The Dinosaur Park Formation is the uppermost member of the Belly River Group (also known as the Judith River Group), a major geologic unit in southern Alberta.
It was deposited during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous, between about 76.9 and 75.8 million years ago.Fowler, D. (2016).
A new correlation of the Cretaceous formations of the Western Interior of the United States, I: Santonian-Maastrichtian formations and dinosaur biostratigraphy.
Peer J Preprints.
It was deposited in alluvial and coastal plain environments, and it is bounded by the nonmarine Oldman Formation below it and the marine Bearpaw Formation above it.Eberth, D.A. 2005.
The geology.
In: Currie, P.J., and Koppelhus, E.B. (eds), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed.
Indiana University Press: Bloomington and Indianapolis, p.54-82. .
The Dinosaur Park Formation contains dense concentrations of dinosaur skeletons, both articulated and disarticulated, which are often found with preserved remains of soft tissues.
Remains of other animals such as fish, turtles, and crocodilians, as well as plant remains, are also abundant.Currie, P.J., and Koppelhus, E.B. (eds), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed.
Indiana University Press: Bloomington and Indianapolis, p. 277-291. .
The formation has been named after Dinosaur Provincial Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site where the formation is well exposed in the badlands that flank the Red Deer River.
Geological setting
The Dinosaur Park Formation is composed of sediments that were derived from the erosion of the mountains to the west.
It was deposited on an alluvial to coastal plain by river systems that flowed eastward and southeastward to the Bearpaw Sea, a large inland sea that was part of the Western Interior Seaway.
That sea gradually inundated the adjacent coastal plain, depositing the marine shales of the Bearpaw Formation on top of the Dinosaur Park Formation.
The Dinosaur Park Formation is about  thick at Dinosaur Park.
The lower portion of the formation was laid down in fluvial channel environments and consists primarily of fine- to medium-grained, crossbedded sandstones.
The upper portion, which was deposited in overbank and floodplain environments, consists primarily of massive to laminated, organic-rich mudstones with abundant root traces, and thin beds of bentonite.
The Lethbridge Coal Zone, which consists of several seams of low-rank coal interbedded with mudstones and siltstones, marks the top of the formation.
The sediments of the Dinosaur Park Formation are similar to those of the underlying Oldman Formation and they were originally included in that formation.
The two formations are separated by a regional disconformity, however, and are distinguished by petrographic and sedimentologic differences.
In addition, articulated skeletal remains and bonebeds are rare in the Oldman Formation but abundant in the Dinosaur Park Formation.
Biostratigraphy
The Dinosaur Park Formation can be divided into at least two distinct faunas.
The lower part of the formation is characterized by the abundance of Corythosaurus and Centrosaurus.
This group of species is replaced higher in the formation by a different ornithischian fauna characterized by the presence of Lambeosaurus and Styracosaurus.
The appearance of several new, rare species of ornithischian at the very top of the formation may indicate that a third distinct fauna had replaced the second during the transition into younger, non-Dinosaur Park sediments, at the same time an inland sea transgresses onto land, but there are fewer remains here.
An unnamed pachyrhinosaur, Vagaceratops irvinensis, and Lambeosaurus magnicristatus may be more common in this third fauna.
The timeline below follows a synthesis presented by Fowler (2016) with additional information from Arbour et al. 2009, Evans et al. 2009, and Penkalski, 2013.
Megaherbivore Assemblage Zones (MAZ) follow data presented by Mallon et al., 2012.Mallon, J. C., Evans, D. C., Ryan, M. J., & Anderson, J. S. (2012).
Megaherbivorous dinosaur turnover in the Dinosaur Park Formation (upper Campanian) of Alberta, Canada.
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.
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Remains of the following amphibians have been found in the formation:Gardner, J.D. 2005.
Lissamphibians.
In: Currie, P.J., and Koppelhus, E.B. (eds), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed.
Indiana University Press: Bloomington and Indianapolis, p. 186-201. .
Albanerpetontidae (extinct, salamander-like amphibians)
Albanerpeton gracilis
Caudata (salamanders)
Habrosaurus prodilatus
Lisserpeton
Opisthotriton kayi
Scapherpeton tectum
unnamed caudatan
2 indeterminate caudatans
Salienta (frogs)
2 unnamed salientans
Tyrrellbatrachus brinkmani
Hensonbatrachus kermiti
Dinosaurs
Remains of the following dinosaurs have been found in the formation:Currie, P.J. 2005.
Theropods, including birds.
In: Currie, P.J., and Koppelhus, E.B. (eds), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed.
Indiana University Press: Bloomington and Indianapolis, p. 367-397. .
Ornithischians
Remains of the following ornithischians have been found in the formation:Ryan, M.J., and Evans, D.C. 2005.
Ornithischian dinosaurs.
In: Currie, P.J., and Koppelhus, E.B. (eds), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed.
Indiana University Press: Bloomington and Indianapolis, p. 312-348. .
Ankylosaurs
Ceratopsians
An unnamed Pachyrhinosaurus-like taxon has been recovered from the formation.
Ornithopods
At least one indeterminate parksosaurid specimen has been recovered from the formation.
In a 2001 review of hadrosaur eggshell and hatchling material from the Dinosaur Park Formation, Darren H. Tanke and M. K. Brett-Surman concluded that hadrosaurs nested in both the ancient upland and lowlands of the formation's depositional environment.
The upland nesting grounds may have been preferred by the less common hadrosaurs, like Brachylophosaurus or Parasaurolophus.
However, the authors were unable to determine what specific factors shaped nesting ground choice in the formation's hadrosaurs.
They suggested that behavior, diet, soil condition, and competition between dinosaur species all potentially influenced where hadrosaurs nested.
Sub-centimeter fragments of pebbly-textured hadrosaur eggshell have been reported from the Dinosaur Park Formation.
This eggshell is similar to the hadrosaur eggshell of Devil's Coulee in southern Alberta as well as that of the Two Medicine and Judith River Formations in Montana, United States.
While present, dinosaur eggshell is very rare in the Dinosaur Park Formation and is only found in two different microfossil sites.
These sites are distinguished by large numbers of pisidiid clams and other less common shelled invertebrates like unionid clams and snails.
This association is not a coincidence as the invertebrate shells would have slowly dissolved and released enough basic calcium carbonate to protect the eggshells from naturally occurring acids that otherwise would have dissolved them and prevented fossilization.
In contrast with eggshell fossils, the remains of very young hadrosaurs are actually somewhat common.
Darren Tanke has observed that an experienced collector could actually discover multiple juvenile hadrosaur specimens in a single day.
The most common remains of young hadrosaurs in the Dinosaur Park Formation are dentaries, bones from limbs and feet, as well as vertebral centra.
The material showed little or none of the abrasion that would have resulted from transport, meaning the fossils were buried near their point of origin.
Bonebeds 23, 28, 47, and 50 are productive sources of young hadrosaur remains in the formation, especially bonebed 50.
The bones of juvenile hadrosaurs and fossil eggshell fragments are not known to have preserved in association with each other, despite both being present in the formation.
Pachycephalosaurs
Theropods
In the Dinosaur Park Formation, small theropods are rare due to the tendency of their thin-walled bones to be broken or poorly preserved.
Small bones of small theropods that were preyed upon by larger ones may have been swallowed whole and digested.
In this context, the discovery of a small theropod dinosaur with preserved tooth marks was especially valuable.
Possible indeterminate avimimid remains are known from the formation.
Ornithomimids
Oviraptorosaurs
Paravians
A new taxon of troodontid based solely on teeth is known from the upper part of the formation.
Tyrannosaurs
Other reptiles
Choristoderes
Choristoderes, or champsosaurs, were aquatic reptiles.
Small examples looked like lizards, while larger types were superficially similar to crocodilians.
Remains of the following Choristoderes have been found in the formation:K.Gao and Brinkman, D.B. 2005.
Choristoderes from the Park and its vicinity.
In: Currie, P.J., and Koppelhus, E.B. (eds), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed.
Indiana University Press: Bloomington and Indianapolis, p. 221-234. .
Champsosaurus (at least 3 species)
Cteniogenys
Crocodylians
Remains of the following Crocodylians have been found in the formation:Xiao-Chun Wu.
2005.
Crocodylians.
In: Currie, P.J., and Koppelhus, E.B. (eds), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed.
Indiana University Press: Bloomington and Indianapolis, p. 277-291. .
Albertochampsa
Leidyosuchus
at least 1 unnamed taxon
Lizards
Remains of the following lizards have been found in the formation:Caldwell, M.W.
The squamates: origins, phylogeny, and paleoecology.
In: Currie, P.J., and Koppelhus, E.B. (eds).
2005.
Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed.
Indiana University Press: Bloomington and Indianapolis, p. 235-248. .
Helodermatids
Labrodioctes
Necrosaurids
Parasaniwa
Teiids
Glyptogenys
Socognathus
Varanids
Palaeosaniwa
Xenosaurids
?Exostinus
Plesiosaurs
Remains of the following Plesiosaurs have been found in the formation:Sato, T., Eberth, D.A., Nicholls, E.L., and Manabe, M. 2005.
Plesiosaurian remains from non-marine to paralic sediments.
In: Currie, P.J., and Koppelhus, E.B. (eds), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed.
Indiana University Press: Bloomington and Indianapolis, p. 249-276. .
Fluvionectes
indeterminate polycotylids (shorter-necked)
Pterosaurs
Remains of the following pterosaurs have been found in the formation:Godfrey, S.J., and Currie, P.J. 2005.
Pterosaurs.
In: Currie, P.J., and Koppelhus, E.B. (eds), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed.
Indiana University Press: Bloomington and Indianapolis, p. 292-311. .
Cryodrakon  (known from small and large specimens)
1 unnamed non-azhdarchid pterosaur
Turtles
Remains of the following turtles have been found in the formation:Brinkman, D.B. 2005.
Turtles: diversity, paleoecology, and distribution.
In: Currie, P.J., and Koppelhus, E.B. (eds), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed.
Indiana University Press: Bloomington and Indianapolis, p. 202-220. .
Adocus
"Apalone"
Aspideretoides (3 species)
Basilemys
Boremys
Judithemys
Neurankylus
Plesiobaena
2 indeterminate taxa
Mammals
Remains of the following mammals have been found in the formation:Fox, R.C. 2005.
Late Cretaceous mammals.
In: Currie, P.J., and Koppelhus, E.B. (eds), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed.
Indiana University Press: Bloomington and Indianapolis, p. 417-435. .
Multituberculata
Cimexomys sp.
Cimolodon spp.
Cimolomys clarki
Meniscoessus major
Mesodma primaeva
unnamed multituberculates
Metatherians
Alphadon halleyi
Eodelphis browni
E. cutleri
5 species of "Pediomys"
Turgidodon russelli
T. praesagus
Eutherians
Cimolestes sp. (uncertain taxonomy)
Gypsonictops lewisi
Paranyctoides sternbergi
Unknown therians: at least 1 species
Fish
Remains of the following fish have been found in the formation:Neuman, A.G., and Brinkman, D.B. 2005.
Fishes of the fluvial beds.
In: Currie, P.J., and Koppelhus, E.B. (eds), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed.
Indiana University Press: Bloomington and Indianapolis, p. 167-185. .
Chondrichthyans
Cretorectolobus olsoni (a carpet shark)
Eucrossorhinus microcuspidatus (a carpet shark)
Ischyrhiza mira (a sclerorhynchid)
Meristodonoides montanensis (a shark)
Myledaphus bipartitus (a ray)
Protoplatyrhina renae (a guitarfish)
indeterminate orectolobid
Acipenseriformes (sturgeons)
"Acipenser albertensis"
Anchiacipenser acanthaspis
unnamed sturgeon
unnamed paddlefish
Holostean fish
Lepisosteus occidentalis (the gar)
unnamed bowfin
at least 2 other holosteans
Teleost fish
Belonostomus longirostris
Cretophareodus (an osteoglossomorph)
Coriops amnicolus
Estesesox foxi
Oldmanesox
Paralbula (including Phyllodus)
Paratarpon apogerontus (an elopomorph, like the tarpon)
at least 8 other teleosts
Invertebrates
Remains of the following invertebrates have been found in the formation:Johnston, P.A., and Hendy, A.J.W. 2005.
Paleoecology of mollusks from the Upper Cretaceous Belly River Group.
In: Currie, P.J., and Koppelhus, E.B. (eds), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed.
Indiana University Press: Bloomington and Indianapolis, p. 139-166. .
Freshwater bivalves
Fusconaia
Lampsilis
Sphaerium (2 species)
Freshwater gastropods
Campeloma (2 species)
Elimia
Goniobasis (3 species)
Hydrobia
Lioplacodes (2 species)
Flora
Plant body fossils
The following plant body fossils have been found in the formation:Koppelhus, E.B. 2005.
Paleobotany.
In: Currie, P.J., and Koppelhus, E.B. (eds), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed.
Indiana University Press: Bloomington and Indianapolis, p. 131-138. .
various ferns
Equisetum (Equisetaceae)
Gymnosperms
Platyspiroxylon (Cupressaceae)
Podocarpoxylon (Podocarpaceae)
Elatocladus (Taxodiaceae)
Sequoia (Taxodiaceae)
Sequoiaxylon (Taxodiaceae)
Taxodioxylon (Taxodiaceae)
Ginkgos
Baiera
Ginkgoites
Angiosperms
Artocarpus (Moraceae)
Cercidiphyllum (Cercidiphyllaceae)
Dombeyopsis (Sterculiaceae)
Menispermites (Menispermaceae)
Pistia (Araceae)
Platanus (Platanaceae)
Vitis (Vitaceae)
Trapa (Trapaceae)
Palynomorphs
Palynomorphs are organic-walled microfossils, like spores, pollen, and algae.
The following palynomorphs have been found in the formation:Braman, D.R., and Koppelhus, E.B. 2005.
Campanian palynomorphs.
In: Currie, P.J., and Koppelhus, E.B. (eds), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed.
Indiana University Press: Bloomington and Indianapolis, p. 101-130. .
Unknown producers
at least 8 species
Fungi
at least 35 taxa
Chlorophyta (green algae and blue-green algae)
at least 12 species
Pyrrhophyta (dinoflagellates, a type of marine algae)
unassigned cysts
Bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts)
Anthocerotophyta (hornworts)
at least 5 species
Marchantiophyta (liverworts)
at least 14 species
Bryophyta (mosses)
at least 5 species
Lycopodiophyta
Lycopodiaceae (club mosses)
at least 11 species
Selaginellaceae (small club mosses)
at least 6 species
Isoetaceae (quillworts)
at least 1 species
Polypodiophyta
Osmundaceae (cinnamon ferns)
at least 6 species
Schizaeaceae (climbing ferns)
at least 20 species
Gleicheniaceae (Gleichenia and allies; coral ferns)
at least 5 species
Cyatheaceae (Cyathea and allies)
at least 4 species
Dicksoniaceae (Dicksonia and allies)
at least 3 species
Polypodiaceae (ferns)
at least 4 species
Matoniaceae
at least 1 species
Marsileaceae
at least 1 species
Pinophyta (gymnosperms)
Cycadaceae (cycads)
at least 3 species
Caytoniaceae
at least 1 species
Pinaceae (pines)
at least 4 species
Cupressaceae (cypresses)
at least 3 species
Podocarpaceae (Podocarpus and allies)
at least 4 species
Cheirolepidiaceae
at least 2 species
Ephedraceae (Mormon teas)
at least 6 species
Unknown gymnosperms: at least 3 species
Magnoliophyta (angiosperms)
Magnoliopsida (dicots)
Buxaceae (boxwood)
at least 1 species
Gunneraceae (gunneras)
at least 1 species
Salicaceae (willows, cottonwood, quaking aspen)
at least 1 species
Droseraceae (sundews)
at least 1 species
Olacaceae (tallowwood)
at least 2 species
Loranthaceae (showy mistletoes)
at least 1 species
Sapindaceae (soapberry)
at least 1 species
Aceraceae (maples)
at least 1 species
Proteaceae (proteas)
at least 9 species
Compositae (sunflowers)
at least 1 species
Fagaceae (beeches, oaks, chestnuts)
at least 2 species
Betulaceae (birches, alders)
at least 1 species
Ulmaceae (elms)
at least 1 species
Chenopodiaceae (goosefoots)
at least 1 species
Liliopsida (monocots)
Liliaceae (lilies)
at least 6 species
Cyperaceae (sedges)
at least 1 species
Sparganiaceae (bur-reeds)
possibly 1 species
Unknown angiosperms: at least 88 species
Timeline of new taxa
The following timeline displays valid taxa first discovered in the dinosaur.
Some species may have been referred to other genera subsequent to their initial description.
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[[Lambeosaurus magnicristatus]]  color:1900s bar:NAM23 at:1940 mark:(line,black) text:[[Chasmosaurus russeli]]  color:1900s bar:NAM24 at:1943 mark:(line,black) text:[["Troodon" sternbergi]]  color:1900s bar:NAM1 at:1970 mark:(line,black) text:[[Daspletosaurus]] & D. torosus  color:1900s bar:NAM2 at:1978 mark:(line,black) text:[[Saurornitholestes]] & S. langstoni  color:1900s bar:NAM3 at:1979 mark:(line,black) text:[[Gravitholus]] & G. albertae  color:1900s bar:NAM4 at:1990 mark:(line,black) text:[[Richardoestesia]] & R. gilmorei  color:1900s bar:NAM5 at:2001 mark:(line,black) text:[["Chasmosaurus" irvinensis]]  color:1900s bar:NAM6 at:2009 mark:(line,black) text:[[Hesperonychus ]] & H. elizabethae  color:1800s bar:NAM7 at:2010 mark:(line,black) text:[[Vagaceratops]]  color:1800s bar:NAM8 at:2012 mark:(line,black) text:[[Unescoceratops]] & U. koppelhusae  color:1900s bar:NAM9 at:
2013 mark:(line,black) text:[[Leptorhynchos]] & L. gaddisi  color:1900s bar:NAM10 at:2016 mark:(line,black) text:[[Rativates]] & R. evadens  color:1900s bar:NAM11 at:2017 mark:(line,black) text:[[Latenivenatrix]] & L. mcmasteri
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2060    till: 2070    color:2000syears    text:[[2060s in paleontology|60s]]  from: 2070    till: 2080    color:2000syears    text:[[2070s in paleontology|70s]]  from: 2080    till: 2090    color:2000syears    text:[[2080s in paleontology|80s]]  from: 2090    till: 2100    color:2000syears    text:[[2090s in paleontology|90s]]
bar:era  from: 1850    till: 1900    color:1800s    text:[[19th century in paleontology|19th]]  from: 1900    till: 2000    color:1900s    text:[[20th century in paleontology|20th]]  from: 2000    till: 2100    color:2000s    text:[[21st century in paleontology|21st]] See also
List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
Footnotes
References
Braman, D.R., and Koppelhus, E.B. 2005.
Campanian palynomorphs.
In: Currie, P.J., and Koppelhus, E.B. (eds), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed.
Indiana University Press: Bloomington and Indianapolis, 101-130.
Brinkman, D.B. 2005.
Turtles: diversity, paleoecology, and distribution.
In: Currie, P.J., and Koppelhus, E.B. (eds), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed.
Indiana University Press: Bloomington and Indianapolis, 202-220.
Caldwell, M.W.
The squamates: origins, phylogeny, and paleoecology.
In: Currie, P.J., and Koppelhus, E.B. (eds).
2005.
Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed.
Indiana University Press: Bloomington and Indianapolis, 235-248.
Currie, P.J. 2005.
Theropods, including birds.
In: Currie, P.J., and Koppelhus, E.B. (eds), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed.
Indiana University Press: Bloomington and Indianapolis, 367-397.
Currie, P.J., and Koppelhus, E.B. (eds).
2005.
Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed.
Indiana University Press: Bloomington and Indianapolis, 648 p.
Eberth, D.A. 2005.
The geology.
In: Currie, P.J., and Koppelhus, E.B. (eds), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed.
Indiana University Press: Bloomington and Indianapolis, 54-82.
Fox, R.C. 2005.
Late Cretaceous mammals.
In: Currie, P.J., and Koppelhus, E.B. (eds), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed.
Indiana University Press: Bloomington and Indianapolis, 417-435.
K. Gao and Brinkman, D.B. 2005.
Choristoderes from the Park and its vicinity.
In: Currie, P.J., and Koppelhus, E.B. (eds), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed.
Indiana University Press: Bloomington and Indianapolis, 221-234.
Gardner, J.D. 2005.
Lissamphibians.
In: Currie, P.J., and Koppelhus, E.B. (eds), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed.
Indiana University Press: Bloomington and Indianapolis, 186-201.
Godfrey, S.J., and Currie, P.J. 2005.
Pterosaurs.
In: Currie, P.J., and Koppelhus, E.B. (eds), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed.
Indiana University Press: Bloomington and Indianapolis, 292-311.
Johnston, P.A., and Hendy, A.J.W. 2005.
Paleoecology of mollusks from the Upper Cretaceous Belly River Group.
In: Currie, P.J., and Koppelhus, E.B. (eds), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed.
Indiana University Press: Bloomington and Indianapolis, 139-166.
Koppelhus, E.B. 2005.
Paleobotany.
In: Currie, P.J., and Koppelhus, E.B. (eds), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed.
Indiana University Press: Bloomington and Indianapolis, 131-138.
Neuman, A.G., and Brinkman, D.B. 2005.
Fishes of the fluvial beds.
In: Currie, P.J., and Koppelhus, E.B. (eds), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed.
Indiana University Press: Bloomington and Indianapolis, 167-185.
Ryan, M.J., and Evans, D.C. 2005.
Ornithischian dinosaurs.
In: Currie, P.J., and Koppelhus, E.B. (eds), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed.
Indiana University Press: Bloomington and Indianapolis, 312-348.
Sato, T., Eberth, D.A., Nicholls, E.L., and Manabe, M. 2005.
Plesiosaurian remains from non-marine to paralic sediments.
In: Currie, P.J., and Koppelhus, E.B. (eds), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed.
Indiana University Press: Bloomington and Indianapolis, 249-276.
Tanke, D.H. and Brett-Surman, M.K. 2001.
Evidence of Hatchling and Nestling-Size Hadrosaurs (Reptilia:Ornithischia) from Dinosaur Provincial Park (Dinosaur Park Formation: Campanian), Alberta, Canada.
pp.
206–218.
In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life—New Research Inspired by the Paleontology of Philip J. Currie.
Edited by D.H. Tanke and K. Carpenter.
Indiana University Press: Bloomington.
xviii + 577 pp.
Xiao-Chun Wu.
2005.
Crocodylians.
In: Currie, P.J., and Koppelhus, E.B. (eds), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed.
Indiana University Press: Bloomington and Indianapolis, 277-291
