Re: Judith River Formation

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <th81@umail.umd.edu>]

At 12:55 PM 4/19/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi everybody,
>
>Are the Judith River Formation in Alberta, the Judith River Formation in 
>Saskatchewan, and the Judith River Formation in Montana different 
>formations with the same name, or the same formation stretched over three 
>provinces and states?
>Thanks in advance,

They are the same GROUP, actually.  The Judith River got bumped up from a
Formation status to a Group status some years ago.  In the Alberta sections,
the Judith River contains the Foremost, Oldman, and Dinosaur Park Formations.

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
Vertebrate Paleontologist     Webpage: http://www.geol.umd.edu
Dept. of Geology              Email:th81@umail.umd.edu
University of Maryland        Phone:301-405-4084
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