Canadaga Canadaga arctica Hou 1999
/kˌænɐdˈɑːɡə/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 83.6–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Environment
marine
Where It Was Found
Country
Canada
Region
Nunavut
Formation
Kanguk
Dig sites
2
distinct collections
Overview
Canadaga arctica is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–66.0 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Its remains come from marine deposits. Fossils have been recovered from Nunavut, Canada. It was named by Hou 1999. The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~8%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Canadaga arctica sits in deep time
Canadaga
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Canadaga arctica's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.