Table of Contents

CD-ROM Contents Contributors Foreword Dale A. Russell Preface Bruce G. Naylor Acknowledgments I. Background 1. History of Research Philip J. Currie 2. Identifying Lost Quarries Darren H. Tanke 3. The Geology David A. Eberth 4. Paleomagnetostratigraphy Jack F. Lerbekmo 5. Vertebrate Microfossil Sites and Their Contribution to Studies of Paleoecology Donald B. Brinkman, Anthony P. Russell, and Jiang-Hua Peng II. Flora and Fauna from the Park 6. Campanian Palynomorphs Dennis R. Braman and Eva B. Koppelhus 7. Paleobotany Eva B. Koppelhus 8. Paleoecology of Mollusks from the Upper Cretaceous Belly River Group Paul A. Johnston and Austin J. W. Hendy 9. Fishes of the Fluvial Beds Andrew G. Neuman and Donald B. Brinkman 10. Lissamphibians James D. Gardner 11. Turtles: Diversity, Paleoecology, and Distribution Donald B. Brinkman 12. Choristoderes from the Park and Its Vicinity Keqin Gao and Donald B. Brinkman 13. The Squamates: Origins, Phylogeny, and Paleoecology Michael W. Caldwell 14. Plesiosaurian Remains from Non-marine to Paralic Sediments Tamaki Sato, David A. Eberth, Elizabeth L. Nicholls, and Makoto Manabe 15. Crocodylians Xiao-Chun Wu 16. Pterosaurs Stephen J. Godfrey and Philip J. Currie 17. Ornithischian Dinosaurs Michael J. Ryan and David C. Evans 18. The Type Specimen of Tetragonosaurus erectofrons (Ornithischia: Hadrosauridae) and the Identification of Juvenile Lambeosaurines David C. Evans, Catherine A. Forster, and Robert R. Reisz 19. Theropods, Including Birds Philip J. Currie 20. Eggshells Darla K. Zelenitsky and Wendy J. Sloboda 21. Vertebrate Ichnology Richard T. McCrea, Philip J. Currie, and S. George Pemberton 22. Late Cretaceous Mammals Richard C. Fox 23. Patterns of Distribution of Mammals in the Dinosaur Park Formation and Their Paleobiological Significance Julia T. Sankey, Donald B. Brinkman, Richard C. Fox, and David A. Eberth III. Interpretations 24. Vertebrate Taphonomy and Taphonomic Modes David A. Eberth and Philip J. Currie 25. Precise Mapping of Fossil Sites in the Park Using Survey Grade GPS Technology Michael MacDonald, Philip J. Currie, and William A. Spencer 26. A Vertebrate Assemblage from the Marine Shales of the Lethbridge Coal Zone Donald B. Brinkman, Dennis R. Braman, Andrew G. Neuman, Patricia E. Ralrick, and Tamaki Sato 27. Ceratopsian Bonebeds: Occurrence, Origins, and Significance David A. Eberth and Michael A. Getty 28. The Geographic and Stratigraphic Distribution of Articulated and Associated Dinosaur Remains Philip J. Currie and Dale A. Russell Bibliography Index Color plates follow page 000.

About the Author

Philip J. Currie is Curator of Dinosaurs at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology. He is co-editor (with Eva B. Koppelhus) of Feathered Dragons: Studies on the Transition from Dinosaurs to Birds (IUP, 2004). He lives in Drumheller, Alberta. Eva B. Koppelhus is an adjunct research scientist at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology. She lives in Drumheller, Alberta.

Reviews

"Currie and Koppelhus (vertebrate paleontologist and palynologist, respectively, Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Alberta) have edited a spectacular volume about what they aptly refer to as a spectacular ancient ecosystem... The editors and contributors have done justice to the richness of this significant Late Cretaceous fossil locality, which has not only been recognized through its designation as a World Heritage Site, but also as one of the most vivid windows onto a past ecosystem anywhere, anytime... Essential." -Choice "... If you are looking for a creditable snapshot of Canadian life in the Late Cretaceous, it is hard to beat this volume." -Quarterly Review of Biology "... this is an excellent title. It illustrates wonderfully how fusing together the geography, geology, biology, stratigraphy, taphonomy, ecology, and paleontology of a single area can generate an understanding of that area that is richer than the sum of the individual strands. Its price makes it easily accessible to the student, teacher, or researcher of ancient ecosystems. Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed would be a great addition to the book collection of any paleontologist." -Palaios "This book is a collection of wonderful data presented to readers in a systematic way. Although Dinosaur Provincial Park is well beyond AP or IB science courses, it will be of great interest to students of paleontology, graduate students, or those who want to do extended explorations of this Canadian site." -NSTA Recommends