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An azhdarchid pterosaur humerus from the Lower Cretaceous Glen Rose Formation of Texas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Phillip A. Murry ,
Dale A. Winkler  and
Louis L. Jacobs
Phillip A. Murry
Affiliation:
1Department of Physical Sciences, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas 76402
Dale A. Winkler
Affiliation:
2Shuler Museum of Paleontology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275
Louis L. Jacobs
Affiliation:
2Shuler Museum of Paleontology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275
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Pterosaurs are rare components of Texas Cretaceous faunas. The best known is Quetzalcoatlus northropi, from the Javelina Formation (Maastrichtian) of Big Bend National Park, with a wingspan of some 11-12 m (Lawson, 1975; Langston, 1986; Busbey and Lehmann, 1989). Texas pterosaur specimens of less spectacular proportions include a pteranodontid partial humerus (USNM 13804) from the Eagle Ford Formation (late Cenomanian-late Turonian) of Austin (Gilmore, 1935; Bennett, 1989) and a first wing phalanx of a pterodactyloid from the Buda Formation (Cenomanian) of Hays County (Langston, 1974; Lawson, 1975). Pterosaur bones were also recorded at localities near Forestburg, Montague County (Zangerl and Denison, 1950), in the Antlers Formation (Winkler et al., 1990), although these specimens are undiagnostic hollow bone fragments.

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Paleontological Notes
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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 65 , Issue 1 , January 1991 , pp. 167 - 170
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