RTMP Quarry 158, Giant Pterosaur locality: Late/Upper Campanian, Canada
collected by D. A. Russell & P. Currie 1980

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Liburnisporites adnacus
Jarzen 1982
Grewipollenites canadensis
Jarzen 1982
Plantae indet. wood Haeckel 1866
"petrified log"
Bryopsida
Stereisporites antiquasporites Dettmann 1963
Jarzen 1982
Hepaticae
Zlivisporis novamexicanum
Jarzen 1982
Marchantiopsida - Sphaerocarpales
Aequitriradites ornatus
Jarzen 1982
Aequitriradites spinulosus (Cookson and Dettmann 1958)
Jarzen 1982
original and current combination Cirratriradites spinulosus
unclassified
Cingutriletes clavis
Jarzen 1982
Taurocusporites segmentatus Stover 1962
Jarzen 1982
Lycopodiopsida - Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae
Heliosporites kemensis
Jarzen 1982
Neoraistrickia truncatus Potonié 1956
Jarzen 1982
Lycopodiopsida - Selaginellales
Camarozonosporites insignis Norris 1967
Jarzen 1982
Lycopodiopsida - Lycopodiales
Retitriletes nidus
Jarzen 1982
Retitriletes sp. Pierce 1961
Jarzen 1982
unclassified
Alisporites sp. Daugherty 1941
Jarzen 1982
Alisporites bilateralis Rouse 1959
Jarzen 1982
Cedripites cretaceus Pocock 1962
Jarzen 1982
Equisetopsida
Foraminisporis wonthaggensis
Jarzen 1982
unclassified
Aquilapollenites sp. Rouse 1957
Jarzen 1982
Aquilapollenites turbidus
Jarzen 1982
Aquilapollenites tripodiformis
Jarzen 1982
Aquilapollenites trialatus
Jarzen 1982
Aquilapollenites reticulatus
Jarzen 1982
Aquilapollenites clarireticulatus
Jarzen 1982
Aquilapollenites calvus
Jarzen 1982
Aquilapollenites attenuatus
Jarzen 1982
Aquilapollenites asper
Jarzen 1982
Aquilapollenites amplus
Jarzen 1982
Aquilapollenites quadrilobus Rouse 1957
Jarzen 1982
Cranwellia striata
Jarzen 1982
Penetetrapites mollis Hedlund and Norris 1968
Jarzen 1982
Cycadopites nitidus de Jersey 1964
Jarzen 1982
Acanthotriletes sp. Potonié and Kremp 1954
Jarzen 1982
Ginkgoopsida - Ephedrales
Equisetosporites multicostatus Norris 1967
Jarzen 1982
Ginkgoopsida - Caytoniales
Vitreisporites pallidus Nilsson 1958
Jarzen 1982
Magnoliopsida
Senipites drumhellerensis
Jarzen 1982
Angiospermae - Ericales - Symplocaceae
Symplocoipollenites vestibulum
Jarzen 1982
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
Cercidiphyllites brevicolpatus
Jarzen 1982
Angiospermae - Proteales
Triatriopollenites costatus
Jarzen 1982
Angiospermae - Proteales - Proteaceae
Triporopollenites rugatus
Jarzen 1982
Beaupreaidites occulatus
Jarzen 1982
Angiospermae - Buxales - Buxaceae
Erdtmanipollis procumbentiformis
Jarzen 1982
Angiospermae - Gunnerales
Tricolpites striatus
Jarzen 1982
Tricolpites reticulatus Couper 1953
Jarzen 1982
Angiospermae - Liliaceae
Liliacidites sp. Couper 1953
Jarzen 1982
Liliacidites morrinensis
Jarzen 1982
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
Pulcheripollenites narcissus
Jarzen 1982
Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Parvisaccites radiatus Couper 1958
Jarzen 1982
Podocarpidites granulatus
Jarzen 1982
Podocarpidites sp. Cookson 1947
Jarzen 1982
Coniferales
Taxodiaceaepollenites hiatus
Jarzen 1982
Pteridopsida
Triletes bettianus
Jarzen 1982
Cyathidites australis Couper 1953
Jarzen 1982
Cyathidites minor Couper 1953
Jarzen 1982
unclassified
Converrucosisporites sp. Potonié and Kremp 1954
Jarzen 1982
Polypodiopsida - Osmundaceae
Baculatisporites comaumensis Potonie 1953
Jarzen 1982
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites adiscordatus
Jarzen 1982
Laevigatosporites ovatus Wilson and Webster 1946
Jarzen 1982
Laevigatosporites discordatus Thomson and Pflug 1953
Jarzen 1982
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales
Polypodiisporites amplus
Jarzen 1982
Polypodiopsida - Schizaeales - Schizaeaceae
Cicatricosisporites hallei Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
Jarzen 1982
Undulatisporites sp. Pflug 1953
Jarzen 1982
Polypodiopsida - Blechnaceae
Leptolepidites verrucatus Couper 1953
Jarzen 1982
Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniaceae
Gleicheniidites senonicus Ross 1949
Jarzen 1982
unclassified
Schizosporis sp. Cookson and Dettmann 1959
Jarzen 1982
Schizosporis parvus Cookson and Dettmann 1959
Jarzen 1982
Sigmopollis hispidus
Jarzen 1982
Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
Acipenser sp. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Ankylosauridae
Ankylosauridae indet. Brown 1908
Reptilia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869
Reptilia - Theropoda
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881
small
Reptilia - Ornithomimidae
Ornithomimidae indet. Marsh 1890
Reptilia - Tyrannosauridae
Tyrannosauridae indet. Osborn 1906
Reptilia - Azhdarchidae
Quetzalcoatlus sp. Lawson 1975
Danis 1986 1 element
P80.16.1367, femur
    = cf. Quetzalcoatlus sp. Lawson 1975
Lockley et al. 2001
    = Azhdarchidae indet. Nessov 1984
Godfrey and Currie 2005
    = Cryodrakon boreas Hone et al. 2019
Hone et al. 2019
TMP 1980.16.1367 (reidentified as a cervical vertebra)
Reptilia
Champsosaurus sp. Cope 1876
Reptilia - Baenidae
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882
Reptilia - Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae
Basilemys sp. Hay 1902
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Aspideretes sp. Hay 1904
    = Trionychinae indet. Gray 1825
Alroy 2007
unclassified
Trudopollis meekeri Newman 1965
Jarzen 1982
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Alberta
Coordinates: 50.8° North, 111.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:58.1° North, 76.1° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:679 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:Late/Upper Campanian
Age range of interval:83.50000 - 70.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Belly River Formation:Dinosaur Park
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: "upper part of the Judith River (Oldman) Formation"; later reinterpreted as Dinosaur Park Formation (e.g. Godfrey & Currie 2005)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,yellow siltstone
Secondary lithology:"cross stratification",fine,white sandstone
Lithology description: 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"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:TMP
Collectors:D. A. Russell & P. Currie Collection dates:1980
Collection method comments: PMA: Provincial Museum of Alberta
Metadata
Also known as:0171/1
Database number:36264
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Mannion, R. Butler, M. Carrano Enterer:E. Leckey, P. Mannion, J. Alroy, R. Butler, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:paleobotany,vertebrate
Created:2004-01-22 10:46:16 Last modified:2019-12-10 16:31:40
Access level:the public Released:2004-01-22 10:46:16
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

9723. 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]

Secondary references:

19636 J. Alroy. 2007. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates and so forth. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
16964ETE P. J. Currie. 2005. History of research. In P. J. Currie and E. B. Koppelhus (eds.), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 3-33 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
15355ETE J. Danis. 1986. Quarries of Dinosaur Provincial Park. In B. G. Naylor (ed.), Field Trip Guidebook to Dinosaur Provincial Park, 2 June 1986. Dinosaur Systematics Symposium, Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Drumheller, Alberta 43-51 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
32281 S. J. Godfrey and P. J. Currie. 2005. Pterosaurs. In P. J. Currie, E. B. Koppelhaus (eds.), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ecosystem Revealed, Indiana University Press, Bloomington 292-311 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
73443 D. W. E. Hone, M. B. Habib, and F. Therrien. 2019. Cryodrakon boreas, gen. et sp. nov., a Late Cretaceous Canadian azhdarchid pterosaur. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39(3):e1649681 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
71202 D. M. Jarzen. 1982. Palynology of Dinosaur Provincial Park (Campanian) Alberta. Syllogeus 38:1-69 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
32279 M. G. Lockley, J. L. Wright, W. Langston, Jr. and E. S. West. 2001. New pterosaur track specimens and tracksites in the Late Jurassic of Oklahoma and Colorado: their paleobiological significance and regional ichnological context. Modern Geology 24:179-203 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano]