journal article Apr 01, 1982

A giant pterosaur (Reptilia: Archosauria) from the Judith River (Oldman) Formation of Alberta

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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.
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Apr 01, 1982
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19(4)
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894-897
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Philip J. Currie, Dale A. Russell (1982). A giant pterosaur (Reptilia: Archosauria) from the Judith River (Oldman) Formation of Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 19(4), 894-897. https://doi.org/10.1139/e82-074
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