I am interested in vertebrate evolution and palaeontology. My research focuses on the evolution, historical biogeography, and palaeobiology of ornithischian (plant-eating) dinosaurs and their role in Late Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems. Current research aims to clarify the evolutionary relationships and diversity of hadrosaurid and pachycephalosaurid dinosaurs, and to evaluate patterns of dinosaur evolution and biogeography as they relate to environmental changes leading up to the end Cretaceous extinction event.

Recent Publications

1.   Schott, R. K., D. C. Evans, M. B. Goodwin, C. M. Brown, J. R. Horner, and N. R. Longrich. 2011. Cranial ontogeny in Stegoceras validum (Dinosauria: Pachycephalosauria): a quantitative model of pachycephalosaur dome growth and variation. PLoS ONE 6(6): e21092. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0021092

2.   Evans, D. C., C. M. Brown, M. J. Ryan and K. Tsogtbaatar.  2011. Cranial ornamentation and ontogenetic status of Homalocephale calathoceras (Ornithischia: Pachycephalosauria) from the Nemegt Formation, Mongolia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(1): 84-92

3.   Evans, D. C. 2010. Cranial anatomy and ontogeny of Hypacrosaurus altispinus, and a comparative analysis of skull growth in lambeosaurines (Ornithischia: Hadrosauridae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 159: 398–434.

4.   Evans, D. C. R. Ridgely, and L. M. Witmer. 2009. Endocranial anatomy of lambeosaurine hadrosaurids (Dinosauria: Ornithischia): a sensorineural perspective on cranial crest function. The Anatomical Record 292:1315–1337

5.    Evans, D. C. and R. R. Reisz. 2007. Anatomy and relationships of Lambeosaurus magnicristatus, a crested hadrosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Dinosaur Park Formation, Alberta. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology   27(2): 373-393.

6.    Evans, D. C. 2006. Nasal cavity homologies and cranial crest function in lambeosaurine dinosaurs.  Paleobiology 32(1): 109-125.

7.    Folinsbee, K. E., D. C. Evans, J. Fröbisch, L. Tsuji, and D. Brooks. 2006. Quantitative methods in phylogenetics. Pp. 167-215. In Handbook of Palaeoanthropology: Principles, Methods and Approaches. (Tattersall, I. And Henke, W., eds.), Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

8.    Reisz, R. R., D. Scott, H. -D. Sues, D. C. Evans, and M. Raath.  2005. Early Jurassic prosauropod dinosaur embryos and their evolutionary implications. Science 309: 761-764.

9.    Ryan, M. J. and D. C. Evans.  2005. Ornithischian Dinosaurs. Pp. 312-348. In Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed (P. J. Currie and E. B. Koppelhus, eds), Indiana University Press, Bloomington.

10.    Evans,  D. C.  2005.  New evidence on brain?endocranial cavity relationships in ornithischian dinosaurs.  Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50 (3): 617-622.