{"id":11,"date":"2015-10-18T23:35:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-18T23:35:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2022-04-12T11:01:35","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T18:01:35","slug":"clive-coy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/currie\/members\/clive-coy\/","title":{"rendered":"Clive Coy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CHIEF TECHNICIAN, DINOSAUR PALAEOBIOLOGY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-146\" src=\"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/currie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2015\/10\/CliveCoyDinoLab.jpg\" alt=\"CliveCoyDinoLab\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" \/>Clive is the senior technician in the University of Alberta Laboratory for Vertebrate Palaeontology. He has collected and prepared a wide variety of vertebrate fossils for research and exhibition for over 30 years. Clive enjoys the \u2018dirty-hands\u2019 aspect of his work, as well as the exchange of ideas with scientists and students from around the world. He supervises two specimen preparation laboratories that comprise the <a href=\"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/dino-lab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Dino Lab<\/strong><\/a>, which is part of Dr. Phil Currie\u2019s Dinosaur palaeobiology programme.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><a href=\"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/currie\/fieldwork\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-862\" src=\"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2022\/03\/Field-Crew-100-ring.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" \/><\/a>Clive discovered a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ualberta.ca\/folio\/2019\/10\/dinosaur-discovery-sheds-new-light-on-how-raptors-evolved.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>nearly complete skeleton<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0of the dromaeosaurid <em>Saurornitholestes langstoni<\/em> in Dinosaur Provincial Park in 2014, which he also masterfully prepared (the description of its skull was <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/ar.24241\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>published in 2020<\/strong><\/a>). The specimen became a fitting lab mascot for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/currie\/fieldwork\/\">fieldwork<\/a><\/strong> in 2021 celebrating the centennial of University of Alberta vertebrate palaeontology field expeditions. Read more about his role in the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ualberta.ca\/museums\/about\/hall-of-fame\/clive-coy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a><\/strong> associated with his 2015 induction into the University of Alberta Museums Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph\" style=\"margin-left: 36.0pt;text-indent: -36.0pt\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">2017:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"> Dinosaures Les Geants Du Vignoble. Angeac-Charente, France.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph\" style=\"margin-left: 36.0pt;text-indent: -36.0pt\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">2017:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"> Desert, Steppes and Dinosaurs. University of Alberta Alumni. Mongolia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph\" style=\"margin-left: 36.0pt;text-indent: -36.0pt\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">2016\u20132017:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"> The Dinosaur Exhibition 2016. National Museum of Science and Nature. Tokyo, Japan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph\" style=\"margin-left: 36.0pt;text-indent: -36.0pt\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">2014\u20132015:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"> Discovering Dinosaurs. Exhibition. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph\" style=\"margin-left: 36.0pt;text-indent: -36.0pt\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">2014:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"> Dino Stars. Exhibition. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph\" style=\"margin-left: 36.0pt;text-indent: -36.0pt\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">2014:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"> Dinosaurs of the Red Deer River. Explorers Club Expedition, Alberta, Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph\" style=\"margin-left: 36.0pt;text-indent: -36.0pt\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">2010:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"> Canada-Argentina Dinosaur Project. Las Lajas, Patagonia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph\" style=\"margin-left: 36.0pt;text-indent: -36.0pt\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">2009:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"> Korea International Dinosaur Project. Hwaseong, Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph\" style=\"margin-left: 36.0pt;text-indent: -36.0pt\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">2001\u20132008:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"> Canada-Mongolia Project Ulaanbaator, Mongolia (10 trips).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph\" style=\"margin-left: 36.0pt;text-indent: -36.0pt\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">2006:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"> Svalbard Marine Reptiles. Museum of Geology, Oslo, Norway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph\" style=\"margin-left: 36.0pt;text-indent: -36.0pt\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">1998:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"> Japan-Mongolia Palaeontological Expedition. [Hayashibara] Gobi, Mongolia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph\" style=\"margin-left: 36.0pt;text-indent: -36.0pt\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">1996:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"> Dinosaur Daze. Vernon, British Columbia, Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph\" style=\"margin-left: 36.0pt;text-indent: -36.0pt\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">1996:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"> Kong-Long: Dinosaurs from the Gobi. Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph\" style=\"margin-left: 36.0pt;text-indent: -36.0pt\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">1993:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"> The Dinosaur Project. An International Exhibit. Ex-Terra Foundation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph\" style=\"margin-left: 36.0pt;text-indent: -36.0pt\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">1990:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"> Hitachi Dinoventure. Tokyo, Japan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph\" style=\"margin-left: 36.0pt;text-indent: -36.0pt\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">1986:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"> Field Station of the Royal Tyrrell Museum. Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph\" style=\"margin-left: 36.0pt;text-indent: -36.0pt\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">1982\u20131985:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"> Building exhibits prior to public opening. Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph\" style=\"margin-left: 36.0pt;text-indent: -36.0pt\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">1980:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"> Discovering Dinosaurs. Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>LAB-RELATED PUBLICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Currie, P.J., Holmes, R.B., Ryan, M.J., and <strong>Coy, C.<\/strong> 2016. A juvenile chasmosaurine ceratopsid (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Dinosaur Park Formation, Alberta, Canada.\u00a0<em>Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology<\/em>\u00a036(2): e1048348. DOI:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/02724634.2015.1048348\">10.1080\/02724634.2015.1048348<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-281\" src=\"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/11\/JVP_362_cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Burns, M.E., <strong>Coy, C.<\/strong>, Arbour, V.M., Currie, P.J., and Koppelhus, E.B. 2014. The Danek <em>Edmontosaurus<\/em> Bonebed: new insights on the systematics, biogeography, and palaeoecology of Late Cretaceous dinosaur communities. <em>Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences<\/em> 51: v\u2013vii. DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/cdnsciencepub.com\/doi\/full\/10.1139\/cjes-2014-0217\">10.1139\/cjes-2014-0217<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Currie, P.J. and <strong>Coy, C.<\/strong> 2008. The first serrated bird tooth. In Sankey, J.T. and Baszio, S. (editors), <em>Vertebrate microfossil assemblages, their role in paleoecology and paleobiogeography <\/em>(pp. 159\u2013165). Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coy, C.<\/strong> 1995. The first record of spiral coprolites from the Dinosaur Park Formation (Judith River Group, Upper Cretaceous) southern Alberta, Canada. <em>Journal of Paleontology<\/em> 69(6): 1191\u20131194. Available from: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/1306427\">https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/1306427<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">CONTACT &amp; OTHER LINKS<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">U of A Directory: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.ualberta.ca\/directory\/person\/ccoy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">apps.ualberta.ca\/directory\/person\/ccoy<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>CW-004 Biological Sciences Building<br \/>\nUniversity of Alberta<br \/>\nEdmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E9<br \/>\nPhone: 780-492-9366<br \/>\nFax: 780-492-9234<br \/>\nEmail: <strong><a href=\"mailto:ccoy@ualberta.ca\">ccoy@ualberta.ca<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/learn\/dino101\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-766\" src=\"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2022\/01\/DINO_101.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"57\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/dino-lab\/schedule-and-supervisors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-285\" src=\"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/11\/Dino-Lab-badge.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"57\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/currie\/fieldwork\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-786\" src=\"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2022\/02\/Field-Crew-badge.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"57\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/currie\/teaching\/#PALEO-400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-832\" src=\"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2022\/03\/Field-School-badge.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"57\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHIEF TECHNICIAN, DINOSAUR PALAEOBIOLOGY Clive is the senior technician in the University of Alberta Laboratory for Vertebrate Palaeontology. He has collected and prepared a wide variety of vertebrate fossils for research and exhibition for over 30 years. Clive enjoys the \u2018dirty-hands\u2019 aspect of his work, as well as the exchange of ideas with scientists and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":8,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/currie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/currie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/currie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/currie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/currie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/currie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":872,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/currie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/872"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/currie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/currie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}