Darla Zelenitsky

Darla Zelenitsky

Positions

Associate Professor

Faculty of Science, Department of Earth, Energy, and Environment

Contact information

Email

dkzeleni@ucalgary.ca

Web presence

Website

Phone number

Office: +1 (403) 220-8016

Location

Office: ES250

Background

Educational Background

PhD Paleontology, University of Calgary, 2004

MSc Paleontology, University of Calgary, 1995

BSc Geology & Related, University of Manitoba, 1991

Awards

  • Faculty of Science Research Award - Early Career, University of Calgary. 2019
  • Best Recent Dinosaur Discoveries- Wired Magazine, 2013
  • Research Acknowledgement -GGC, 2012
  • Compelling Calgarian 2010 & Person to Watch in 2011 - Calgary Herald, 2011
  • Greatest Dinosaur Hits 2011 - Smithsonian (Tracking Dinoaurs), 2011
  • Prominent woman in paleontology - Gallery exhibit, Royal Tyrrell Museum, 2011
  • Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2007
  • Alberta Ingenuity Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2006
  • One of Alberta's 50 most Influential People, Alberta Venture (business magazine). 2005

Publications

  • Dinosaur nesting at high-latitude: Implications from nest material, nest structures, and incubation heat sources. Y. Kobayashi; D. Zelenitsky; F. Therrien; K. Tanaka**. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 202-203. (2017)
  • Histological analysis of the hadrosaur Prosaurolophus maximus and implications for the timing of crest growth, sexual maturity, and body size. . F. Therrien; D. Zelenitsky; E. Drysdale**; G. Erickson. Canadian Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. 1. (2019)
  • Evolution of nesting and reproductive traits in dinosaurs. D. K Zelenitsky; F. Therrien; K. Tanaka. Palaeontological Association . (2018)
  • New juvenile specimens of Gorgosaurus libratus provide insight into the cranial ontogeny of albertosaurine tyrannosaurids. D. Zelenitsky; L. Witmer; F. Therrien; P. Currie; J. Voris**; R. Ridgely. Canadian Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. 1. (2019)
  • Long-term climate and environmental changes did not lead to the extinction of dinosaurs: evidence from the latest Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada. D. Zelenitsky; F. Therrien; D. Brinkman; K. Tanaka; D. Eberth; A. Quinney. Palaeontological Association . (2018)
  • Taxonomic trends in fossil egg remains during the Late Cretaceous of Alberta. F. Therrien; K. Tanaka**; D. K Zelenitsky; J. Voris**. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 219. (2017)
  • Dinosaur eggshell assemblage from the uppermost Campanian-lower Maastrichtian St. Mary River Formation of southern Alberta. J. Voris**; D. K Zelenitsky; F. Therrien; K. Tanaka**. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 210. (2017)
  • Histology reveals timing of crest development in Prosaurolophus maximus (Hadrosauridae: Saurolophinae): Implications for sexual display and maturity. E. Drysdale**; F. Therrien; D. K Zelenitsky; D. Weishampel. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 106. (2017)
  • Fragmentary mandibles of fossil lizards from the Upper Cretaceous Oldman Formation, Devil’s Coulee, southern Alberta, Canada. T. Ikeda; F. Therrien; K. Tanaka; D. Zelenitsky; H. Ota. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 134-135. (2017)
  • Ornithomimid material from the lower Scollard Formation (upper Maastrichtian) of Alberta, Canada, confirms the presence of ornithomimids, including one large-bodied taxon, at the end of the Cretaceous prior to the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. Y. Kobayashi; F. Therrien; R. Nottrodt**; D. K Zelenitsky. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 170. (2017)
  • Ontogenetic variability of diagnostic characters in Prosaurolophus maximus (Hadrosauridae: Saurolophinae): Implications for the recognition of juvenile individuals. D. Zelenitsky; E. Drysdale**; F. Therrien. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 118. (2018)
  • New ornithomimid material from the Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, Canada, reveals the presence of two large-bodied ornithomimosaur taxa during the late Campanian in North America. Y. Kobayashi; D. Zelenitsky; F. Therrien; R. Nottrodt**. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. (2018)
  • A description of two new juvenile specimens of Gorgosaurus libratus (Tyrannosauridae, Albertosaurinae): morphological variation associated with ontogeny. F. Therrien; J. Voris**; D. Zelenitsky; R. Ridgely; L. Witmer. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 235. (2018)
  • The end of an era: faunal, paleoenvironmental, and paleoclimatic changes in the uppermost Campanian-lowermost Paleocene Edmonton Group of Alberta, Canada. . A. Quinney; D. Zelenitsky; K. Tanaka; D. Brinkman; D. Eberth; F. Therrien. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 204. (2017)
  • Estimation of incubation period for extinct non-avian dinosaurs and birds. K. Tanaka**; F. Therrien; D. Zelenitsky. Ornithological Society of Japan. (2017)