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Paleontology or palaeontology (from Greek: paleo, "ancient"; ontos, "being"; and logos, "knowledge") is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils.[1] This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 1992.
Arthropods
Insects
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Comb nov |
jr synonym |
(Mayr) |
A Dolichoderin ant, |
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Comb nov |
Jr synonym |
(Wheeler) |
A Dolichoderin ant |
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Gen et sp nov. |
valid |
Ponomarenko |
Bon-Tsagan |
A hemerobiid lacewing, type species, C. disjunctus |
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Sp nov |
jr synonym |
Martins-Neto |
A Kalligrammatid lacewing, syn of Makarkinia adamsi |
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sp. nov |
valid |
Poinar & Doyen |
first fossil species of Termitaradus |
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Archosauromorphs
- During the 1992 field season a concerted effort was undertaken by the Royal Tyrell Museum to recover the remains of young hadrosaurs.[6] The researchers describe the acquisition that season of 43 specimens as being a success.[6] Most of the recovered fossils were of dentaries missing their teeth, bones from limbs and feet, as well as vertebral centra.[6]
- Jack Horner speculated that transitional species evolved in the uppermost part of the Two Medicine Formation during the Bearpaw Transgression. This was during a half-million year span as the transgression inundated the Judith River Formation and, later, the Two Medicine area, gradually destroying the local dinosaurs' preferred habitats.[7] Horner cited certain ceratopsid and pachycephalosaurid species as possible evidence for his hypothesis.[7]
Newly named non-avian dinosaurs
Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.[8]
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| Archaeornithoides | Valid taxon |
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| Chinshakiangosaurus [9] | Valid taxon |
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| Dyslocosaurus[10] | Valid taxon |
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| Edmarka[11] | Valid taxon |
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| Gigantspinosaurus[12] | Valid taxon |
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| Kunmingosaurus[9] | Valid taxon |
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| "Maleevosaurus"[13] | Junior synonym of Tarbosaurus | ||||
| Neuquensaurus[14] | Valid taxon |
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| Udanoceratops[15] | Valid taxon | ||||
| Wakinosaurus[16] | Valid taxon |
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Newly named birds
| Name | Status | Novelty | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Anneavis anneae [17] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Peter W. Houde |
Early Eocene |
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A Coliiformes, Sandcoleidae Houde et Olson, 1992, this is the typespecies of the new genus. |
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Archaealectrornis sibleyi [18] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Timothy M. Crowe |
Middle-Late Oligocene |
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Described in the Gallinuloididae Lucas, 1900, but transferred to the Cracidae. |
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Archaeoganga pinguis [19] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Cécile Mourer-Chauviré |
Phosphorites du Quercy, MP 16 or 28 |
A Pteroclidae. |
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Balearica exigua [20] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Michael R. Voorhies |
Late Miocene |
Ash Hollow Formatie |
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A Gruidae. |
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Bucephala cereti [21] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Odile Boeuf Cécile Mourer-Chauviré |
Late Pliocene |
MN 17 |
An Anatidae. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Fan Jin Jiang Yong Zhang |
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Cathayornithiformes Zhou, Jin et Zhang, 1992, Cathayornithidae Zhou, Jin et Zhang, 1992, this is the typespecies of the new genus. |
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Chascacocolius oscitans [17] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Peter W. Houde |
Early Eocene |
Early Wasatchian, |
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A Coliiformes, Chascacocoliidae Zelenkov et Dyke, 2008, this is the typespecies of the new genus. |
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Ciconia stehlini [23] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Dénes Jánossy |
Late Pleistocene |
A Ciconiidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Jonathan J. Becker |
Early Miocene |
Fissure fillings in Early Eocene Cristal River Limestone |
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A Columbidae, in 2008 David W. Steadman made it the type species of his new genus Arenicolumbina.[25] |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
José L. Sanz Angela D. Buscalioni |
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Iberomesornithiformes Sanz et J. F. Bonaparte, 1992, Concornithidae Kurochkin, 1996, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Late Early Eocene |
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An Opisthocomiformes, Foratidae Olson, 1992. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Columbidae. |
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Gastornis russelli [29] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Larry D. Martin |
Late Paleocene |
A Gastornithidae Fürbringer, 1888. |
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Helonetta brodkorbi [30] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Steven D. Emslie |
Late Pliocene |
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An Anatidae, this is the type species of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
José L. Sanz |
Hauterivian-Early Barremian |
An Enantiornithes, Iberomesornithiformes Sanz et J. F. Bonaparte, 1992, Iberomesornithidae Sanz et J. F. Bonaparte, 1992. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Lev A. Nessov |
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, this is the typespecies of the new genus. |
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Macranhinga paranensis [33] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Jorge I. Noriega |
Late Miocene |
Mesopotamiense, Ituzaingó Formation |
A big Anhingidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Columbidae. |
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Valid |
Sp. nov. |
A Columbidae. |
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Megalodytes morejohni [34] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Middle Miocene |
Sharktooth Hill Bonebed |
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An Anatidae. |
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Messelornis nearctica [35] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Angelika Hesse |
Early Eocene |
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A Ralliformes, Messelornithidae Hesse, 1988. |
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Oxyura hulberti [30] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Steven D. Emslie |
Late Pliocene |
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An Anatidae. |
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Palaeoglaux artophoron [36] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Dieter S. Peters |
Middle Eocene |
MP 11 |
A Strigiformes, Palaeoglaucidae Mourer-Chauviré, 1987. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Herculano M. F. de Alvarenga |
Rio Colordo Formation |
An Ornithuromorphae Chiappe, Ji, Ji et Norell, 1999, Patagopterygiformes Alvarenga et J. F. Bonaparte, 1992, Patagopterygidae Alvarenga et J. F. Bonaparte, 1992, this is the typespecies of the new genus. |
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Platanavis nana [32] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Lev A. Nessov |
An Ornithuromorphae Chiappe, Ji, Ji et Norell, 1999, this is the typespecies of the new genus. |
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Quercymegapodius brodkorbi [38] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Cécile Mourer-Chauviré |
Phosphorites du Quercy |
A Craciformes Sibley, Ahlquist et Monroe, 1988, Quercymegapodiidae Mourer-Chauviré, 1992. |
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Quercypsitta ivani [39] |
Valid |
Sp. nov. |
Cécile Mourer-Chauviré |
Late Eocene |
A Psittaciformes, Quercypsittidae Mourer-Chauviré, 1992. |
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Quercypsitta sudrei [39] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Cécile Mourer-Chauviré |
A Psittaciformes, Quercypsittidae Mourer-Chauviré, 1992, this is the typespecies of the new genus. |
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Sandcoleus copiosus [17] |
Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Peter W. Houde |
Middle Clarkforkian, |
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A Coliiformes, Sandcoleidae Houde et Olson, 1992, this is the typespecies of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Rao Chenggang |
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Cathayornithiformes Zhou, Jin et Zhang, 2006, Cathayornithidae Zhou, Jin et Zhang, 2006, this is the typespecies of the new genus. |
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Valid |
Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. |
Lev A. Nessov |
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, this is the typespecies of the new genus. |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.
- 1 2 Shattuck, S. O. (1992). "Review of the dolichoderine ant genus Iridomyrmex Mayr with descriptions of three new genera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Journal of the Australian Entomological Society. 31: 13–18. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1992.tb00453.x.
- ↑ Makarkin, VN; Archibald, SB; Oswald, JD (2003). "New Early Eocene brown lacewings (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae) from western North America". The Canadian Entomologist. 135: 637–653. doi:10.4039/n02-122.
- ↑ Bechly, G.; Makarkin, V. N. (2016). "A new gigantic lacewing species (Insecta: Neuroptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil confirms the occurrence of Kalligrammatidae in the Americas". Cretaceous Research. in press. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2015.10.014.
- ↑ Poinar, G.; Heiss, E. (2011). "New Termitaphididae and Aradidae (Hemiptera) in Mexican and Dominican amber" (PDF). Palaeodiversity. 4: 51–62.
- 1 2 3 "Abstract," Tanke and Brett-Surman (2001). Page 208.
- 1 2 "Faunal Turnover, Migration, and Evolution," Trexler (2001); page 307.
- ↑ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- 1 2 Dong, Zhiming (1992). Dinosaurian faunas of China. China Ocean Press. ISBN 9783540520849.
- ↑ McIntosh, J.S., W.P. Coombs, and D.A. Russell. 1992. A new diplodocid sauropod (Dinosauria) from Wyoming, USA. J. Vertebr. Paleontol. 12 (2): pp. 158-167.
- ↑ Bakker, R.T., P. Galton, J. Siegwarth, and J. Filla. 1990. A new latest Jurassic vertebrate fauna, from the highest levels of the Morrison Formation at Como Bluff, Wyoming, with comments on Morrison biochronology Part IV. The dinosaurs: a new Othnielia-like hypsilophodontoid. Hunteria, 2: pp. 8-13.
- ↑ Ouyang, H. (1992). "Discovery of Gigantspinosaurus sichanensis and its scapular spine orientation". Abstracts and Summaries for Youth Academic Symposium on New Discoveries and Ideas in Stratigraphic Paleontology (in Chinese) null: 47–49.
- ↑ Carpenter, K. 1992. Tyrannosaurids (Dinosauria) of Asia and North America. In: Aspects of nonmarine cretaceous geology (N. Mateer and P.J. Chen, eds.). China Ocean Press, Beijing: pp.250-268.
- ↑ Novas, F.E.; Pott, D. (2005). "New evidence on deinonychosaurian dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia". Nature. 433: 858–861. doi:10.1038/nature03285. PMID 15729340.
- ↑ Kurzanov, S.M. 1992. Gigantskiy protoseratopsid iz verkhnengo mela Mongolii. Paleontologischeskii Zhural (1992) 3: pp. 81-93.
- ↑ Okazaki, Y. 1992. A new genus and species of carnivorous dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Kwanmon Group, Northern Kyushu. Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History 11: pp. 87-90.
- 1 2 3 Peter W. Houde & Storrs L. Olson (1992). "A Radiation of Coly-like Birds from the Eocene of North America (Aves: Sandcoleiformes New Order)" (PDF). in Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science series. 36: 137–160.
- ↑ Timothy M. Crowe & Lester L. Short (1992). "A New Gallinaceous Bird From the Oligocene of Nebraska, With Comments on the Phylogenetic Position of the Gallinuloididae". in Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science series. 36: 179–185.
- ↑ Cécile Mourer-Chauviré (1992). "Un Ganga Primitif (Aves: Columbiformes, Pteroclidae) de très Grande Taille dans le Paléogène des Phosphorites du Quercy (France)". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série 2A. 314: 229–235.
- ↑ Alan Feduccia & Michael R. Voorhies (1992). "Crowned Cranes (Gruidae: Balearica) in the Miocene of Nebraska". in Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science series. 36: 239–248.
- ↑ Odile Boeuf & Cécile Mourer-Chauviré (1992). "Les Oiseaux des Gisements d'Age Pliocène Supérieur de Chilhac, Haute Loire, France". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série II. 314: 1091–1096.
- ↑ Zhou Zhonghe, Fan Jin & Jiang Yong Zhang (1992). "Preliminary Report on a Mesozoic Bird from Liaoning, China". Chinese Science Bulletin. 37: 1365–1368.
- ↑ Dénes Jánossy (1992). "Lower Pleistocene Bird Remains from Beremend, (S-Hungary, Loc. 15. And 16.)" (PDF). Aquila. 99: 9–25.
- ↑ Jonathan J. Becker & Pierce Brodkorb (1992). "An Early Miocene Ground-dove (Aves: Columbidae) from Florida". in Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science series. 36: 189–193.
- ↑ David W. Steadman (2008). "Doves (Columbidae) and Cuckoos (Cuculidae) from the Early Miocene of Florida" (PDF). Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History. 48 (1): 1–16.
- ↑ José L. Sanz & Angela D. Buscalioni (1992). "A New Bird from the Early Cretaceous of Las Hoas, Spain, and the Early Radiation of Birds" (PDF). Palaeontology. 35 (4): 829–845.
- ↑ Storrs L. Olson (1992). "A New Family of Primitive Landbirds from the Lower Eocene Green River Formation of Wyoming" (PDF). in Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science series. 36: 127–136.
- 1 2 3 David W. Steadman (1992). "New Species of Gallicolumba and Macropygia (Aves: Columbidae) from Archeological Sites in Polynesia". in Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science series. 36: 329–348.
- ↑ Larry D. Martin (1992). "The Status of the Late Paleocene Birds Gastornis and Remiornis". in Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science series. 36: 97–108.
- 1 2 Steven D. Emslie (1992). "Two New Late Blancan Avifaunas from Florida and the Extinction of Wetland Birds in the Plio-Pleistocene". in Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science series. 36: 249–269.
- ↑ José L. Sanz & José F. Bonaparte (1992). "A New Order of Birds (Class Aves) from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain". in Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science series. 36: 38–49.
- 1 2 3 Lev A. Nessov (1992). "[Record of the Localities of Mesozoic and Paleogene with Avian Remains in the USSR, and the description of New Findings]". Russian Journal of Ornithology. 1: 7–50.
- ↑ Jorge I. Noriega (1992). "Un Nuevo Genero de Anhingidae (Aves: Pelecaniformes) de la Formacion Ituzaingo (Mioceno Superior) de Argentina". Notas del Museo de la Plata, Tomo XXI, Paleontologia. 21 (109): 217–223.
- ↑ Hildegarde Howard (1992). "New Records of Middle Miocene Anseriform Birds from Kern County, California". in Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science series. 36: 231–237.
- ↑ Angelika Hesse (1992). "A New Species of Messelornis (Aves: Messelornithidae) from the Middle Eocene Green River Formation". in Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science series. 36: 171–178.
- ↑ Dieter S. Peters (1992). "A New Species of Owl (Aves: Strigiformes) from the Middle Eocene Messel Oil Shale" (PDF). in Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science series. 36: 161–169.
- ↑ Herculano M. F. de Alvarenga & José F. Bonaparte (1992). "A New Flightless Landbird from the Cretaceous of Patagonia". in Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science series. 36: 51–64.
- ↑ Cécile Mourer-Chauviré (1992). "The Galliformes (Aves) from the Phosphorites du Quercy (France): Systematics and Biostratigraphy". in Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science series. 36: 67–96.
- 1 2 Cécile Mourer-Chauviré (1992). "Une Nouvelle Famille de Perroquets (Aves, Psittaciformes) dans L'Éocene Supérieur des Phosphorites du Quercy, France". Géobios Mémoire Spécial. 14: 169–177.
- ↑ Paul C. Sereno & Rao Chenggang (1992). "Early Evolution of Avian Flight and Perching: New Evidence from the Lower Cretaceous of China". Science. 255 (5046): 845–848. doi:10.1126/science.255.5046.845. PMID 17756432.
References
- 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.
- Trexler, D., 2001, Two Medicine Formation, Montana: geology and fauna: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, pp. 298–309.