@DavidEvans_ROM

Dinosaur paleontologist at the Royal Ontario Museum @ROMToronto & Assoc Prof at @UofT. Member of @RSCTheAcademies, Fellow of @RCGS_SGRC. Opinions my own.

 Toronto, Canada
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Joined May 2011
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Tom Dudgeon@Tom_DudgeonOct 13
Absolutely thrilled to share Infernogallus jamesi, a new theropod from the Hell Creek with bizarre features that we argue were specializations for eating fruits. A thread 🧵 [1/15] nature.com/articles/s41467-0…

Fruit-eating adaptations in a Late Cretaceous oviraptorosaur (Theropoda)

Nature Communications - Dinosaurs coexisted with flowering plants, but it’s unclear whether they ate them. The study presents a new small theropod dinosaur with remarkable jaw adaptations for...

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Tom Parker@TomozaurusOct 12
Sketch of the new little guy from Hell Creek, Infernogallus jamesi
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미국 몬태나주 헬크릭층에서 카에나그나투스과의 신종 공룡 인페르노갈루스(Infernogallus) 발견. 이름 뜻은 "지옥 닭". 약 12kg의 성체 표본. CT 분석 결과 턱을 앞뒤로 15mm 미끄러뜨리는 특수 구조를 지녔음이 확인. 절구처럼 과육을 으깨 먹는 공룡으로 추정.
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JH@JHemipteraOct 11
이번에 새로 보고된 헬크릭층의 신종 카이나그나투스과, 인페르노갈루스 (Infernogallus jamesi). 이름의 뜻은 지옥의 닭. 턱의 구조로 보았을 때 그 당시 다양해지기 시작하던 과육이 풍부한 열매들을 주로 먹었을 거라고. 추정 몸무게가 12킬로그램밖에 되지 않지만 다 자란 공룡이다.
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古巣がオビラプトロサウルス類の食性に関する新論文だしたよ！ 果実食性を示唆する妙な頭！
David Evans@DavidEvans_ROMOct 11
At long last, we finally announce the small Hell Creek caenagnathid Infernogallus jamesi, based in part on this gorgeous @romtoronto skeleton w articulated skull—1st for the clade. The strange anatomy suggests a fruit-eating ecology. Read the paper here: nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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At long last, we finally announce the small Hell Creek caenagnathid Infernogallus jamesi, based in part on this gorgeous @romtoronto skeleton w articulated skull—1st for the clade. The strange anatomy suggests a fruit-eating ecology. Read the paper here: nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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The remarkable type specimen is currently on display in the @ROMtoronto #dinosaur gallery, so come see. I started this project a decade ago, but it was led lab alums Greg Funston & @Tom_Dudgeon, and part of a nice collab w Clint Boyd & @df9465, w great art by @MesozoicMuse!
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David Evans retweeted
weisuo尾索@weisuodongwuOct 11
Infernogallus jamesi
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Tom Dudgeon@Tom_DudgeonOct 8
Do you like fossils? 🦖🦕🐊 Do you think we should know more about extinct life? Well you're in luck! The fossil team at @ROMtoronto is running 5k to raise money for our research. Check out our website to see the work we do and donate, any amount helps! romvertpalaeorun.carrd.co/

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Hot off the presses! Infernogallus jamesi, one of the most complete Oviraptorosaur from North America, found in the Hell Creek formation, that shows fruit-eating adaptations nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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Chinzorig@Dino_ChinzorigOct 10
Happy to share this with you! One year ago from today, #Zavacephale was “born” in the Mongolia. Today, its 1-year-old birthday 👏🎉🎊!! Since then, Zavacephale has been travelled around the world to meet dino enthusiasts. #PachycephalosaurAwarenessMonth
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Chinzorig@Dino_ChinzorigOct 10
#FossilFriday Shar Tsav is a dinosaur footprint site located in the Eastern Gobi, Mongolia and is discovered by a Mongolian-Japanese team in July 31 1995. It is preserved in more than ~18,000 footprints and trackways, showing group movement and documented 4-5 species of dinos.
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Denver Fowler Ph.D@df9465Oct 11
2019 I found this lower jaw on the NDGS-led fieldtrip for our "Cretaceous and Beyond" symposium, held at Badlands Dinosaur Museum. It's now the paratype of the new caenagnathid oviraptorosaur (parrot-mimic raptors), called Infernogallus jamesi. /1 #dinosaur #fossilfriday
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Funston, G.F., Dudgeon, T.W., Simon, D.J. et al. Fruit-eating adaptations in a Late Cretaceous oviraptorosaur (Theropoda). Nat Commun (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-7…

Fruit-eating adaptations in a Late Cretaceous oviraptorosaur (Theropoda)

Nature Communications - Dinosaurs coexisted with flowering plants, but it’s unclear whether they ate them. The study presents a new small theropod dinosaur with remarkable jaw adaptations for...

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Steve Brusatte@SteveBrusatteMay 7
You guys!!! Whoa!! Holy crap!! The Story of Birds is a New York Times bestseller! @nytimesbooks No. 10 nonfiction & top science book in the USA during its first week. My god, thank you all! I am the luckiest guy to have such engaged and friendly readers. ☺️☺️
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Just back home from an incredible @CanSVP meeting at the @RoyalTyrrell. With over 160 attendees, it was the biggest & best CSVP yet. Next year, we are hosting in #Toronto @ROMtoronto & @UofT_Palaeo — so stay tuned and come join us!
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Happy #FossilFriday! This is #Einiosaurus procurvicornis, a horned #dinosaur from the #Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation in #Montana. The species name procurvicornis means “forward curving horn,” highlighting the shape of its nasal horn
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Yesterday we held Currie Fest-a special symposium to honour Phil’s 50 years of conducting dinosaur research in Alberta. What an amazing career— thanks Phil for everything you have done for palaeontology, and inspiring so many!
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