An ornithomimosaurian from the Upper Cretaceous Prince Creek Formation of Alaska

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1169-1175

  Watanabe, Akinobu ^a,c   Erickson, Gregory M ^a   Druckenmiller, Patrick S ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884568736     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2013.770750     Document Type: Article

References (61)

1. Bell, P. R., and E. Snively. 2008. Polar dinosaurs on parade: A review of dinosaur migration. Alcheringa 32:271-284
2. Besse, J., and V. Courtillot. 1991. Revised and synthetic apparent polar wander paths of the African, Eurasian, North American and Indian plates, and true polar wander since 200 Ma. Journal of Geophysical Research 96:4029-4050
3. Brown, C. M., and P. S. Druckenmiller. 2011. Basal ornithopod (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) teeth from the Prince Creek Formation (early Maastrichtian) ofAlaska. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 48:1342-1354
4. Carr, T. D. 1999. Craniofacial ontogeny in Tyrannosauridae (Dinosauria, Coelurosauria). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19:497-520
5. Carr, T. D., T. E. Williamson, and D. R. Schwimmer. 2005. A new genus and species of tyrannosauroid from the Late Cretaceous (middle Campanian) Demopolis Formation of Alabama. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25:119-143
6. Chinsamy, A., T. Rich, and P. Vickers-Rich. 1998. Polar dinosaur bone histology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18:385-390
7. Chinsamy, A., D. B. Thomas, A. R. Tumarkin-Deratzian, and A. R. Fiorillo. 2012. Hadrosaurs were perennial polar residents. The Anatomical Record 295:610-614
8. Clemens, W. A. 1994. Continental vertebrates from the Late Cretaceous of the North Slope, Alaska; pp. 395-398 in D. K. Thurston and K. Fujita (eds.), 1992 Proceedings of the International Conference on Arctic Margins, Outer Continental Shelf Study. Mineral Management Service 94-0040
9. Clemens, W. A., and L. G. Nelms. 1993. Paleoecological implications of Alaskan terrestrial vertebrate fauna in the latest Cretaceous time at high paleolatitudes. Geology 21:503-506
10. Conrad, J. E., E. H. McKee, and B. D. Turrin. 1992. Age of tephra beds at the Ocean Point dinosaur locality, North Slope, Alaska, based on K-Ar and 40Ar/39Ar analyses. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1990:1-12
11. Christiansen, P., and R. A. Fari ña. 2004. Mass prediction in theropod dinosaurs. Historical Biology 16:2-4
12. Currie, P. J. 2000. Theropods from the Cretaceous of Mongolia; pp. 434-455 in M. J. Benton, M. A. Shishkin, D. M. Unwin, and E. N. Kurochkin (eds.), The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.
13. Currie, P. J., and J-H. Peng. 1993.Ajuvenile specimen of Saurornithoides mongoliensis from the Upper Cretaceous of northern China. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 30:2224-2230
14. Curry, K. A. 1999. Ontogenetic histology of Apatosaurus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda): New insights on growth rates and longevity. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19:654-665
15. Davies, K. L. 1987. Duck-billed dinosaurs (Hadrosauridae: Ornithischia) from the North Slope of Alaska. Journal of Paleontology 61:198-200
16. Druckenmiller, P. S., G. M. Erickson, D. B. Brinkman, and C. M. Brown 2012. Dinosaur diversity in the Arctic: New records of polar dinosaurs based on micro vertebrate analysis from the Upper Cretaceous Prince Creek Formation, northern Alaska. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32, Program and Abstracts:88b.
17. Erickson, G. M. 1995. Split carinae on tyrannosaurid teeth and implications of their development. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15:268-274
18. Erickson, G. M., and P. S. Druckenmiller. 2011. Longevity and growth rate estimates for a polar dinosaur: A Pachyrhinosaurus (Dinosauria: Neoceratopsia) specimen from the North Slope of Alaska showing a complete developmental record. Historical Biology 23:327-334
19. Erickson, G. M., and T. A. Tumanova. 2000. Growth curve of Psittacosaurus mongoliensis Osborn (Ceratopsia: Psittacosauridae) inferred from long bone histology. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 130:551-566
20. Erickson, G. M., P. J. Makovicky, P. J. Currie, M. A. Norell, S. A. Yerby, and C. A. Brochu. 2004. Gigantism and comparative life-history parameters of tyrannosaurid dinosaurs. Nature 430:772-775
21. Falcon-Lang, H. J., R. A. MacRae, and A. Z. Csank. 2004. Palaeoecology of Late Cretaceous polar vegetation preserved in the Hansen Point Volcanics, NW Ellesmere Island, Canada. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 212:45-64
22. Fiorillo, A. R. 2008. On the occurrence of exceptionally large teeth of Troodon (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Late Cretaceous of Northern Alaska. Palaios 23:322-328
23. Fiorillo, A. R., and R. A. Gangloff. 2000. Theropod teeth from the Prince Creek Formation (Cretaceous) of northern Alaska, with speculations on Arctic dinosaur paleoecology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20:675-682
24. Fiorillo, A. R., and R. S. Tykoski. 2012. A new species of the centrosaurine ceratopsid Pachyrhinosaurus from the North Slope (Prince Creek Formation, Maastrichtian) of Alaska. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57:561-573
25. Fiorillo, A. R., P. J. McCarthy, and P. Flaig. 2010. Taphonomic and sedimentologic interpretations of the dinosaur-bearing Upper Cretaceous strata of the Prince Creek Formation, Northern Alaska: Insights from an ancient high-latitude terrestrial ecosystem. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 295:376-388
26. Flaig, P. P. 2010. Depositional environments of the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) dinosaur-bearing Prince Creek Formation: Colville River region, North Slope, Alaska. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, 332 pp.
27. Flaig, P. P., P. J. McCarthy, and A. R. Fiorillo. 2011. A tidallyinfluenced, high-latitude alluvial/coastal plain: The Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Prince Creek Formation, North Slope, Alaska; pp. 233-264 in C. North, S. Davidson, and S. Leleu (eds.), From River to Rock Record: The Preservation of Fluvial Sediments and Their Subsequent Interpretation. Society for Sedimentary Geology Special Publication 97
28. Francillon-Vieillot, H., V. de Buffrénil, J. Castanet, J. Géraudie, F. J. Meunier, J. Y. Sire, L. Zylberberg, and A. de Ricqlés. 1990. Microstructure and mineralization of vertebrate skeletal tissues; pp. 473-530 in J. G. Carter (ed.), Skeletal Biomineralization: Patterns, Processes, and Evolutionary Trends, Volume 1. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York
29. Frederiksen, N. O., and D. J. McIntyre. 2000. Palynomorph Biostratigraphy of mid-Campanian to Upper Maastrichtian Strata along the Colville River, North Slope of Alaska. United States Geological Survey Open-file Report 00-493
30. Gangloff, R. A. 1994. The record of Cretaceous dinosaurs in Alaska: An overview; pp. 399-404 in D. K. Thurston and K. Fujita (eds.), 1992 Proceedings of the International Conference on Arctic Margins, Outer Continental Shelf Study. Mineral Management Service 94-0040
31. Gangloff, R. A., and A. R. Fiorillo. 2010. Taphonomy and paleoecology of a bonebed from the Prince Creek Formation, North Slope, Alaska. Palaios 25:299-317
32. Gangloff, R. A., A. R. Fiorillo, and D. W. Norton. 2005. The first pachycephalosaurine (Dinosauria) from the paleo-Arctic of Alaska and its paleogeographic implications. Journal of Paleontology 79:997-1001
33. Hocknull, S. A.,M.A.White, T. R. Tischler, A. G. Cook, N. D. Calleja, T. Sloan, and D. A. Elliot. 2009. New mid-Cretaceous (latest Albian) dinosaurs from Winton, Queensland, Australia. PLoSONE 4:e6190
34. Holtz, T. R., Jr. 1994. The arctometatarsalian pes, an unusual structure of the metatarsus of Cretaceous Theropoda (Dinosauria: Saurischia Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14:480-519
35. Holtz, T. R., Jr. 2004. Tyrannosauroidea; pp. 111-136 in D. B. Weishampel, P. Dodson, and H. Osmólska (eds.), The Dinosauria, second edition. University of California Press, Berkeley, California
36. Horner, J. R., A. de Ricqlés, and K. Padian. 2000. Long bone histology of the hadrosaurid dinosaur Maiasaura peeblesorum: Growth dynamics and physiology based on an ontogenetic series of skeletal elements. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20:115-129
37. Klein, N., and P. M. Sander. 2008. Ontogenetic stages in the long bone histology of sauropod dinosaurs. Paleobiology 34:247-263
38. Kobayashi, Y., and R. Barsbold. 2005. Reexamination of a primitive ornithomimosaur, Garudimimus brevipes Barsbold, 1981 (Dinosauria: Theropoda), from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 42:1501-1521
39. Larson, D. W., D. Brinkman, and P. R. Bell. 2010. Faunal assemblages from the upper Horseshoe Canyon Formation, an early Maastrichtian cool-climate assemblage from Alberta, with special reference to the Albertosaurus sarcophagus bonebed. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 47:1159-1181
40. Makovicky, P. J., D. Li, K. Gao, M. Lewin, G. M. Erickson, and M. A. Norell. 2009. A giant ornithomimosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 277:191-198
41. Mull, C. G., D. W. Houseknecht, and K. J. Bird. 2003. Revised Cretaceous and Tertiary stratigraphic nomenclature in the Colville Basin, northern Alaska. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1673:1-26
42. Nelms, L. G. 1989. Late Cretaceous dinosaurs from the North Slope of Alaska. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(3, Supplement):34A.
43. Nicholls, E. L., and D. A. Russell. 1981. A new specimen of Struthiomimus altus from Alberta, with comments on the classificatory characters of Upper Cretaceous ornithomimids. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 18:518-526
44. Norell, M. A., and P. J. Makovicky. 1997. Important features of the dromaeosaurid skeleton: Information from a new specimen. American Museum Novitates 3215:1-28
45. Ostrom, J. H. 1969. Osteology of Deinonychus antirrhopus, an unusual theropod from the Lower Cretaceous of Montana. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 30:1-165
46. Padian, K., J. R. Hutchinson, and T. R. Holtz Jr. 1999. Phylogenetic definitions and nomenclature of the major taxonomic categories of the carnivorous Dinosauria (Theropoda). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19:69-80
47. Parrish, J. M., J. T. Parrish, J. H. Hutchison, and R. A. Spicer. 1987. Late Cretaceous vertebrate fossils from the North Slope of Alaska and implications for dinosaur ecology. Palaios 2:377-389
48. Phillips, R. L. 2003. Depositional environments and processes in Upper Cretaceous nonmarine and marine sediments, Ocean Point dinosaur locality, North Slope, Alaska. Cretaceous Research 24:499-523
49. Porfiri, J. D., J. O. Calvo, and D. D. Santos. 2011. A new small deinonychosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 83:109-116
50. Rich, T. H., R. A. Gangloff, and W. R. Hammer. 1997. Polar dinosaurs; pp. 562-573 in P. Currie and K. Padian (eds.), Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs. Academic Press, New York
51. Rich, T. H., P. Vickers-Rich, and R. A. Gangloff. 2002. Polar dinosaurs. Science 295:979-980
52. Sander, P. M. 2000. Long bone histology of the Tendaguru sauropods: Implications for growth and biology. Paleobiology 26:466-488
53. Spicer, R. A., and A. B. Herman. 2010. The Late Cretaceous environment of the Arctic: A quantitative reassessment based on plant fossils. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 295:423-442
54. Starck, J. M., and A. Chinsamy. 2002. Bone microstructure and developmental plasticity in birds and other dinosaurs. Journal of Morphology 254:232-246
55. Sullivan, R. M. 2006. A taxonomic review of the Pachycephalosauridae (Dinosauria: Ornithischia); pp. 347-365 in S. G. Lucas and R. M. Sullivan (eds.), Late Cretaceous Vertebrates from the Western Interior. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 35
56. Turner, A. H., D. Pol, J. A. Clarke, G. M. Erickson, and M. A. Norell. 2007. A basal dromaeosaurid and size evolution preceding avian flight. Science 317:1378-1381
57. Weishampel, D. B., P. M. Barrett, R. A. Coria, J. Le Loeuff, X. Xu, X-J. Zhao, A. Sahni, E. M. P. Gomani, and C. R. Noto. 2004. Dinosaur distribution; pp. 517-606 in D. B. Weishampel, P. Dodson, and H. Osmólska (eds.), The Dinosauria, second edition. University of California Press, Berkeley, California
58. Witte, W. K., D. B. Stone, and C. G. Mull. 1987. Paleomagnetism, paleobotany, and paleogeography of the Cretaceous, North Slope, Alaska; pp. 571-579 in I. Tallieur and P. Weimer (eds.), Alaska North Slope Geology. Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists (Bakersfield, California) and the Alaska Geological Society
59. Woodward, H. N., T. H. Rich, A. Chinsamy, and P. Vickers-Rich. 2011. Growth dynamics of Australia's polar dinosaurs. PLoS ONE 6:e23339
60. Xu, X., and F. Zhang. 2005. A new maniraptoran dinosaur from China with long feathers on the metatarsus. Naturwissenschaften 92:173-177
61. Xu, X., H. You, K. Du, and F. Han. 2011. An Archaeopteryx-like theropod from China and the origin of Avialae. Nature 475:465-470