aquilonius n. sp.
Carcinodon aquilonius n. sp. Russell 1974 condylarth | |
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