Dr David Button
Current positions
Lecturer in Palaeobiology
School of Earth Sciences
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Research interests
- Dinosaur palaeobiology and evolution
- The evolution of feeding ecology (especially herbivory)
- Vertebrate biomechanics
- Faunal responses to mass extinction events
Publications
Recent publications
06/02/2023Multiple pathways to herbivory underpinned deep divergences in ornithischian evolution
Current Biology
Cranial functional morphology of the pseudosuchian Effigia and implications for its ecological role in the Triassic
Anatomical Record
OSTEOLOGY AND RELATIONSHIPS OF CUMNORIA PRESTWICHII (ORNITHISCHIA: ORNITHOPODA) FROM THE LATE JURASSIC OF OXFORDSHIRE, UK
Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society
Repeated Evolution of Divergent Modes of Herbivory in Non-avian Dinosaurs
Current Biology
Digital dissection of the head of the rock dove (Columba livia) using contrast-enhanced computed tomography
Zoological Letters