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Re: Fastovsky vs Archibald



What if a north-south temperature gradient --
Alberta seems to have been
noticeably cooler than Wyoming in Hell Creek times
-- played a role?

There were many lambeosaurs and saurolophines in Alberta in the Campanian and early Maastrichtian, and both forms radiated across the Bering area in that period.

Perhaps different lambeosaurs preferred different climates...? Respectively, different habitats which depended on different climates?


Hadrosaurs were quite big and had to come to
the rivers for water, especially in times of drought,
which caused mass mortality.

Drought in the Hell Creek?

Consider the variety of
hadrosaurs preserved in Tsagayan and NA Campanian
units. Contrast that with younger Nemegtian and
Lancian beds. Hadrosaur diversity appears to have
declined steadily from the late Campanian to the
latest Maastrichtian.

Steadily? Or stepwise?