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Title: | A possible pterosaur manus track from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta | Contributor(s): | Bell, Phil (author) ; Fanti, Federico (author); Sissons, Robin (author) | Publication Date: | 2013 | DOI: | 10.1111/let.12006 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/14695 | Abstract: | An isolated track from the latest Campanian-Maastrichtian Wapiti Formation (Alberta) is tentatively identified as a pterosaur manus print. The basic digital formula (digit I < digit II < digit III) is consistent with the plesiomorphic condition in pterosaurs. The track measures 25.5 cm in length, making it the largest putative pterosaur manus print (estimated wingspan 7.7 m) from North America. Although precise chronostratigraphic data are lacking, sedimentary evidence indicates the track comes from a mid- to late Campanian fluvial deposits that accumulated approximately 400 km from the closest shoreline within a high-latitude (65°N) setting. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Lethaia, 46(2), p. 274-279 | Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 1502-3931 0024-1164 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 040308 Palaeontology (incl Palynology) | Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 370506 Palaeontology (incl. palynology) | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 970104 Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 280107 Expanding knowledge in the earth sciences | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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