Tom Dudgeon
@tom-dudgeon.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist and PhD candidate at the University of Toronto and the Royal Ontario Museum studying biomechanics in the fossil record
NSERC #VanierCanada Scholar 🦖
He/Him
Opinions are my own
NSERC #VanierCanada Scholar 🦖
He/Him
Opinions are my own
I’m thrilled to present the latest work from my PhD!
David Evans and I evaluated feeding mechanics in two hadrosaurids from the Dinosaur Park Fm, and the differences were quite exciting. A thread [1/11]
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
David Evans and I evaluated feeding mechanics in two hadrosaurids from the Dinosaur Park Fm, and the differences were quite exciting. A thread [1/11]
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Disparate feeding mechanics between two hadrosaurid dinosaurs support the potential for resource partitioning | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
The Dinosaur Park Formation (DPF) of western Canada is well known for its diverse fossil assemblage, preserving over a dozen species of large-bodied herbivorous dinosaurs. The high density of large herbivores has raised questions of how these animals were ...
doi.org
October 1, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I’m thrilled to present the latest work from my PhD!
David Evans and I evaluated feeding mechanics in two hadrosaurids from the Dinosaur Park Fm, and the differences were quite exciting. A thread [1/11]
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
David Evans and I evaluated feeding mechanics in two hadrosaurids from the Dinosaur Park Fm, and the differences were quite exciting. A thread [1/11]
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Reposted by Tom Dudgeon
After an incredibly long gestation period, I have a new paper out reviewing all the data and evidence we have on the pterosaurian uropatagium. Full link to the paper is in the blogpost linked below:
archosaurmusings.wordpress.com/2025/09/16/t...
archosaurmusings.wordpress.com/2025/09/16/t...
September 16, 2025 at 6:52 AM
After an incredibly long gestation period, I have a new paper out reviewing all the data and evidence we have on the pterosaurian uropatagium. Full link to the paper is in the blogpost linked below:
archosaurmusings.wordpress.com/2025/09/16/t...
archosaurmusings.wordpress.com/2025/09/16/t...
Reposted by Tom Dudgeon
If you don't have access to Nature, but would like to read our paper on the new specimen of #Spicomellus, you can read it online at this link with no subscription: rdcu.be/eCJK3
Extreme armour in the world’s oldest ankylosaur
Nature - The ankylosaurian dinosaur Spicomellus afer possessed a tail weapon and uniquely elaborate dermal armour.
rdcu.be
August 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
If you don't have access to Nature, but would like to read our paper on the new specimen of #Spicomellus, you can read it online at this link with no subscription: rdcu.be/eCJK3
Ever wonder what dinosaurs might have sounded like? Courtney Brown and Cezary Gajewski developed Dinosaur Choir, a mix of palaeo and music that turns hadrosaurs into instruments. It was a blast to consult, this opens new doors for palaeo reconstructions...
www.fastcompany.com/91291997/din...
www.fastcompany.com/91291997/din...
This wild new instrument brings a dinosaur back to life
A new instrument called the Dinosaur Choir uses CT scans and 3D modeling to recreate actual the sounds of a Corythosaurus.
www.fastcompany.com
March 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Ever wonder what dinosaurs might have sounded like? Courtney Brown and Cezary Gajewski developed Dinosaur Choir, a mix of palaeo and music that turns hadrosaurs into instruments. It was a blast to consult, this opens new doors for palaeo reconstructions...
www.fastcompany.com/91291997/din...
www.fastcompany.com/91291997/din...
Reposted by Tom Dudgeon
A while back we posted a fairly low res. 3D model of a complete skull of the Early Cretaceous therizinosaurus Beipaiosaurus from Liaoning with proto-feathers. sketchfab.com/3d-models/be... Fun to play with. I'm curious if it is printable. @paleontologizing.bsky.social @utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social
December 11, 2024 at 12:29 AM
A while back we posted a fairly low res. 3D model of a complete skull of the Early Cretaceous therizinosaurus Beipaiosaurus from Liaoning with proto-feathers. sketchfab.com/3d-models/be... Fun to play with. I'm curious if it is printable. @paleontologizing.bsky.social @utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social
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Oh groovy, our paper on the hindlimb biomechanics of the Triassic dinosauriform Lagosuchus is out! A quick thread for now. We uCT-scanned most of the existing skeletal material for this important outgroup to Dinosauria. We sorted through the elements and chose the best ones to make a 3D model from.
December 4, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Oh groovy, our paper on the hindlimb biomechanics of the Triassic dinosauriform Lagosuchus is out! A quick thread for now. We uCT-scanned most of the existing skeletal material for this important outgroup to Dinosauria. We sorted through the elements and chose the best ones to make a 3D model from.
Reposted by Tom Dudgeon
New paper! For all of you working with 3d scans (e.g. micro-CT, MRI), check out SPROUT, a rapid open-source tool for generating segmented and parcellated data, meaning your scans are separated into the individual elements without any manual labelling or training. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 24, 2024 at 1:09 PM
New paper! For all of you working with 3d scans (e.g. micro-CT, MRI), check out SPROUT, a rapid open-source tool for generating segmented and parcellated data, meaning your scans are separated into the individual elements without any manual labelling or training. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Glad to see our latest work on hadrosaur teeth is out today!
Gill Gallimore, David Evans, and I did a deep dive into whether hadrosaur teeth are as useful as they seem in phylogenetics. A thread [1/14]
dx.doi.org/10.1080/1477...
Gill Gallimore, David Evans, and I did a deep dive into whether hadrosaur teeth are as useful as they seem in phylogenetics. A thread [1/14]
dx.doi.org/10.1080/1477...
Individual, ontogenetic, and phylogenetic variation in the dentition of hadrosaurids (Iguanodontia: Ornithischia)
Phylogenetic analyses of Hadrosauroidea are generally well-resolved, but finer resolution within Hadrosauromorpha remains contentious. This lack of resolution is due in part to the inability of dis...
dx.doi.org
November 25, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Glad to see our latest work on hadrosaur teeth is out today!
Gill Gallimore, David Evans, and I did a deep dive into whether hadrosaur teeth are as useful as they seem in phylogenetics. A thread [1/14]
dx.doi.org/10.1080/1477...
Gill Gallimore, David Evans, and I did a deep dive into whether hadrosaur teeth are as useful as they seem in phylogenetics. A thread [1/14]
dx.doi.org/10.1080/1477...