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Patrick Druckenmiller

November 15, 2023

Patrick S. Druckenmiller is a Mesozoic paleontologist, taxonomist, associate professor of geology, Earth Sciences curator, and museum director[1][2] of the University of Alaska Museum of the North, where he oversees the largest single collection of Alaskan invertebrate and vertebrate fossils.[3] He has published work on plesiosaurs,[4][5][6] ichthyosaurs,[7][8][9] mastodons,[10] and dinosaurs[11][12][13] in the United States, Svalbard, and Canada. He has co-authored papers on discussions of mass extinctions[14] and biogeography. Much of his work has focused on Arctic species.[15] He is a member of the Spitsbergen Jurassic Research group, which focuses on marine reptiles.[16] Druckenmiller has named many new genera and species, including Edgarosaurus muddi, Nichollsia borealis, Athabascasaurus bitumineus, Cryopterygius kristiansenae, Spitrasaurus larseni, and Spitrasaurus wensaasi.[17]

Patrick Druckenmiller
Druckenmiller on a dig in 2011 (second right)
Born
Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.
CitizenshipUnited States
SpouseLisa Druckenmiller
Scientific career
FieldsPaleontology
InstitutionsUniversity of Alaska Museum of the North, Paleo Arctic Research Consortium

Education edit

Druckenmiller has served as a curator and as a faculty member in the University of Alaska, Fairbanks since 2007. Druckenmiller worked at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana, before coming to Alaska. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Calgary in Alberta and a master's degree from Montana State University in Bozeman, where he worked under paleontologist Jack Horner.[18]

Arctic research edit

Much of Druckenmiller's work focuses on cold-hardy, high-latitude prehistoric animals.[19] In 2015, he and his student named a new species of a duck-billed, plant-eating dinosaur, Ugrunaaluk kuukpikensis,,[20] that apparently lived in the snowy Arctic year-round.[21] His Arctic research received media attention from National Geographic that wrote about Ugrunaaluk: "The image of tyrannosaurs, horned dinosaurs, and hadrosaurs walking through the cool forests of ancient Alaska has run so counter to the classic Mesozoic imagery that it’s not surprising that this environment has been the subject of several recent documentaries and even a feature film."[20]

Druckenmiller has worked extensively on ichnofossils,[22] including fossil track sites in Denali National Park and Svalbard.[23] Druckenmiller started a five-year project in Denali in partnership with the Park Service to investigate the surrounding polar dinosaurs. As part of this project, they found the first fossilized bone in the park.[24]

Druckenmiller's expertise in organizing safe and successful expeditions into the Arctic was the subject of a Nature article, where Druckenmiller credits his expedition success to the good food. "Good food — high quality and in copious amounts — is essential...After 30 field seasons, Druckenmiller needs only a dry tent to be happy. But he keeps a sharp eye out for anyone who might be overwhelmed by miserable conditions."[25]

Predator X edit

In 2009, Druckenmiller was part of the History Channel documentary Predator X,[26] to discuss his find in Svalbard of a pliosaur suggested to have a bite four times stronger than Tyrannosaurus rex.[27] Druckenmiller and his colleagues were later interviewed by National Geographic,[27] The Link, Live Science,[28] and FoxNews. In the Norwegian Journal of Geology, Druckenmiller and colleagues named the creature Pliosaurus funkei. A fictional movie titled "Extinction: Predator X" was apparently inspired by the documentary and dig.[29]

References edit

  1. ^ "Dr. Pat Druckenmiller | Museum". www.uaf.edu. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  2. ^ says, Hannah Foss (2018-07-19). "New director selected for UA Museum of the North". UAF news and information. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  3. ^ "Patrick Druckenmiller". epicc.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  4. ^ Benson, Roger B. J.; Evans, Mark; Druckenmiller, Patrick S. (2012-03-16). "High Diversity, Low Disparity and Small Body Size in Plesiosaurs (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Triassic–Jurassic Boundary". PLOS ONE. 7 (3): e31838. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...731838B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0031838. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3306369. PMID 22438869.
  5. ^ Druckenmiller, Patrick S.; Russell, Anthony P. (2008-03-07). "Skeletal anatomy of an exceptionally complete specimen of a new genus of plesiosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Early Albian) of northeastern Alberta, Canada". Palaeontographica Abteilung A. 283 (1–3): 1–33. doi:10.1127/pala/283/2008/1. ISSN 0375-0442.
  6. ^ Druckenmiller, Patrick S.; Russell, Anthony P. (November 2009). "Earliest North American occurrence of Polycotylidae (Sauropterygia: Plesiosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Clearwater Formation, Alberta, Canada". Journal of Paleontology. 83 (6): 981–989. doi:10.1666/09-014.1. ISSN 0022-3360. S2CID 130695434.
  7. ^ Druckenmiller, Patrick S.; Maxwell, Erin E. (August 2010). "A new Lower Cretaceous (lower Albian) ichthyosaur genus from the Clearwater Formation, Alberta, Canada". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 47 (8): 1037–1053. Bibcode:2010CaJES..47.1037D. doi:10.1139/e10-028. ISSN 0008-4077.
  8. ^ Roberts, Aubrey Jane; Druckenmiller, Patrick Scott; Sætre, Glenn-Peter; Hurum, Jørn Harald (2014-08-01). "A New Upper Jurassic Ophthalmosaurid Ichthyosaur from the Slottsmøya Member, Agardhfjellet Formation of Central Spitsbergen" (PDF). PLOS ONE. 9 (8): e103152. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9j3152R. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103152. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4118863. PMID 25084533.
  9. ^ Maxwell, Erin E.; Druckenmiller, Patrick S. (2011-05-03). "A small ichthyosaur from the Clearwater Formation (Alberta, Canada) and a discussion of the taxonomic utility of the pectoral girdle". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 85 (4): 457–463. doi:10.1007/s12542-011-0106-0. ISSN 0031-0220. S2CID 129633686.
  10. ^ Zazula, Grant D.; MacPhee, Ross D. E.; Metcalfe, Jessica Z.; Reyes, Alberto V.; Brock, Fiona; Druckenmiller, Patrick S.; Groves, Pamela; Harington, C. Richard; Hodgins, Gregory W. L. (2014-12-01). "American mastodon extirpation in the Arctic and Subarctic predates human colonization and terminal Pleistocene climate change". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111 (52): 18460–18465. Bibcode:2014PNAS..11118460Z. doi:10.1073/pnas.1416072111. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 4284604. PMID 25453065.
  11. ^ Erickson, Gregory M.; Druckenmiller, Patrick S. (December 2011). "Longevity and growth rate estimates for a polar dinosaur: aPachyrhinosaurus(Dinosauria: Neoceratopsia) specimen from the North Slope of Alaska showing a complete developmental record". Historical Biology. 23 (4): 327–334. doi:10.1080/08912963.2010.546856. ISSN 0891-2963. S2CID 129724501.
  12. ^ Brown, Caleb Marshall; Druckenmiller, Patrick (September 2011). "Basal ornithopod (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) teeth from the Prince Creek Formation (early Maastrichtian) of Alaska". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 48 (9): 1342–1354. Bibcode:2011CaJES..48.1342B. doi:10.1139/e11-017. ISSN 0008-4077.
  13. ^ Mori, Hirotsugu; Druckenmiller, Patrick; Erickson, Gregory (2016). "A new Arctic hadrosaurid (Dinosauria: Hadrosauridae) from the Prince Creek Formation (lower Maastrichtian) of northern Alaska". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 61. doi:10.4202/app.00152.2015. ISSN 0567-7920.
  14. ^ Benson, Roger B. J.; Druckenmiller, Patrick S. (2013-04-13). "Faunal turnover of marine tetrapods during the Jurassic-Cretaceous transition". Biological Reviews. 89 (1): 1–23. doi:10.1111/brv.12038. ISSN 1464-7931. PMID 23581455. S2CID 19710180.
  15. ^ Patrick., Druckenmiller (2008), Polar dinosaurs : living the high life in the age of dinosaurs, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, ISBN 9780915360314, OCLC 229900468
  16. ^ "Best Job Ever: Hunting for the Bones of a Loch Ness-Like Monster – National Geographic Blog". blog.nationalgeographic.org. 2016-07-28. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  17. ^ "Patrick Druckenmiller - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  18. ^ "New Director Selected for UA Museum of the North". www.akbizmag.com. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  19. ^ "Grant funds study of the Arctic's Cretaceous creatures". UAF news and information. 2017-09-27. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
  20. ^ a b "The Arctic's "Edmontosaurus" Gets a New Name". Science & Innovation. 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  21. ^ Chinsamy, Anusuya; Thomas, Daniel B.; Tumarkin-Deratzian, Allison R.; Fiorillo, Anthony R. (2012-02-17). "Hadrosaurs Were Perennial Polar Residents". The Anatomical Record: Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology. 295 (4): 610–614. doi:10.1002/ar.22428. ISSN 1932-8486. PMID 22344791.
  22. ^ News-Miner, Theresa Bakker, For the. "New digs, new discoveries and new dinosaurs in Alaska". Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. Retrieved 2018-12-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  23. ^ "Dinosaur Footprints on the Roof… Of the World! – National Geographic Blog". blog.nationalgeographic.org. 2014-08-06. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  24. ^ "Where the Wild Things Were". National Parks Conservation Association. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  25. ^ Powell, Kendall (2017-03-16). "Outside the lab: Field your A Team". Nature. 543 (7645): 453–455. doi:10.1038/nj7645-453a. ISSN 0028-0836.
  26. ^ Predator X, retrieved 2018-12-10
  27. ^ a b "Paleontologists Reveal the Identity of 'Predator X'". Science & Innovation. 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  28. ^ Bryner, Jeanna; February 27, Live Science Managing Editor |; ET, 2008 07:00pm (28 February 2008). "Monster Was T. Rex of the Sea". Livescience.com. Retrieved 2018-12-10. {{cite news}}: |first2= has generic name (help)
  29. ^ Xtinction: Predator X, retrieved 2018-12-10

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Patrick S Druckenmiller is a Mesozoic paleontologist taxonomist associate professor of geology Earth Sciences curator and museum director 1 2 of the University of Alaska Museum of the North where he oversees the largest single collection of Alaskan invertebrate and vertebrate fossils 3 He has published work on plesiosaurs 4 5 6 ichthyosaurs 7 8 9 mastodons 10 and dinosaurs 11 12 13 in the United States Svalbard and Canada He has co authored papers on discussions of mass extinctions 14 and biogeography Much of his work has focused on Arctic species 15 He is a member of the Spitsbergen Jurassic Research group which focuses on marine reptiles 16 Druckenmiller has named many new genera and species including Edgarosaurus muddi Nichollsia borealis Athabascasaurus bitumineus Cryopterygius kristiansenae Spitrasaurus larseni and Spitrasaurus wensaasi 17 Patrick DruckenmillerDruckenmiller on a dig in 2011 second right BornFort Collins Colorado U S CitizenshipUnited StatesSpouseLisa DruckenmillerScientific careerFieldsPaleontologyInstitutionsUniversity of Alaska Museum of the North Paleo Arctic Research Consortium Contents 1 Education 2 Arctic research 3 Predator X 4 ReferencesEducation editDruckenmiller has served as a curator and as a faculty member in the University of Alaska Fairbanks since 2007 Druckenmiller worked at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman Montana before coming to Alaska He holds a Ph D from the University of Calgary in Alberta and a master s degree from Montana State University in Bozeman where he worked under paleontologist Jack Horner 18 Arctic research editMuch of Druckenmiller s work focuses on cold hardy high latitude prehistoric animals 19 In 2015 he and his student named a new species of a duck billed plant eating dinosaur Ugrunaaluk kuukpikensis 20 that apparently lived in the snowy Arctic year round 21 His Arctic research received media attention from National Geographic that wrote about Ugrunaaluk The image of tyrannosaurs horned dinosaurs and hadrosaurs walking through the cool forests of ancient Alaska has run so counter to the classic Mesozoic imagery that it s not surprising that this environment has been the subject of several recent documentaries and even a feature film 20 Druckenmiller has worked extensively on ichnofossils 22 including fossil track sites in Denali National Park and Svalbard 23 Druckenmiller started a five year project in Denali in partnership with the Park Service to investigate the surrounding polar dinosaurs As part of this project they found the first fossilized bone in the park 24 Druckenmiller s expertise in organizing safe and successful expeditions into the Arctic was the subject of a Nature article where Druckenmiller credits his expedition success to the good food Good food high quality and in copious amounts is essential After 30 field seasons Druckenmiller needs only a dry tent to be happy But he keeps a sharp eye out for anyone who might be overwhelmed by miserable conditions 25 Predator X editIn 2009 Druckenmiller was part of the History Channel documentary Predator X 26 to discuss his find in Svalbard of a pliosaur suggested to have a bite four times stronger than Tyrannosaurus rex 27 Druckenmiller and his colleagues were later interviewed by National Geographic 27 The Link Live Science 28 and FoxNews In the Norwegian Journal of Geology Druckenmiller and colleagues named the creature Pliosaurus funkei A fictional movie titled Extinction Predator X was apparently inspired by the documentary and dig 29 References edit Dr Pat Druckenmiller Museum www uaf edu Retrieved 2018 12 10 says Hannah Foss 2018 07 19 New director selected for UA Museum of the North UAF news and information Retrieved 2018 12 10 Patrick Druckenmiller epicc berkeley edu Retrieved 2018 12 10 Benson Roger B J Evans Mark Druckenmiller Patrick S 2012 03 16 High Diversity Low Disparity and Small Body Size in Plesiosaurs Reptilia Sauropterygia from the Triassic Jurassic Boundary PLOS ONE 7 3 e31838 Bibcode 2012PLoSO 731838B doi 10 1371 journal pone 0031838 ISSN 1932 6203 PMC 3306369 PMID 22438869 Druckenmiller Patrick S Russell Anthony P 2008 03 07 Skeletal anatomy of an exceptionally complete specimen of a new genus of plesiosaur from the Early Cretaceous Early Albian of northeastern Alberta Canada Palaeontographica Abteilung A 283 1 3 1 33 doi 10 1127 pala 283 2008 1 ISSN 0375 0442 Druckenmiller Patrick S Russell Anthony P November 2009 Earliest North American occurrence of Polycotylidae Sauropterygia Plesiosauria from the Lower Cretaceous Albian Clearwater Formation Alberta Canada Journal of Paleontology 83 6 981 989 doi 10 1666 09 014 1 ISSN 0022 3360 S2CID 130695434 Druckenmiller Patrick S Maxwell Erin E August 2010 A new Lower Cretaceous lower Albian ichthyosaur genus from the Clearwater Formation Alberta Canada Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 47 8 1037 1053 Bibcode 2010CaJES 47 1037D doi 10 1139 e10 028 ISSN 0008 4077 Roberts Aubrey Jane Druckenmiller Patrick Scott Saetre Glenn Peter Hurum Jorn Harald 2014 08 01 A New Upper Jurassic Ophthalmosaurid Ichthyosaur from the Slottsmoya Member Agardhfjellet Formation of Central Spitsbergen PDF PLOS ONE 9 8 e103152 Bibcode 2014PLoSO 9j3152R doi 10 1371 journal pone 0103152 ISSN 1932 6203 PMC 4118863 PMID 25084533 Maxwell Erin E Druckenmiller Patrick S 2011 05 03 A small ichthyosaur from the Clearwater Formation Alberta Canada and a discussion of the taxonomic utility of the pectoral girdle Palaontologische Zeitschrift 85 4 457 463 doi 10 1007 s12542 011 0106 0 ISSN 0031 0220 S2CID 129633686 Zazula Grant D MacPhee Ross D E Metcalfe Jessica Z Reyes Alberto V Brock Fiona Druckenmiller Patrick S Groves Pamela Harington C Richard Hodgins Gregory W L 2014 12 01 American mastodon extirpation in the Arctic and Subarctic predates human colonization and terminal Pleistocene climate change Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 52 18460 18465 Bibcode 2014PNAS 11118460Z doi 10 1073 pnas 1416072111 ISSN 0027 8424 PMC 4284604 PMID 25453065 Erickson Gregory M Druckenmiller Patrick S December 2011 Longevity and growth rate estimates for a polar dinosaur aPachyrhinosaurus Dinosauria Neoceratopsia specimen from the North Slope of Alaska showing a complete developmental record Historical Biology 23 4 327 334 doi 10 1080 08912963 2010 546856 ISSN 0891 2963 S2CID 129724501 Brown Caleb Marshall Druckenmiller Patrick September 2011 Basal ornithopod Dinosauria Ornithischia teeth from the Prince Creek Formation early Maastrichtian of Alaska Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 48 9 1342 1354 Bibcode 2011CaJES 48 1342B doi 10 1139 e11 017 ISSN 0008 4077 Mori Hirotsugu Druckenmiller Patrick Erickson Gregory 2016 A new Arctic hadrosaurid Dinosauria Hadrosauridae from the Prince Creek Formation lower Maastrichtian of northern Alaska Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 61 doi 10 4202 app 00152 2015 ISSN 0567 7920 Benson Roger B J Druckenmiller Patrick S 2013 04 13 Faunal turnover of marine tetrapods during the Jurassic Cretaceous transition Biological Reviews 89 1 1 23 doi 10 1111 brv 12038 ISSN 1464 7931 PMID 23581455 S2CID 19710180 Patrick Druckenmiller 2008 Polar dinosaurs living the high life in the age of dinosaurs Geophysical Institute University of Alaska Fairbanks ISBN 9780915360314 OCLC 229900468 Best Job Ever Hunting for the Bones of a Loch Ness Like Monster National Geographic Blog blog nationalgeographic org 2016 07 28 Retrieved 2018 12 10 Patrick Druckenmiller Google Scholar Citations scholar google com Retrieved 2018 12 10 New Director Selected for UA Museum of the North www akbizmag com Retrieved 2018 12 10 Grant funds study of the Arctic s Cretaceous creatures UAF news and information 2017 09 27 Retrieved 2018 12 11 a b The Arctic s Edmontosaurus Gets a New Name Science amp Innovation 2015 09 23 Retrieved 2018 12 10 Chinsamy Anusuya Thomas Daniel B Tumarkin Deratzian Allison R Fiorillo Anthony R 2012 02 17 Hadrosaurs Were Perennial Polar Residents The 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