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
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Liburnisporites adnacus
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Grewipollenites canadensis
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Plantae indet. wood
Haeckel 1866
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"petrified log" | ||||||||||
Bryopsida
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Stereisporites antiquasporites
Dettmann 1963
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Hepaticae
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Zlivisporis novamexicanum
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Marchantiopsida
- Sphaerocarpales
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Aequitriradites ornatus
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Aequitriradites spinulosus
(Cookson and Dettmann 1958)
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
original and current combination Cirratriradites spinulosus | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Cingutriletes clavis
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Taurocusporites segmentatus
Stover 1962
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Lycopodiopsida
- Selaginellales
- Selaginellaceae
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Heliosporites kemensis
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Neoraistrickia truncatus
Potonié 1956
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Lycopodiopsida
- Selaginellales
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Camarozonosporites insignis
Norris 1967
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Lycopodiopsida
- Lycopodiales
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Retitriletes nidus
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Retitriletes sp.
Pierce 1961
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
unclassified
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Alisporites sp.
Daugherty 1941
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Alisporites bilateralis
Rouse 1959
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Cedripites cretaceus
Pocock 1962
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Equisetopsida
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Foraminisporis wonthaggensis
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
unclassified
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Aquilapollenites sp.
Rouse 1957
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Aquilapollenites turbidus
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Aquilapollenites tripodiformis
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Aquilapollenites trialatus
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Aquilapollenites reticulatus
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Aquilapollenites clarireticulatus
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Aquilapollenites calvus
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Aquilapollenites attenuatus
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Aquilapollenites asper
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Aquilapollenites amplus
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Aquilapollenites quadrilobus
Rouse 1957
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Cranwellia striata
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Penetetrapites mollis
Hedlund and Norris 1968
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Cycadopites nitidus
de Jersey 1964
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Acanthotriletes sp.
Potonié and Kremp 1954
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Ginkgoopsida
- Ephedrales
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Equisetosporites multicostatus
Norris 1967
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Ginkgoopsida
- Caytoniales
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Vitreisporites pallidus
Nilsson 1958
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Magnoliopsida
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Senipites drumhellerensis
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Angiospermae
- Ericales
- Symplocaceae
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Symplocoipollenites vestibulum
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Angiospermae
- Saxifragales
- Cercidiphyllaceae
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Cercidiphyllites brevicolpatus
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Angiospermae
- Proteales
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Triatriopollenites costatus
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Angiospermae
- Proteales
- Proteaceae
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Triporopollenites rugatus
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Beaupreaidites occulatus
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Angiospermae
- Buxales
- Buxaceae
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Erdtmanipollis procumbentiformis
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Angiospermae
- Gunnerales
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Tricolpites striatus
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Tricolpites reticulatus
Couper 1953
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Angiospermae
- Liliaceae
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Liliacidites sp.
Couper 1953
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Liliacidites morrinensis
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Angiospermae
- Sapindales
- Anacardiaceae
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Pulcheripollenites narcissus
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Coniferales
- Podocarpaceae
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Parvisaccites radiatus
Couper 1958
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Podocarpidites granulatus
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Podocarpidites sp.
Cookson 1947
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Coniferales
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Taxodiaceaepollenites hiatus
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Pteridopsida
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Triletes bettianus
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Cyathidites australis
Couper 1953
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Cyathidites minor
Couper 1953
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
unclassified
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Converrucosisporites sp.
Potonié and Kremp 1954
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Polypodiopsida
- Osmundaceae
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Baculatisporites comaumensis
Potonie 1953
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Polypodiopsida
- Polypodiaceae
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Laevigatosporites adiscordatus
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Laevigatosporites ovatus
Wilson and Webster 1946
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Laevigatosporites discordatus
Thomson and Pflug 1953
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Polypodiopsida
- Polypodiales
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Polypodiisporites amplus
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Polypodiopsida
- Schizaeales
- Schizaeaceae
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Cicatricosisporites hallei
Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Undulatisporites sp.
Pflug 1953
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Polypodiopsida
- Blechnaceae
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Leptolepidites verrucatus
Couper 1953
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Polypodiopsida
- Gleicheniaceae
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Gleicheniidites senonicus
Ross 1949
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
unclassified
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Schizosporis sp.
Cookson and Dettmann 1959
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Schizosporis parvus
Cookson and Dettmann 1959
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Sigmopollis hispidus
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Jarzen 1982 | |||||||||
Acipenseriformes
- Acipenseridae
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Acipenser sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Ankylosauridae
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Ankylosauridae indet.
Brown 1908
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Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Ceratopsidae indet.
Marsh 1888
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Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Hadrosauridae indet.
Cope 1869
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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small | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Ornithomimidae
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Ornithomimidae indet.
Marsh 1890
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Reptilia
- Tyrannosauridae
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Tyrannosauridae indet.
Osborn 1906
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Reptilia
- Azhdarchidae
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Quetzalcoatlus sp.
Lawson 1975
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Danis 1986 | 1 element | ||||||||
P80.16.1367, femur | ||||||||||
= cf. Quetzalcoatlus sp.
Lawson 1975
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Lockley et al. 2001 | |||||||||
= Azhdarchidae indet.
Nessov 1984
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Godfrey and Currie 2005 | |||||||||
= Cryodrakon boreas
Hone et al. 2019
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Hone et al. 2019 | |||||||||
TMP 1980.16.1367 (reidentified as a cervical vertebra) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Champsosaurus sp.
Cope 1876
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Reptilia
- Baenidae
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Baenidae indet.
Cope 1882
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Nanhsiungchelyidae
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Basilemys sp.
Hay 1902
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Aspideretes sp.
Hay 1904
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= Trionychinae indet.
Gray 1825
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Alroy 2007 | |||||||||
unclassified
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Trudopollis meekeri
Newman 1965
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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] | |
16964 | ETE | 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] |
15355 | ETE | 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] |