A report on Bearpaw Formation
Geologic formation of Late Cretaceous age.
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Alberta
2 linksOne of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.
One of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.
The Bearpaw Formation represents strata deposited during a marine transgression.
Dinosaur Park Formation
2 linksUppermost member of the Belly River Group , a major geologic unit in southern Alberta.
Uppermost member of the Belly River Group , a major geologic unit in southern Alberta.
It was deposited in alluvial and coastal plain environments, and it is bounded by the nonmarine Oldman Formation below it and the marine Bearpaw Formation above it.
Judith River Formation
2 linksFossil-bearing geologic formation in Montana, and is part of the Judith River Group.
Fossil-bearing geologic formation in Montana, and is part of the Judith River Group.
It is overlain by the Bearpaw Formation.
Pierre Shale
1 linksGeologic formation or series in the Upper Cretaceous which occurs east of the Rocky Mountains in the Great Plains, from Pembina Valley in Canada to New Mexico.
Geologic formation or series in the Upper Cretaceous which occurs east of the Rocky Mountains in the Great Plains, from Pembina Valley in Canada to New Mexico.
It is correlative with other marine shales that occur farther west, such as the Bearpaw Shale, Mancos Shale and the Lewis Shale.
St. Mary River Formation
1 linksGeologic formation of Late Cretaceous age of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin in southwestern Alberta and northwesternmost Montana.
Geologic formation of Late Cretaceous age of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin in southwestern Alberta and northwesternmost Montana.
The St. Mary River Formation conformably overlies the Blood Reserve Sandstone, or the Bearpaw Formation where the Blood Reserve Sandstone is absent, and it is conformably overlain by the Willow Creek Formation.
Belly River Group
1 linksStratigraphical unit of Late Cretaceous age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
Stratigraphical unit of Late Cretaceous age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
The Belly River Group is conformably overlain by the Bearpaw Formation and gradually overlies the Wapiabi Formation, the Colorado Group shale or the Lea Park Formation shale.
Fox Hills Formation
1 linksCretaceous geologic formation in the northwestern Great Plains of North America.
Cretaceous geologic formation in the northwestern Great Plains of North America.
In its eastern extents, the formation is underlain by the marine Pierre Shale in the United States and by the equivalent Bearpaw Formation in Canada, while in western ranges in Montana and Wyoming it overlies the Lewis Shale.
Ammolite
0 linksOpal-like organic gemstone found primarily along the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains of North America.
Opal-like organic gemstone found primarily along the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains of North America.
Significant deposits of gem-quality ammolite have only been found in the Bearpaw Formation that extends from Alberta to Saskatchewan in Canada and south to Montana in the USA.
Bears Paw Mountains
0 linksInsular-montane island range in the Central Montana Alkalic Province in north-central Montana, United States, located approximately 10 miles south of Havre, Montana.
Insular-montane island range in the Central Montana Alkalic Province in north-central Montana, United States, located approximately 10 miles south of Havre, Montana.
The Cretaceous Bearpaw Formation outcrops in these mountains, and is named for the range.
Albertonectes
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Albertonectes is an extinct genus of elasmosaurid plesiosaur known from the Late Cretaceous (middle upper Campanian stage) Bearpaw Formation of Alberta, Canada.