Philip J Currie
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Recent Articles
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Dalman S, Loewen M, Pyron R, Jasinski S, Malinzak D, Lucas S, et al.
Sci Rep
. 2024 Jan;
13(1):22124.
PMID: 38212342
Tyrannosaurid dinosaurs dominated as predators in the Late Cretaceous of Laurasia, culminating in the evolution of the giant Tyrannosaurus rex, both the last and largest tyrannosaurid. Where and when Tyrannosaurini...
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Therrien F, Zelenitsky D, Tanaka K, Voris J, Erickson G, Currie P, et al.
Sci Adv
. 2023 Dec;
9(49):eadi0505.
PMID: 38064561
Tyrannosaurids were large carnivorous dinosaurs that underwent major changes in skull robusticity and body proportions as they grew, suggesting that they occupied different ecological niches during their life span. Although...
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Mohr S, Acorn J, Currie P
PLoS One
. 2023 Mar;
18(3):e0283581.
PMID: 36976814
Isolated teeth, previously referred to Aves, are more common than other bird fossils from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta. However, there are no known morphological synapomorphies that distinguish isolated bird...
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Lee S, Lee Y, Currie P, Sissons R, Park J, Kim S, et al.
Commun Biol
. 2022 Dec;
5(1):1185.
PMID: 36456823
Streamlining a body is a major adaptation for aquatic animals to move efficiently in the water. Whereas diving birds are well known to have streamlined bodies, such body shapes have...
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Jasinski S, Sullivan R, Carter A, Johnson E, Dalman S, Zariwala J, et al.
Anat Rec (Hoboken)
. 2022 Nov;
306(7):1712-1756.
PMID: 36342817
Dromaeosaurids (Theropoda: Dromaeosauridae), a group of dynamic, swift predators, have a sparse fossil record, particularly at the end of the Cretaceous Period. The recently described Dineobellator notohesperus, consisting of a...
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Moore B, Roloson M, Currie P, Ryan M, Patterson R, Mallon J
PLoS One
. 2022 Sep;
17(9):e0268144.
PMID: 36048811
In this study, we use an exceptional skeleton of the pachycephalosaur Stegoceras validum (UALVP 2) to inform a comprehensive appendicular muscle reconstruction of the animal, with the goal of better...
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Farlow J, Coroian D, Currie P, Foster J, Mallon J, Therrien F
Anat Rec (Hoboken)
. 2022 Jul;
306(7):1669-1696.
PMID: 35815600
Counts of the number of skeletal specimens of "adult" megaherbivores and large theropods from the Morrison and Dinosaur Park formations-if not biased by taphonomic artifacts-suggest that the big meat-eaters were...
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Hendrickx C, Bell P, Pittman M, Milner A, Cuesta E, OConnor J, et al.
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc
. 2022 Jan;
97(3):960-1004.
PMID: 34991180
Modern birds are typified by the presence of feathers, complex evolutionary innovations that were already widespread in the group of theropod dinosaurs (Maniraptoriformes) that include crown Aves. Squamous or scaly...
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Benton M, Currie P, Xu X
Curr Biol
. 2021 Nov;
31(21):R1406-R1409.
PMID: 34752760
Michael Benton and colleagues reminisce about the discovery of Sinosauripteryx, the first feathered dinosaur.
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Funston G, Currie P, Tsogtbaatar C, Khishigjav T
PLoS One
. 2021 Jul;
16(7):e0254564.
PMID: 34252154
The Nemegt Formation of the Gobi Desert of Mongolia has produced one of the most abundant and diverse oviraptorosaur records globally. However, the caenagnathid component of this fauna remains poorly...