Big Muddy 3 (Paleocene of Canada)

Also known as McLearn's locality 3

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

• Paleocoordinates: 57.1° N, 67.2° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ravenscrag Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray siltstone and 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 22885: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 29.06.2002

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Hydrobiidae
 Architaenioglossa - Viviparidae
Campeloma nebrascense snail
"C. nebrascense whitei"
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Sphaeriidae
Sphaerium fowleri fingernail clam