Ashville Formation

Ashville Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous
Type Geological formation
Lithology
Primary Sandstone
Location
Named for Ashville, Manitoba
Region North America
Country  Canada

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.[1]

It is geochronologically equivalent to the Lower Colorado Group and the Viking Formation in central Alberta.

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Vertebrate paleofauna

Pasquiaornis hardiei - "Hindlimb elements."[2] Pasquiaornis tankei - "Hindlimb elements and quadrate."[2]

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b "Table 11.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 215.

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