Bearpaw Formation
124 distinct taxa, from 284 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name.
The Paleobiology Database files this name in 2 countries. That can be one body of rock crossing a border, or two rocks that happen to share a name. The database does not say which, so nothing below is added across them.
Alberta, Saskatchewan, Saskatachewan · CA
89 taxa · 156 fossils · 84–66 MyaMembers recorded: Belanger, Oxarart.
Macrostrat dates this rock 76–71 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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13 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
When
What has been found
- Leptocardia borealis
- Inoceramus
- Actinosepia canadensis
- Carcharias samhammeri
- Placenticeras
- Arctica
- Phelopteria linguaeformis
- Baculites compressus
- Dentalium
- Dercetis magnificus
- Liopistha (Cymella) montanensis
- Odontaspis aculeatus
- Ostrea
- Pecten
- Pholadomya
- Placenticeras intercalare
- Crenella elegantula
- Cuspidaria variabilis
- Cymbophora warrenana
- Dosiniopsis
- Glossus moreauensis
- Hoploscaphites nodosus
- Meristodonoides montanensis
- Nucula planomarginata
- Oxytoma (Hypoxytoma) nebrascana
- Pachyscalpellum saskatchewanensis
- Paraorthacodus andersoni
- Ponteixites gracilis
- Ponteixites robustus
- Protocardia subquadrata
- Pteria notukeuensis
- Rhaeboceras whiteavesi
- Squalus worlandensis
- Turnus (Goniochasma) crockfordi
- Volsella wrighti
- Acanthoscaphites
- Acanthoscaphites plenus
- Acteonina
- Anchura
- Anisomyon centrale
The 40 most often recorded, of 89.
Montana, Wyoming · US
61 taxa · 128 fossils · 84–66 MyaMembers recorded: Unit 6.
Macrostrat dates this rock 76–71 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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14 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
When
What has been found
- Baculites compressus
- Inoceramus (Cataceramus) sagensis
- Acanthoscaphites
- Baculites
- Ostrea
- Leptocardia borealis
- Oxytoma (Hypoxytoma) nebrascana
- Baculites grandis
- Dentalium
- Didymoceras stevensoni
- Drepanochilus
- Eutrephoceras montanensis
- Fasciolaria
- Nucula
- Placenticeras
- Baculites jenseni
- Didymoceras
- Ellipsoscapha
- Modiolus meeki
- Nymphalucina occidentalis
- Palaeonephrops browni
- Protocardia (Leptocardia)
- Rhaeboceras
- Scaphites
- Acteon
- Actinosepia canadensis
- Anisomyon
- Anisomyon sexsulcatus
- Astarte
- Baculites reesidei
- Berenicea
- Cuspidaria ventricosa
- Cylichna secalina
- Didymoceras nebrascense
- Discoscaphites
- Dosiniopsis deweyi
- Goniomya americana
- Hesperorhynchia
- Hoploparia
- Hoploscaphites nodosus
The 40 most often recorded, of 61.
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