David Evans
@DavidEvans_ROM
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Dinosaur paleontologist at the Royal Ontario Museum @ROMToronto & Assoc Prof at @UofT. Member of @RSCTheAcademies, Fellow of @RCGS_SGRC. Opinions my own.
Toronto, Canada
Joined May 2011
Complete hadrosauroid (?Jinzhousaurus) including soft tissue,Bird Fossils National Geopark, Chaoyang #fossilfriday #ornithischia #iguanodontia
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Curator of Plants and Sustainability, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada. Please pass the word and amplify! https://t.co/DDOzGIBZhD
royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com
Apply to Curator of Plants & Sustainability at Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Curator of Birds position, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada. Please pass the word and amplify! https://t.co/BGOCSuO8Fc
royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com
Apply to Curator of Birds at Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Nanotyrannus is real. For years I’ve considered many mid-sized gracile tyrannosaurs to be juvenile T. rex. But I was wrong. This stunning new skeleton of a mature long-armed small tyrannosaur is clearly a different species. Isn’t science fun?! https://t.co/EUWFzZyos6
theguardian.com
Analysis of Montana fossils shows the battling predator was a fully grown Nanotyrannus, not a young T rex
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As a scientist in the dinosaur ontogeny game for over 20yrs, I can say that most of my colleagues were skeptical of Nanotyrannus. Now the most outspoken critics buy it. Thrilled to see this incredible work out. Huge congrats to @ExpeditionLive & @JGN_Paleo
https://t.co/czR1zOtZNk
nationalgeographic.com
After decades of fierce debate, researchers say fossils once thought to be juvenile T. rex actually belong to a separate, sleeker species of tyrannosaur.
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The @ATGUSAMade Buddy Sled is a specific solution I kneeded for a school I’ve been helping. For my own workouts, I use the resisted treadmill - and all my shoes and equipment are on sale for the holidays! This video also covers the history of sled dragging:
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If it weren't for Lindsay's hard work, grit, and determination, the Dueling Dinosaurs may never have made it to a museum collection. Our field owes her, and everyone who worked with her to bring these specimens into the public trust, a debt of gratitude.
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It's real. And it's spectacular. Sometimes, one fossil really can change everything you think you know. NEW PAPER (see bottom of thread) AND 🧵
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Whew. A little thing happened today. Honored to have done this work with the outstanding @JGN_Paleo. I was a skeptic when I stepped into this, but no denying it #Nanotyrannus is valid. @JGN_Paleo and I left no stone unturned. And by the way, there are juvi T. rex, stay tuned...
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New insights into early therizinosaur evolution! Newly described cranial bones of Falcarius utahensis—the oldest known therizinosaur—reveal key transitions in skull form and feeding anatomy. Freimuth & Zanno: https://t.co/hYl3yE9CDI
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Lots has been published on fossil from the site. Check out the special CJES volume here:
eurekalert.org
An exciting new special issue of the Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences shines the spotlight on the Danek Bonebed in Edmonton, Alberta and increases our knowledge of Edmonton's urban dinosaurs,...
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Fun day out with Phil Currie— he took me out to see the Danek Edmontosaurus Bonebed. This highly productive site is within the city of Edmonton & is the location of the University of Alberta’s undergrad palaeo field school.
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New dates for a long-debated New Mexico fossil site reveal that dinosaurs were thriving and regionally diverse until the end-Cretaceous asteroid strike 66 million years ago, according to a new study in Science. https://t.co/XMl7UqpXHa
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荒ぶる頭突き ― パキケファロサウルス Rowdy Pachys 頭ごつんのパキをずっと描きたかったので叶って満足!✨ Inktober DAY 24「Rowdy/ 乱暴者」 #Inktober2025 #恐竜
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Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi to open in November 2025 at Saadiyat Cultural District via @admediaoffice—
mediaoffice.abudhabi
The Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi will open to the public on 22 November 2025 in Saadiyat…
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"Perhaps the most accomplished vertebrate paleontologist of his generation." This one by Jim Clark, who knew Mark from childhood. It's lovely.
tandfonline.com
Published in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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Happy #FossilFriday! The horned #dinosaurs #Stellasaurus (#MOR492), #Einiosaurus (#MOR456_8-9-6-1), & #Achelousaurus (#MOR485) are closely related but found in different layers of the #Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation in #Montana. They may be members of an evolutionary lineage.
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Which bulb produces more near-infrared (NIR) light? Here we have an IR-SENSE photo comparing different light bulbs being operated at the same power. All appear as "warm white" color to the eye but the difference in the amount of invisible NIR light present is
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New findings offer insights into Wyoming’s “dinosaur mummies,” revealing that the stunningly preserved skin, spikes, and hooves of duck-billed dinosaurs are not fossilized flesh at all, but delicate clay molds formed by microbes as the creatures decayed, researchers report in
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This week’s #VirtualFossilFriday features a 2025 Fieldwork Update with: 🔸 Lee Hall – Paleontology Lab and Field Manager 🔸 Dr. John Scannella – John R. Horner Curator of Paleontology 🗓️ Fri, Oct 24 | 9–10 a.m. MST 💻 Zoom: https://t.co/r1ptpPSJuc
#Fieldwork #MuseumOfTheRockies
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New paper out today in @ScienceMagazine dating the Naashoibito Member (New Mexico) to 66.4–66.0 Ma, coeval with the Hell Creek, with important remarks on pre-extinction dinosaur diversity in North America. Artwork by @WryCritic🦖🦕☄ 🔗 https://t.co/Ux7nNkrXi5
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These were the dinosaurs that faced the asteroid. Some of the last survivors. They lived in New Mexico, 66 million years ago. Among them was Alamosaurus, the size of a jetplane. We unveiled them, and their true age, today in a new paper in @ScienceMagazine!
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eBioMedicine (part of “The Lancet Discovery Science”) published results from Intensity Therapeutics' Phase 1/2 IT-01 study of INT230-6 in metastatic or refractory cancers, showing a 75% disease control rate & 11.9-month median overall survival. Nasdaq: INTS
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