The Chatham Island Dinosaur Locality

In this video we explore the Dinosaur fossil locality at Tutuiri on the north coast of Chatham Island with geologist Hamish Campbell.
Rare dinosaur bones have been found here in rocks that are 63 million years old. That is younger than the mass extinction event that killed off the dinosaurs 66 million years ago!
How can this be? Watch the video to find out!
This video was generously funded by the Chatham Islands Museum chathamislandsmuseum.nz/
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[@sixthsenseamelia4695]

Chatham Islands are on my bucket list. There's so much fabulous geology, I'd need at least a month to visit though!

[@OutThereLearning]

Yep, it's a great place to visit!

[@stefanimal5257]

Fascinating stuff! Thanks.

[@OutThereLearning]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@rossr100]

I've watched all the videos here, fantastic thank you.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for you interest, that is great to know

[@stewatparkpark2933]

The dinosaur bones would have been swept down rivers into the sea and settled into deep marine canyons . There must have been a lot of dinosaur carcasses lying around during the extinction period .

[@gaius_enceladus]

Great video!
Have pterosaur bones also been found on Chatham Island?

[@OutThereLearning]

No, only in Hawke's Bay - one single specimen

[@chrishollis6906]

Great video guys. Worth mentioning that we know the age of these rocks and how deep they were when they were deposited by the rich assemblage of amazingly well-preserved microscopic fossils preserved in the sediments, especially dinoflagellates, diatoms and radiolarians.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for that info @chrishollis6906 !

[@raphlvlogs271]

Chatham Island is actually a part of a large submerged peninsula

[@OutThereLearning]

Yep, very big one!

[@silenttramping]

Thanks for posting.

[@ianh2674]

So fascinating.

[@AutomaticBadger]

Another great video, and yet another geological mystery. Thanks for sharing, I always look forward to your videos.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for your appreciation

[@rosiepack1081]

amazing information! thank you for explaining this little known (to me anyway) part of NZ

[@OutThereLearning]

Cheers!

[@alexn6060]

It was never explained why we only have fragments of dinosaur fossils, rather than full limbs or skeletons here in New Zealand?

[@OutThereLearning]

Good question. Because they are found in marine sediments, where they were washed in by rivers, therefore disarticulated rather than whole

[@alexn6060]

@@OutThereLearning Cool, thanks! Does this mean its possible that more intact examples might exist somewhere else in NZ? Or are there other factors that make this unlikely?

[@OutThereLearning]

@@alexn6060 there are some terrestrial jurassic and cretaceous deposits that could potentially contain more intact dinosaur fossils I think.

[@dodoxasaurus6904]

beautiful stuff to hear some more on the Mesozoic, cause we have sweet fuck all dinosaur fossils.

[@OutThereLearning]

That's one way of putting it lol! Cheers

[@anthonyjackson3907]

Guess , where Mamlambo is going to , next .

[@OutThereLearning]

:-)