Late Cretaceous geology and fossils of Dinosaur Provincial Park

Dennis R. Braman; Donald B. Brinkman; Donald M. Henderson

doi:10.1130/2017.0048(02)

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Late Cretaceous geology and fossils of Dinosaur Provincial Park

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Dennis R. Braman

Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, P.O. Box 7500, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada, T0J 0Y0

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Donald B. Brinkman

Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, P.O. Box 7500, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada, T0J 0Y0

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Donald M. Henderson

Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, P.O. Box 7500, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada, T0J 0Y0

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https://doi.org/10.1130/2017.0048(02)

Published:

January 01, 2017

ABSTRACT

Dinosaur Provincial Park (DPP) was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979, but in 1955 the exceptional quality and abundance of dinosaur fossils were already recognized with 80 km² of the richest fossil beds being set aside as an Alberta, Canada, provincial park. DPP represents possibly the best window into the biology of the Late Campanian anywhere in the world. At present, more than 35 species of dinosaurs, 32 species of fish, 10 species of amphibians, 29 taxa of non-dinosaurian reptiles, 1 bird, and 20 taxa of mammals are known to have been discovered in DPP....

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