RTMP Quarry 158, Giant Pterosaur locality (Cretaceous of Canada)

Also known as 0171/1

Where: Alberta, Canada (50.8° N, 111.6° W: paleocoordinates 58.1° N, 76.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Dinosaur Park Formation (Belly River Group), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• "upper part of the Judith River (Oldman) Formation"; later reinterpreted as Dinosaur Park Formation (e.g. Godfrey & Currie 2005)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray, yellow siltstone and fine-grained, white sandstone

• pterosaur bones are found at the contact of a dark grey siltstone below and a white, cross-bedded sandstone above

•"moderate yellowish brown mudstone with some fine grained sand and plant tissue"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by D. A. Russell & P. Currie in 1980; reposited in the TMP

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

• PMA: Provincial Museum of Alberta

Primary reference: P. J. Currie and D. A. Russell. 1982. A giant pterosaur (Reptilia: Archosauria) from the Judith River (Oldman) Formation of Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 19:894-897 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 36264: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 22.01.2004, edited by Richard Butler, Matthew Carrano, John Alroy and Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Sigmopollis
  -
Reptilia
 Testudinata - Baenidae
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychinae indet.1 Gray 1825 softshell turtle
 Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae
Basilemys sp. Hay 1902 turtle
 Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888 ceratopsid
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869 hadrosaurid
 Ornithischia - Ankylosauridae
Ankylosauridae indet. Brown 1908 ankylosaurid
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet. theropod
small
 Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae
Tyrannosauridae indet. Osborn 1906 tyrannosaurid
 Theropoda - Ornithomimidae
Ornithomimidae indet. Marsh 1890 ornithomimid
 Pterosauria - Azhdarchidae
Cryodrakon boreas2 Hone et al. 2019 pterosaur
P80.16.1367, femur
 Choristodera -
Champsosaurus sp. Cope 1876 choristodere
Osteichthyes
 Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
Acipenser sp. Linnaeus 1758 sturgeon
Schizosporis
  -
Schizosporis sp.3 Cookson and Dettmann 1959
Schizosporis parvus
  -
Schizosporis parvus3 Cookson and Dettmann 1959
unclassified
  -
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
"petrified log"
 Anthophyta -
Penetetrapites mollis
  -
Penetetrapites mollis3 Hedlund and Norris 1968
Equisetopsida
 Anthocerotidae - Anthocerotidae
Angiospermae
 Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
 Buxales - Buxaceae
 Gunnerales -
 Proteales - Proteaceae
 Proteales -
 Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
 Mesangiosperms - Liliaceae
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Symplocaceae
 Coniferales -
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podocarpidites sp.3 Cookson 1947 podocarp
Parvisaccites radiatus3 Couper 1958 podocarp
Magnoliopsida
  -
Alisporites
  -
Alisporites sp.3 Daugherty 1941
Cedripites
  -
Cedripites cretaceus3 Pocock 1962
Lycopodiopsida
 Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae
Neoraistrickia truncatus3 Potonié 1956 spikemoss
 Selaginellales -
Camarozonosporites insignis3 Norris 1967 clubmoss
 Lycopodiales -
Retitriletes sp.3 Pierce 1961 clubmoss
Marchantiopsida
 Sphaerocarpales -
Bryopsida
  -
Cingutriletes
  -
Taurocusporites segmentatus
  -
Hepaticae
  -
Converrucosisporites
  -
Converrucosisporites sp.3 Potonié and Kremp 1954
Pteridopsida
  -
Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
  - Blechnaceae
  - Osmundaceae
  - Gleicheniaceae
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
Cicatricosisporites hallei3 Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
Undulatisporites sp.3 Pflug 1953
Cycadopites
  -
Cycadopites nitidus3 de Jersey 1964
Ginkgoopsida
 Caytoniales -
 Ephedrales -
Acanthotriletes
  -
Acanthotriletes sp.3 Potonié and Kremp 1954
Trudopollis
  -
Trudopollis meekeri3 Newman 1965