Northumberland Formation
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| Northumberland Formation Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous, ? | |
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| Type | Geological formation |
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| Country |  Canada |
The Northumberland Formation is a Late Cretaceous (?Campanian-?Maastrichtian)-aged geologic formation in Canada. It belongs to the larger Nanaimo Group.[1] Indeterminate bird and pterosaur fossils have been recovered from the formation.[2] The Northumberland Formation has been known to science since at least 2008.
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- ^ Martin-Silverstone, Elizabeth; Witton, Mark P.; Arbour, Victoria Megan; Currie, Philip J. (2016). "A small azhdarchoid pterosaur from the latest Cretaceous, the age of flying giants". Royal Society Open Science. 3 (8). doi:10.1098/rsos.160333.
- ^ Arbour, Victoria Megan; Currie, Philip J. (2011). "An istiodactylid pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Nanaimo Group, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 48 (1): 63–69. doi:10.1139/E10-083.
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