A giant pterosaur (Reptilia: Archosauria) from the Judith River (Oldman) Formation of Alberta
- 1 April 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
- Vol. 19 (4) , 894-897
- https://doi.org/10.1139/e82-074
Abstract
A specimen discovered in the Judith River Formation, Dinosaur Provincial Park, documents the presence of a giant pterosaur in Alberta during Campanian times. The element lacks both ends, but is probably a femur. The size suggests that the wingspan of the animal from which it was derived would have been about 13 m. A diagnostic vertebra from a smaller specimen demonstrates that the giant pterosaur is probably Quetzalcoatlus.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Paleoecology of Dinosaur Provincial Park (Cretaceous), Alberta, interpreted from the distribution of articulated vertebrate remainsCanadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 1978
- A Pterosaur from the Oldman Formation (Cretaceous) of AlbertaCanadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 1972