Ashville Formation

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.^[1]

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

Vertebrate paleofauna

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

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

References

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. "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.