A Hadrosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) Kanguk Formation of Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada, and Its Ecological and Geographical Implications

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Vavrek, Matthew J., Hills, Len V., Currie, Philip J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2014
• Subjects: Appalachia; Arctic; Campanian; dinosaur; Laramidia; palaeobiogeography; Arctique; Campanien; dinosaure; Laramien; paléobiogéographie; Axel Heiberg Island; Canada; Heiberg; Hudson; Nunavut; Arctique*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67407

A hadrosaurid vertebra was recovered during a palynological survey of the Upper Cretaceous Kanguk Formation in the eastern Canadian Arctic. This vertebra represents the farthest north record of any non-avian dinosaur to date. Although highly abraded, the fossil nonetheless represents an interesting...