ammonites
Big Muddy 4 (Paleocene of Canada)

Also known as McLearn's locality 4

Where: Saskatchewan, Canada (49.1° N, 104.9° W: paleocoordinates 54.4° N, 81.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ravenscrag Formation, Paleocene (65.5 - 55.8 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; yellow siltstone and yellow sandstone

• "Grey facies"

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 22912: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 02.07.2002

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