Javelina Formation
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The Javelina Formation is a geological formation in Texas. Dating has shown that the strata date to the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous, approximately 70 to 66.5 million years old. The midd
Distinctive mauve and red beds of the Javelina Formation outcropping in Big Bend National Park, Texas
Bravoceratops NT small
"Torosaurus" utahensis profile reconstruction
Gryposaurus? alstasei profile reconstruction
Quetzalcoatlus
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Quetzalcoatlus is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur that lived during the Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous in North America. The type specimen, recovered in 1971 from the Javelina Formation of T
Javelina Formation
…Tyrannosaurus or Small bodied taxon. Pterosaurs Pterosaurs of the Javelina Formation Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Quetzalcoatlus Q. northropi Upper An azhdarchid pterosaur Q. lawsoni Wellnhopterus W. brevirostris An azhdarchid pterosaur Turtles Fish of the Javelina Formation Genus…
Quetzalcoatlus northropi
The known fossils of Quetzalcoatlus were discovered in Big Bend National Park, Texas
The name of Q. northropi refers to its similar appearance to aircraft designed by John Knudsen Northrop
Skeleton reconstruction of Quetzalcoatlus at the Texas Science and Natural History Museum, originally mounted by Langston in the 1980s