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By gfunston Posted on January 25, 2021March 9, 2021

Baby tyrannosaurs

Hatchling tyrannosaurs would have been among the largest animals ever to hatch from an egg. They also would have looked a lot like their parents

Categories: Fieldwork, Palaeontology, ResearchTags: baby, dinosaur, egg, embryo, fossil, Palaeontology, paleontology, science, t rex, tyrannosaur, tyrannosaurus rex
By gfunston Posted on October 7, 2020September 30, 2020

Say hello to Oksoko!

I’m very pleased to announce that a major part of my PhD thesis was just published! The paper is Open Access, so you can read it here: Royal Society Open … Continue reading Say hello to Oksoko!

Categories: Palaeontology, Research
By gfunston Posted on July 27, 2020March 9, 2021

The Caenagnathids of Dinosaur Park

A major portion of my doctoral thesis was centred around untangling a taxonomic mess: how many species of caenagnathids are present in the Dinosaur Park Formation, and which specimens belong … Continue reading The Caenagnathids of Dinosaur Park

Categories: Palaeontology, ResearchTags: Research
By gfunston Posted on December 11, 2019March 9, 2021

A new avimimid flock

In 2016 I led a study that described the first oviraptorosaur bonebed, from the Nemegt locality in Western Mongolia. We described an assemblage of as many as 22 individuals of … Continue reading A new avimimid flock

Categories: Fieldwork, Palaeontology, Research
By gfunston Posted on November 2, 2018March 9, 2021

Lone Spruce Trackway

It’s been a while since I posted anything, because I’ve been busy since returning from Mongolia. Short video to get you started: As part of our fieldwork in the Horseshoe … Continue reading Lone Spruce Trackway

Categories: Fieldwork, Palaeontology, Research
By gfunston Posted on October 12, 2018March 9, 2021

Introducing…

Conchoraptor! For those of you who have followed my Mongolia Monday posts, you’ve probably noticed that I’ve been secretive about one of the specimens I’ve been preparing. Today, I finally … Continue reading Introducing…

Categories: Fieldwork, Palaeontology, Research
By gfunston Posted on September 24, 2018March 9, 2021

Mongolia Monday Travel Log 5

This week’s post is all about my research in the lab. While it may not have the exciting drone footage that you get in the field, this is where our … Continue reading Mongolia Monday Travel Log 5

Categories: Palaeontology, Research
By gfunston Posted on September 17, 2018March 9, 2021

Mongolia Monday Travel Log 4

Back again for another week of Mongolia Monday! This will be the last week that I’ll cover my Gobi fieldwork from this summer, but if you want to hear about … Continue reading Mongolia Monday Travel Log 4

Categories: Fieldwork, Palaeontology, Photography
By gfunston Posted on September 10, 2018March 9, 2021

Mongolia Monday Travel Log 3

That week seemed to fly by, but looking back, it was really productive. I was able to get a lot of work done in the lab, and saw some fantastic … Continue reading Mongolia Monday Travel Log 3

Categories: Fieldwork, Palaeontology, Photography, Research
By gfunston Posted on September 3, 2018March 9, 2021

Mongolia Monday Travel Log 2

After two fantastic weeks in the Gobi, I’m finally back in UB. I just moved into an apartment north of Sukhbaatar Square, and it’s settling in that I’ll be here … Continue reading Mongolia Monday Travel Log 2

Categories: Fieldwork, Palaeontology, Photography, Research
By gfunston Posted on August 12, 2018March 9, 2021

Mongolia Monday Travel Log 1

I’m travelling in Mongolia for eight weeks to do fieldwork and research. Each week I’ll post an update of what I’ve been up to. Note: I’ll be in the field for … Continue reading Mongolia Monday Travel Log 1

Categories: Fieldwork, Palaeontology, Research
By gfunston Posted on February 23, 2018March 9, 2021

These hips did lie…

Every now and again, scientists make mistakes. Some of these are, as Bob Ross would call them, happy little mistakes, that end up being incredible scientific leaps (think Penicillin). In … Continue reading These hips did lie…

Categories: Palaeontology, Research

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Happy #FossilFriday! Tomorrow, March 27th, I’ll be presenting some of my latest research on #baby #tyrannosaurs from #Alberta and #Montana! The talk will tell the story of how we discovered these tiny bones and worked out their identities, and I’ll give you a peek into some of the future #research we hope to do with these amazing #fossils
With our favourite restaurants (@abbey_bar_edinburgh) closed for #lockdown, @britpro and I have had to cook for ourselves lately. Fortunately we’ve been able to get great fresh, local seafood from @eddiesedinburgh, top-quality cuts from @amathiesonbutcher, and when we’re following the amazing recipes from @tom_kitchin we can’t go wrong! Cooking is one of the few things we can look forward to!
Incredibly excited to share our new paper on #baby #tyrannosaurs, out now at the Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences! These #fossils show that baby tyrannosaurs were among the biggest creatures to ever hatch from an egg, and that they looked just like their parents!
#fossilfriday: the third episode of Palaeontologist’s Perspective is out! This episode will take you inside dinosaur bones to show you how we learn about dinosaur growth and physiology! Link to the full video in my bio.
As someone who read a lot of @NatGeo as a kid, I’m incredibly proud and humbled to have my work featured on their website. A great story by @laelaps and some great #paleoart by Julius Csotonyi (@JCsotonyi on Twitter) and Natalia Jagielska (@palaeo_natalia / @WryCritic on Twitter).
Meet Oksoko avarsan! Science lost one two-fingered dinosaur today (Stan the T.rex), but gained another! The paper is out now at Royal Society Open Science!

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