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Lopez de Bertodano Formation

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The Lopez de Bertodano Formation is a geological formation in Antarctica whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.

Vertebrate paleofauna

Dinosaurs of the Lopez de Bertodano Formation
Genus Species Unit Material Notes Images

Polarornis

P. gregorii

Lower Sandwich Bluff Member

Partial skull and skeleton, holotype

A loon

Undescribed Avialae

Unnamed species

Undescribed Cariamae

Unnamed species

Cape Lamb Member

Isolated femur

Close relative of cariamids and phorusrhacids

Undescribed Euornithopoda

Unnamed species

Undescribed Hadrosauridae

Unnamed species

Indeterminate remains

See also

References

  1. ^ Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, Antarctica)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 606. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  2. Case, J., Reguero, M., Martin, J. and Cordes-Person, A. (2006). "A cursorial bird from the Maastrictian of Antarctica." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 26(3): 48A.


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