Below you can find a list of my published scientific articles (current as of July 7, 2025). *indicates corresponding authorship, †indicates supervised students
41. Wosik, M. and Funston, G. F. 2025. From fossil to microscope: Unraveling the tapestry of tissue anatomy through paleohistology. Journal of Anatomy https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.70019
40. Funston, G.F.*, Kynigopoulou, Z., Williamson, T.E., Brusatte, S.L. In Press. Palaeohistology and life history of the early Palaeocene taeniodont Conoryctes comma (Mammalia: Eutheria). Journal of Anatomy manuscript number JANAT-2024-0304. [Accepted Jun 8, 2025].
39. Mead, A.†, Funston, G.F., Brusatte, S.L. 2025. Forelimb reduction and digit loss were evolutionarily decoupled in oviraptorosaurian theropods. Royal Society Open Science 12(3): 242114 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.242114
38. Jagielska, N., O’Sullivan, M., Butler, I.B., Challands, T., Funston, G. F., Ross, D., Penny, A., Brusatte, S.L. 2025. Osteology and functional morphology of Dearc sgiathanach (Pterosauria) from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) of Scotland. BMC Ecology & Evolution 25: 9 (25 pp.) https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-024-02337-9
37. Panciroli, E., Benson, R., Butler, R., Crawford, B., Fair, M., Fraser, N., Funston, G. F., Maidment, S., Walsh, S. In Press. The first and most complete dinosaur skeleton from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, First View, pp. 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755691024000148
36. Fanti, F., Cantelli, L., Currie, P.J., Funston, G.F., et al. 2024. UAV high-resolution images of the Gobi Desert provide new insights into the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. Cretaceous Research https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2024.105916
35. Sharpe, H.†, Powers, M.J., Dyer, A.D., Rhodes, M.M., McIntosh, A.P., Garros, C.W., Currie, P.J., Funston, G.F.* 2024. Craniomandibular anatomy of a juvenile skeleton of Edmontosaurus regalis Lambe, 1917 clarifies issues in ontogeny and biogeography. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e2326644 [Altmetric: 30; Cover article]
34. Whitebone, S.A.†, Funston, G.F.*, Currie, P.J. 2024. An unusual microsite from the Upper Cretaceous Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta, Canada. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e2316668 https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2024.2316668 [Altmetric: 8]
33. Funston, G.F.*, Williamson, T.E., Brusatte, S.L. 2024. A caenagnathid tibia (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria) from the upper Campanian Kirtland Formation of New Mexico. Cretaceous Research 158: 105856. [Altmetric: 22]
32. Funston, G. F.* 2024. Osteology of the two-fingered oviraptorid Oksoko avarsan (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society: https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae011 [Altmetric: 64]
31. Powers, M. J.†, Rhodes, M. M., Dyer, A. D., Mendonca, S. E., Wilkinson, R., Naylor Hudgins, M., Pruden, M. J., Currie, P. J., Funston, G. F. 2024. The first hadrosaurid trackway from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Campanian/Maastrichtian) of Alberta, Canada. Ichnos DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10420940.2024.2397969 [Altmetric: 32]
30. Atkins-Weltman, K.L., Simon, J.D., Woodward, H.N., Funston, G.F., Snively, E.R. 2024. A new oviraptorosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the end-Maastrichtian Hell Creek Formation of North America. PLoS ONE 19(1): e0294901. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0294901 [Altmetric: 976]
29. Tanaka, K., Zelenitsky, D.K., Therrien, F., Lee, Y.-N., Kubota, K., Kobayashi, Y., Funston, G.F., and Tsogtbaatar, K. 2023. Description and review of non-avian dinosaur eggs from Cretaceous deposits of the Mongolian Gobi Desert. In: Lee, Y.-N. ed. Windows into Sauropsid and Synapsid Evolution: Essays in Honor of Louis L. Jacobs. Dinosaur Science Center Press: South Korea. Pp. 176-210.
28. Funston, G. F.*, dePolo, P., Sliwinski, J., Dumont, M., Shelley, S., Pichevin, L., Cayzer, N., Wible, J., Williamson, T., Rae, J., and Brusatte, S. 2022. The origin of placental mammal life histories. Nature 610: 107–111. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05150-w [Altmetric: 561]
27. Jagielska, N., O’Sullivan, M., Funston, G. F., Butler, I., Challands, T., Clark, N., Fraser, N., Penny, A., Ross, D., Wilkinson, M., and Brusatte, S. 2022. A skeleton from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland illuminates an earlier origin of large pterosaurs. Current Biology 32: 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.01.073 [Altmetric: 1369; Cover article]
26. Yun, C-G., Funston, G. F. 2021. A caenagnathid oviraptorosaur metatarsal from the Mesaverde Formation (Campanian) of Wyoming, USA. Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology 9: 105–115.https://doi.org/10.18435/vamp29376
25. Funston, G. F.*, Currie, P. J., Chinzorig, Ts., Tsogtbaatar, Kh. 2021. A partial oviraptorosaur skeleton suggests low diversity in the Late Cretaceous Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. PLoS ONE 16(7): e0254564. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254564 [Altmetric:
24. Funston, G. F.* Powers, M. J., Whitebone, S. A., Brusatte, S. L., Scannella, J. B., Horner, J. R., and Currie, P. J. 2021. Baby tyrannosaurid bones and teeth from the Late Cretaceous of western North America. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 58 (9): 756–777. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2020-0169 [Altmetric: 231]
23. Funston, G. F.*, Tsogtbaatar, Ch., Khishigjav, Ts., Kobayashi, Y., Sullivan, C., and Currie, P. J. 2020. A new two-fingered dinosaur sheds light on the radiation of Oviraptorosauria. Royal Society Open Science 7: 201184. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.201184 [Altmetric: 1640]
22. Panciroli, E., Funston, G. F., Holwerda, F., Maidment, S. C. R., Foffa, D., Larkin, N., Challands, T., dePolo, P. E., Goldberg, D., Humpage, M., Ross, D., Wilkinson, M., Brusatte, S. L. 2020. First dinosaur from the Isle of Eigg (Valtos Sandstone Formation, Middle Jurassic) Scotland. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: 1–16. . https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755691020000080 [Altmetric: 60]
21. Funston, G. F.* 2020. Caenagnathids of the Dinosaur Park Formation (Campanian) of Alberta, Canada: anatomy, osteohistology, taxonomy, and evolution. Vertebrate Anatomy Palaeontology Morphology 8: 105–153. https://doi.org/10.18435/vamp29362 [Metrics: N/A]
20. Mohr, S. R., Acorn, J., Currie, P. J., and Funston, G. F. 2020. An ornithurine bird coracoid from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences [Published online 25 June 2020]. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2019-0202 [Altmetric: 4]
19. Rhodes, M. M., Funston, G. F., Currie, P. J. 2020. New material reveals the pelvic myology of Caenagnathidae (Theropoda, Oviraptorosauria). Cretaceous Research 114: 104251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104521
18. Funston, G. F.*, Currie, P. J. 2020. New material of Chirostenotes pergracilis (Theropoda, Oviraptorosauria) from the Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, Canada. Historical Biology https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2020.1726908. [Altmetric: 62]
17. Funston, G. F.*, Currie, P. J., Ryan, M. J., and Dong, Z.-M. 2019. Birdlike growth and mixed-age flocks in avimimids (Theropoda, Oviraptorosauria). Scientific Reports 9: 18816. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55038-5 [Altmetric: 33]
16. Funston, G. F.*, Wilkinson, R. D.†, Simon, D.J., LeBlanc, A. H., Wosik, M., and Currie, P. J. 2019. Histology of caenagnathid (Theropoda, Oviraptorosauria) dentaries and implications for development, ontogenetic edentulism, and taxonomy. The Anatomical Record. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.24205 [Altmetric: 17]
15. Funston, G. F.*, and Currie, P. J. 2018. A small caenagnathid tibia from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Maastrichtian): implications for growth and lifestyle in oviraptorosaurs. Cretaceous Research 92: 220–230. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2018.08.020
14. Funston, G. F.*, and Currie, P. J. 2018. The first record of eggshell from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Maastrichtian) of Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 55: 436–441. DOI: https://.doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2017-0273 [Altmetric: 28]
13. Funston, G. F.*, Mendonca, S. E., Currie, P. J., Barsbold, R. 2018. Oviraptorosaur anatomy, diversity, and ecology in the Nemegt Basin. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 494: 101–120. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.10.023
12. Funston, G. F.*, Mendonca, S. E., Currie, P. J., Barsbold, R. 2018. A dinosaur community composition dataset for the Late Cretaceous Nemegt Basin of Mongolia. Data in Brief 16: 660–666. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2017.11.086
11. Funston, G. F.*, Martin-Silverstone, E. G., and Currie, P. J. 2018. Correction: The first pterosaur pelvic material from the Dinosaur Park Formation (Campanian) and implications for azhdarchid locomotion. FACETS 3: 192–194. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2018-0006 [Altmetric: 21]
10. Funston, G. F.*, Martin-Silverstone, E. G., and Currie, P. J. 2017. The first pterosaur pelvic material from the Dinosaur Park Formation (Campanian) and implications for azhdarchid locomotion. FACETS 2: 559–574. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2016-0067 [Altmetric: 122]
9. Funston, G. F.*, Currie, P. J., Eberth, D. A., Ryan, M. J., Tsogtbaatar, Ch., Badamgarav, D., Longrich, N. R. 2016. The first oviraptorosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) bonebed: evidence of gregarious behaviour in a maniraptoran theropod. Scientific Reports 6: 35782. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep35782 [Altmetric: 243]
8. Funston, G.F.* and Currie, P.J. 2016. A new caenagnathid (Dinosauria: Oviraptorosauria) from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta, Canada, and a reevaluation of the relationships of Caenagnathidae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1160910: 1-18 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2016.1160910 [Altmetric: 98; Cover article]
7. Simoes, T. R., Funston, G. F., Vafaien, B., Nydam, R. L., Caldwell, M. W., and Doschak, M. R. 2016. Reacquisiton of the lower temporal bar in sexually dimorphic lizards provides a rare case of convergent evolution. Scientific Reports 6: 24087. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep24087 [Altmetric: 19]
6. Funston, G.F.*, Currie, P.J., and Burns, M.E. 2016. New elmisaur specimens from Alberta, Canada, and their relationship to the Mongolian Elmisaurus rarus. Acta Paleontologica Polonica 61(1): 159-173. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.00129.2014
5. Currie, P.J., Funston, G.F., and Osmólska, H. 2016. New specimens of Elmisaurus rarus from Mongolia Acta Paleontologica Polonica 61(1): 143–157. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.00130.2014
4. Funston, G.F.*, Persons, W.S., Bradley, G.J., and Currie, P.J. 2015. New material of the large-bodied caenagnathid Caenagnathus collinsi from the Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, Canada. Cretaceous Research 54: 179–187. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2014.12.002
3. Persons, W.S., Funston, G.F., Currie, P.J., and Norell, M.A. 2015. A possible instance of sexual dimorphism in the tails of two oviraptorosaurs. Scientific Reports 5: 9472 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep09472 [Altmetric: 155]
2. Torices, A., Funston, G.F., Kraichy, S., and Currie, P.J. 2014. The first appearance of Troodon in the Upper Cretaceous site of Danek Bonebed, and a reevaluation of troodontid quantitative tooth morphotypes. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 51: 1039–1044. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2014-0071 [Altmetric: 2]
1. Funston, G.F.*, and Currie, P.J. 2014. A previously undescribed caenagnathid mandible from the late Campanian of Alberta, and insights into the diet of Chirostenotes pergracilis (Dinosauria: Oviraptorosauria). Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 51: 156–165. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2013-0186 [Altmetric: 13]
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