Preservation of Arctic dinosaur remains from the Prince Creek Formation (Alaska, USA): A reply to Fiorillo (2016)

Preservation of Arctic dinosaur remains from the Prince Creek Formation (Alaska, USA): A reply to Fiorillo (2016)

We thank Anthony Fiorillo (2016) for the concerns he raised regarding our characterizations of the Liscomb bonebed fossils in our paper describing Ugrunaaluk kuukpikenis from the Prince Creek Formation of Alaska, USA (Mori et al. 2016). We did not imply that the bones are not “fossilized”. T...

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Main Authors: Hirotsugu Mori, Patrick S. Druckenmiller, Gregory M. Erickson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Paleobiology PAS 2016-02-01
Series:Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
Subjects:
Alaska
bonebed
Cretaceous
fossils
Online Access:http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app61/app002342015.pdf
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spelling doaj-ba6445db83634c5b858b58dfa1e67a6d2020-11-25T01:05:20ZengInstitute of Paleobiology PASActa Palaeontologica Polonica0567-79201732-24212016-02-0161117417410.4202/app.00234.2015Preservation of Arctic dinosaur remains from the Prince Creek Formation (Alaska, USA): A reply to Fiorillo (2016)Hirotsugu Mori 0Patrick S. Druckenmiller1Gregory M. Erickson2Department of Geosciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 900 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775-5780, USA; University of Alaska Museum, 907 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA; and Saikai City Board of Education; Setoitanoura Go, Oseto Cho, Saikai City, Nagasaki Prefecture, 857-2301, Japanniversity of Alaska Museum, 907 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA; and Department of Geosciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 900 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775-5780, USA. Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, 319 Stadium Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32306- 4295, USAWe thank Anthony Fiorillo (2016) for the concerns he raised regarding our characterizations of the Liscomb bonebed fossils in our paper describing Ugrunaaluk kuukpikenis from the Prince Creek Formation of Alaska, USA (Mori et al. 2016). We did not imply that the bones are not “fossilized”. The bones are from animals that lived in the geologic past (~70 million years old) and are therefore fossils by definition.http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app61/app002342015.pdfAlaskabonebedCretaceousfossils
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author Hirotsugu Mori
Patrick S. Druckenmiller
Gregory M. Erickson
spellingShingle Hirotsugu Mori
Patrick S. Druckenmiller
Gregory M. Erickson
Preservation of Arctic dinosaur remains from the Prince Creek Formation (Alaska, USA): A reply to Fiorillo (2016)
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
Alaska
bonebed
Cretaceous
fossils
author_facet Hirotsugu Mori
Patrick S. Druckenmiller
Gregory M. Erickson
author_sort Hirotsugu Mori
title Preservation of Arctic dinosaur remains from the Prince Creek Formation (Alaska, USA): A reply to Fiorillo (2016)
title_short Preservation of Arctic dinosaur remains from the Prince Creek Formation (Alaska, USA): A reply to Fiorillo (2016)
title_full Preservation of Arctic dinosaur remains from the Prince Creek Formation (Alaska, USA): A reply to Fiorillo (2016)
title_fullStr Preservation of Arctic dinosaur remains from the Prince Creek Formation (Alaska, USA): A reply to Fiorillo (2016)
title_full_unstemmed Preservation of Arctic dinosaur remains from the Prince Creek Formation (Alaska, USA): A reply to Fiorillo (2016)
title_sort preservation of arctic dinosaur remains from the prince creek formation (alaska, usa): a reply to fiorillo (2016)
publisher Institute of Paleobiology PAS
series Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
issn 0567-7920
1732-2421
publishDate 2016-02-01
description We thank Anthony Fiorillo (2016) for the concerns he raised regarding our characterizations of the Liscomb bonebed fossils in our paper describing Ugrunaaluk kuukpikenis from the Prince Creek Formation of Alaska, USA (Mori et al. 2016). We did not imply that the bones are not “fossilized”. The bones are from animals that lived in the geologic past (~70 million years old) and are therefore fossils by definition.
topic Alaska
bonebed
Cretaceous
fossils
url http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app61/app002342015.pdf
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