Ashville Formation
Geological formation in Canada
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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]
| Ashville Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Region | North America |
| Country |  Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Ashville, Manitoba |
It is geochronologically equivalent to the Lower Colorado Group and the Viking Formation in central Alberta.
Vertebrate paleofauna
Hesperornithes
- Pasquiaornis hardiei - "Hindlimb elements."[2]
