Dr David Button
Current positions
Research Associate
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
01/02/2023Multiple pathways to herbivory underpinned deep divergences in ornithischian evolution
Current Biology
Neuroanatomy of the late Cretaceous Thescelosaurus neglectus (Neornithischia: Thescelosauridae) reveals novel ecological specialisations within Dinosauria
Scientific Reports
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