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Ashville Formation

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Type
  
Geological formation

Region
  
North America

Named for
  
Ashville, Manitoba

Country
  
Canada

Primary
  
Sandstone

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."

References

Ashville Formation Wikipedia