No luck in finding record of a giant Sanrtonian carcharodontosaurid from Nunavut. I wonder if this was mistaken for the hadrosaurid or ornithominid found in Nunavut
Record of Phil Curries work in Nunavut
References:
Vavrek MJ, Hills LV,Currie PJ. A hadrosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the late Cretaceous (Campanian) Kanguk formation of Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada, and its ecological and geographical implicationsArctic. 67
An unpublished partial humerus (CMN 40807) from the Kanguk Formation on Bylot Island, Nunavut is catalogued as a possible Arctic ornithomimid.
Bradley McFeeters, 2015. "Evolution and Diversity of Ornithomimid Dinosaurs in the Upper Cretaceous Belly River Group of Alberta" pg. 25; A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Science in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario May, 2015
A. T. Pugh, C. J. SchrÃder-Adams, E. S. Carter, J. OHerrle, J. Galloway, J. W. Haggart, J. L. Andrews and K. Hatsukanoc. 2014. Cenomanian to Santonian radiolarian biostratigraphy, carbon isotope stratigraphy and paleoenvironments of the Sverdrup Basin, Ellef Ringnes Island, Nunavut, Canada. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 413:101-122
On February 3, 2021 at 7:11 AM Thomas Richard Holtz <tholtz@umd.edu> wrote:
Not a word. No trace of it on the Internet; one would expect an abstract at a least one conference.
To me all evidence here (Phil's unlikely to forget a giant theropod, esp. in Nunavut) suggests this was a false rumor.
On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 4:00 AM Jon Bildfer <jon.bildfer@yandex.com> wrote:
In a dinosaur magazine some time ago (this was pre-2013), I had read an article that Phill Currie was excavating a new giant carcharodontosaurid in Resolute, Nunavut. Some things the article said about the animal were as follows:
-The specimen dates to the Santonian, 84 mya.
-Total length estimate of 13 meters.
-Mandible similar to Allosaurus fragilis.
-Vertebrae and upper skull bones more similar to Giganotosaurus.
-77.5 cm is the given measurement for the mandible (but maybe this is a typo and Currie meant 177.5 cm? The latter measurement is more coherent with the 13-meter estimate).
I have not been able to relocate this magazine since, and when I emailed Currie he said he could not remember. Has anyone read or heard about this, and if so do you know what the magazine is called/anything more it says?
Thanks and good day.
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