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Canadian evolutionary biologist (born 1983)
Victoria Megan Arbour is a Canadian evolutionary biologist and vertebrate palaeontologist at Royal BC Museum , where she is Curator of Palaeontology. An "expert on the armoured dinosaurs known as ankylosaurs ",[1] Arbour analyzes fossils and creates 3-D computer models. She named the possible pterosaur Gwawinapterus from Hornby Island , and a partial ornithischian dinosaur from Sustut Basin, British Columbia (now named Ferrisaurus ), and has participated in the naming of the ankylosaurs Zuul ,[2] [3] Zaraapelta ,[2] Crichtonpelta ,[4] and Ziapelta .[5]
Early life and education
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Born in 1983, Arbour is from Halifax, Nova Scotia .[6] Her mother, a math teacher, and father, a soil scientist, supported her science interests.[7] Arbour completed a B.Sc. Honours Thesis supervised by Milton Graves, An ornithischian dinosaur from the Sustut Basin, British Columbia, Canada , and graduated from Dalhousie University in 2006.[8] She completed her master's thesis, Evolution, biomechanics, and function of the tail club of ankylosaurid dinosaurs (Ornithischia: Thyreophora) in 2009, and her Ph.D. thesis, Systematics, evolution, and biogeography of the ankylosaurid dinosaurs, in 2014, both advised by paleontologist Philip Currie at the University of Alberta .[9]
Career
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Arbour became Curator of Palaeontology at Royal BC Museum in 2018.[10]
She previously worked as a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto and Royal Ontario Museum .[11] [12] [13] As the top-ranked female candidate for the fellowship, she also received a supplement available to applicants who demonstrate "exemplary involvement in science promotion, mentorship, and leadership".[14]
From 2014 to 2016 she was a postdoctoral researcher with a joint appointment at North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and North Carolina State University .[5] [15]
Arbour primarily studies dinosaurs in the group Ankylosauria , including biomechanical analyses of tail clubs.[4] [16] Arbour has studied microfossils from Nova Scotia .[9] She has also named the possible pterosaur Gwawinapterus from Hornby Island , and a partial ornithischian dinosaur from Sustut Basin, both locations in British Columbia .[9] She has participated in the naming of the ankylosaurs Zuul ,[2] [3] [17] Zaraapelta ,[2] Crichtonpelta ,[4] Ziapelta ,[5] [18] as well as resurrecting Dyoplosaurus ,[19] and publishing a new phylogenetic analysis on the interrelationships of Ankylosauridae .[20]
According to Brian Alary of the University of Alberta, "She's contributed to history-making research by analyzing fossils and creating 3-D computer models, developed course materials and taught 35,000 students at a time through the Dino 101 MOOC ."[6] Philip Currie credits Arbour for involving the paleontology discipline with the University of Alberta's "Women in Scholarship, Engineering, Science & Technology", making study of dinosaurs more appealing to women.[6]
References
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^ a b c d Hamers, Laurel (2017-06-13). "New dinosaur resurrects a demon from Ghostbusters" . Science News . Retrieved 2017-12-28 .
^ a b Greshko, Michael (2017-11-29). "Stunning Dinosaur Likely Used Armour to Flirt as Well as Fight" . National Geographic . Archived from the original on December 3, 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-28 .
^ a b c Yong, Ed (2017-05-10). "Meet Zuul, Destroyer of Shins—a Dinosaur Named After the Ghostbusters Monster" . The Atlantic . Retrieved 2017-12-28 .
^ a b c Dunham, Will (2015-09-01). "King of clubs: intriguing tale of the 'tank' dinosaur's tail" . Reuters . Retrieved 2017-12-28 .
^ a b c Alary, Brian (9 June 2014). "Dinosaur scholar digs into childhood dreams" . Folio . University of Alberta. Retrieved 2017-12-30 .
^ Nath, Ishani (2017-05-14). "What It's Like to Dig for Dinosaurs—*Spoiler Alert* It's Pretty Cool" . Flare . Archived from the original on 2018-01-01. Retrieved 2017-12-31 .
^ Arbour, Victoria M. (April 28, 2006). "An ornithischian dinosaur from the Sustut Basin, British Columbia, Canada" (PDF) . Retrieved 30 December 2017 .
^ a b c "Faculty of Science – Victoria Arbour" . Dalhousie University . 2018. Retrieved 2017-12-30 .
^ "Dr. Victoria Arbour | Staff Profiles" . Retrieved 2020-05-18 .
^ "Digging it: Dr. Victoria Arbour (BSc'06)" . Dalhousie University: Alumni Spotlight. May 18, 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017 .
^ Pickrell, John (2017-09-18). "What if dinosaurs hadn't died out?" . BBC Future . BBC . Retrieved 2017-12-28 .
^ Elbein, Asher (2016-10-12). "Did Plant-Eating Dinosaurs Really Only Eat Plants?" . The Atlantic . Retrieved 2017-12-28 .
^ Division, Government of Canada, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Communications (28 June 2016). "NSERC and L'OréalUNESCO For Women in Science Supplement" . www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca . Retrieved 2018-01-07 . {{cite web }}
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^ Gaines, James (2015-09-14). "How armored dinosaur got its bone-bashing tail" . CBS News . Retrieved 2017-12-28 .
^ Switek, Brian (2016-06-16). "Sadly, "Ankylosaur Fight Club" Is Probably Wishful Thinking" . Smithsonian . Retrieved 2017-12-28 .
^ Riva, Nicole (May 9, 2017). "New dinosaur species named after Ghostbusters villain Zuul" . CBC News . Retrieved 2017-12-31 .
^ Switek, Brian (2014-09-25). "Ziapelta – New Mexico's Newest Dinosaur" . Phenomena . National Geographic . Archived from the original on October 1, 2014. Retrieved 2018-01-02 .
^ Switek, Brian (5 November 2012). "D is for Dyoplosaurus" . Smithsonian . Retrieved 2018-01-02 .
^ Arbour, Victoria M.; Currie, Philip J. (2015). "Systematics, phylogeny and palaeobiogeography of the ankylosaurid dinosaurs". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology . 14 (5 ): 385–444. doi :10.1080/14772019.2015.1059985 . S2CID 214625754 .
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