Publications:  Dr David Hone

Hone D, Mallon JC, Hennessey P, Witmer LM(2020). Ontogeny of a sexually selected structure in an extant archosaur Gavialis gangeticus (Pseudosuchia: Crocodylia) with implications for sexual dimorphism in dinosaurs. PeerJ vol. 8, e9134-e9134.

Martin-Silverstone E, Habib MB, Hone DWE(2020). Volant Fossil Vertebrates: Potential for Bioinspired Flight Technology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution vol. 35, (7) 618-629.

Hone DWE, Fitch AJ, Ma F, Xu X(2020). An unusual new genus of istiodactylid pterosaur from China based on a near complete specimen. Palaeontologia Electronica vol. 23, (1)

Elgin R, Hone D(2020). A review of two large Jurassic pterodactyloid specimens from the Solnhofen of southern Germany. Palaeontologia Electronica

Hone DWE, Habib MB, Therrien F(2019). Cryodrakon boreas, gen. et sp. nov., a Late Cretaceous Canadian azhdarchid pterosaur. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Article ARTN e1649681,

Hone DWE, Holtz TR(2019). Comment on: Aquatic adaptation in the skull of carnivorous dinosaurs (Theropoda: Spinosauridae) and the evolution of aquatic habits in spinosaurids. 93: 275–284. Cretaceous Research

McNamara ME, Zhang F, Kearns SL, Orr PJ, Toulouse A, Foley T, Hone DWE, Rogers CS et al.(2018). Fossilized skin reveals coevolution with feathers and metabolism in feathered dinosaurs and early birds. Nature Communications vol. 9, (1)

HONE DWE, Tanke D, Brown C(2018). Bite marks on the frill of a juvenile Centrosaurus from the Late Cretaceous Dinosaur Park Formation, Alberta, Canada. PeerJ

O¿Brien DM, Allen CE, Van Kleeck MJ, HONE DWE, KNELL R, KNAPP A, Christiansen S, Emlen D(2018). On the evolution of extreme structures: static scaling and the function of sexually selected signals. Animal Behaviour

HONE DWE, Chure D(2018). Difficulties in assigning trace makers from theropodan bite marks: an example from a young diplodocoid sauropod. Lethaia

KNAPP A, KNELL R, Farke A, Loewen M, HONE DWE(2018). Patterns of divergence in the morphology of ceratopsian dinosaurs: sympatry is not a driver of ornament evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B

O'Brien DM, Allen CE, Van Kleeck MJ, Hone D, Knell R, Knapp A, Christiansen S, Emlen DJ (2018). The Evolution of Extreme Structures: Inferring Function from Pattern. INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY. vol. 58, E166-E166.

Hone DWE, Jiang S, Xu X(2018). A taxonomic revision of Noripterus complicidens and Asian members of the Dsungaripteridae. Geological Society Special Publication, vol. 455,

Hone DWE, Witton MP, Habib MB(2018). Evidence for the Cretaceous shark Cretoxyrhina mantelli feeding on the pterosaur Pteranodon from the Niobrara Formation. PeerJ vol. 2018, (12)

Hone DWE, Witton MP, Martill DM(2018). New perspectives on pterosaur palaeobiology. Geological Society Special Publication, vol. 455,

Hone D(2017). DINOSAUR TRACKS: THE NEXT STEPS. Life of the Past. QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY vol. 92, (3) 306-306.

Beardmore S, Lawlor E, HONE DWE(2017). Using taphonomy to infer differences in soft-tissues between taxa: an example using basal and derived forms of Solnhofen pterosaurs. Naturwissenschaften

Hone DWE, Holtz TR(2017). A Century of Spinosaurs - A Review and Revision of the Spinosauridae with Comments on Their Ecology. Acta Geologica Sinica vol. 91, (3) 1120-1132.

HONE DWE, Mallon JC(2017). Protracted growth impedes the detection of sexual dimorphism in non-avian dinosaurs. Palaeontology

Brusatte SL, Carr TD, Williamson TE, Holtz TR, Hone DWE, Williams SA(2016). Dentary groove morphology does not distinguish ‘Nanotyrannus’ as a valid taxon of tyrannosauroid dinosaur. Comment on: “Distribution of the dentary groove of theropod dinosaurs: Implications for theropod phylogeny and the validity of the genus Nanotyrannus Bakker et al., 1988”. Cretaceous Research vol. 65, 232-237.

Hone DWE(2016). Palaeontology: Scrapes of dinosaur courtship. Current Biology vol. 26, (6) R237-R238.

Hone DWE, Farke AA, Wedel MJ(2016). Ontogeny and the fossil record: What, if anything, is an adult dinosaur?. Biology Letters vol. 12, (3)

Hone DWE, Wood D, Knell RJ(2016). Positive allometry for exaggerated structures in the ceratopsian dinosaur Protoceratops andrewsi supports socio-sexual signaling. PALAEONTOLOGIA ELECTRONICA vol. 19, (1) Article ARTN 5A,

Hone DWE, Van Rooijen MK, Habib MB(2015). The wingtips of the pterosaurs: Anatomy, aeronautical function and ecological implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology vol. 440, 431-439.

Hone DWE(2015). Evolution: Convergence in Dinosaur Crests. Current Biology vol. 25, (12) R494-R496.

Rogers CS, Hone DWE, McNamara ME, Zhao Q, Orr PJ, Kearns SL, Benton MJ(2015). The Chinese Pompeii? Death and destruction of dinosaurs in the Early Cretaceous of Lujiatun, NE China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology vol. 427, 89-99.

Hone D, Henderson DM, Therrien F, Habib MB(2015). A specimen of Rhamphorhynchus with soft tissue preservation, stomach contents and a putative coprolite. PeerJ vol. 2015, (8)

Hone D, Tanke D(2015). Pre- and postmortemtyrannosaurid bite marks on the remains of daspletosaurus (tyrannosaurinae: Theropoda) from dinosaur provincial park, alberta, canada. PeerJ vol. 2015, (4)

Hone DWE, Farke AA, Watabe M, Shigeru S, Tsogtbaatar K(2014). A new mass mortality of juvenile protoceratops and size-segregated aggregation behaviour in juvenile non-avian dinosaurs. PLoS ONE vol. 9, (11)

Hone DWE, FAULKES CG(2014). A proposed framework for establishing and evaluating hypotheses about the behaviour of extinct organisms. JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY vol. 292, (4) 260-267.

Hone DWE, FAULKES CG(2014). A proposed framework for establishing and evaluating hypotheses about the behaviour of extinct organisms. Journal of Zoology vol. 292, (4) 260-267.

Sullivan C, Wang Y, Hone DWE, Wang Y, Xu X, Zhang F(2014). THE VERTEBRATES OF THE JURASSIC DAOHUGOU BIOTA OF NORTHEASTERN CHINA. JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY vol. 34, (2) 243-280.

Hone DWE, Henderson DM(2014). The posture of floating pterosaurs: Ecological implications for inhabiting marine and freshwater habitats. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology vol. 394, 89-98.

Xing H, Wang D, Han F, Sullivan C, Ma Q, He Y, Hone DWE, Yan R et al.(2014). A new basal hadrosauroid dinosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) with transitional features from the late cretaceous of Henan Province, China. PLoS One vol. 9, (6)

Hone DWE, Sullivan C, Zhao Q, Wang K, Xu X(2014). Body size distribution in a death assemblage of a colossal hadrosaurid from the upper cretaceous of zhucheng, shandong province, China. Hadrosaurs,

Hone DWE(2014). Introduction: Current research and future trends in the study of palaeoethology. Journal of Zoology vol. 292, (4) 221-221.

Hone DWE, Habib MB, Lamanna MC(2013). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of Solnhofen (Upper Jurassic, Germany) pterosaur specimens at Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Annals of Carnegie Museum vol. 82, (2) 165-191.

Elgin RA, Hone DWE(2013). Pneumatization of an immature azhdarchoid pterosaur. Cretaceous Research vol. 45, 16-24.

Hone DWE, Choiniere JN, Tan Q, Xu X(2013). An articulated pes from a small parvicursorine alvarezsauroid dinosaur from Inner Mongolia, China. ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA vol. 58, (3) 453-458.

Hone DWE, Naish D(2013). The 'species recognition hypothesis' does not explain the presence and evolution of exaggerated structures in non-avialan dinosaurs. Journal of Zoology vol. 290, (3) 172-180.

Knell RJ, Naish D, Tomkins JL, Hone DWE(2013). Is sexual selection defined by dimorphism alone? A reply to Padian and Horner. Trends Ecol Evol vol. 28, (5) 250-251.

Xu X, Upchurch P, Ma Q, Pittman M, Choiniere J, Sullivan C, Hone DWE, Tan Q et al.(2013). Osteology of the late cretaceous alvarezsauroid linhenykus monodactylus from china and comments on alvarezsauroid biogeography. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica vol. 58, (1) 25-46.

Knell RJ, Naish D, Tomkins JL, Hone DWE(2013). Sexual selection in prehistoric animals: detection and implications. Trends Ecol Evol vol. 28, (1) 38-47.

Birn-Jeffery AV, Miller CE, Naish D, Rayfield EJ, Hone DWE(2012). Pedal Claw Curvature in Birds, Lizards and Mesozoic Dinosaurs - Complicated Categories and Compensating for Mass-Specific and Phylogenetic Control. PLOS ONE vol. 7, (12) Article ARTN e50555,

Hone DWE(2012). Pterosaur Research: Recent Advances and a Future Revolution. ACTA GEOLOGICA SINICA-ENGLISH EDITION vol. 86, (6) 1366-1376.

Hone DWE(2012). Variation in the tail length of non-avian dinosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology vol. 32, (5) 1082-1089.

Hone DWE, Tischlinger H, Frey E, Röper M(2012). A new non-pterodactyloid pterosaur from the late jurassic of Southern Germany. PLoS ONE vol. 7, (7)

Hone D, Tsuihiji T, Watabe M, Tsogtbaatr K(2012). Pterosaurs as a food source for small dromaeosaurs. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology vol. 331-332, 27-30.

Hone DWE, Naish D, Cuthill IC(2012). Does mutual sexual selection explain the evolution of head crests in pterosaurs and dinosaurs?. Lethaia vol. 45, (2) 139-156.

Lü J, Hone DWE(2012). A new chinese anurognathid pterosaur and the evolution of pterosaurian tail lengths. Acta Geologica Sinica vol. 86, (6) 1317-1325.

Hone DWE(2012). A new specimen of the pterosaur Rhamphorhynchus. Historical Biology vol. 24, (6) 581-585.

O'Gorman EJ, Hone DWE(2012). Body size distribution of the dinosaurs. PLoS One vol. 7, (12)

Taylor MP, Hone DWE, Wedel MJ, Naish D(2011). The long necks of sauropods did not evolve primarily through sexual selection. Journal of Zoology vol. 285, (2) 150-161.

Hone DWE, Wang K, Sullivan C, Zhao X, Chen S, Li D, Ji S, Ji Q et al.(2011). A new, large tyrannosaurine theropod from the Upper Cretaceous of China. Cretaceous Research vol. 32, (4) 495-503.

Xu X, Sullivan C, Pittman M, Choiniere JN, Hone D, Upchurch P, Tan Q, Xiao D et al.(2011). Reply to Dyke and Naish: European alvarezsauroids do not change the picture. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America vol. 108, (22)

Elgin RA, Hone DWE, Frey E(2011). The extent of the pterosaur flight membrane. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica vol. 56, (1) 99-111.

Hone DWE, Taylor MP, Wynick D, Viscardi P, Gostling N(2011). Running a Question-and-Answer Website for Science Education: First-Hand Experiences. Evolution: Education and Outreach vol. 4, (1) 153-157.

Xu X, Sullivan C, Pittman M, Choiniere JN, Hone D, Upchurch P, Tan Q, Xiao D et al.(2011). A monodactyl nonavian dinosaur and the complex evolution of the alvarezsauroid hand. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America vol. 108, (6) 2338-2342.

Han F, Clark JM, Xu X, Sullivan C, Choiniere J, Hone DWE(2011). Theropod teeth from the Middle-Upper Jurassic Shishugou Formation of northwest Xinjiang, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology vol. 31, (1) 111-126.

Hone DWE, Watabe M(2010). New information on scavenging and selective feeding behaviour of tyrannosaurids. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica vol. 55, (4) 627-634.

Langer MC, Montefeltro FC, Hone DE, Whatley R, Schultz CL(2010). On Fodonyx spenceri and a new rhynchosaur from the middle Triassic of Devon. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology vol. 30, (6) 1884-1888.

Sullivan C, Hone DWE, Xu X, Zhang F(2010). The asymmetry of the carpal joint and the evolution of wing folding in maniraptoran theropod dinosaurs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences vol. 277, (1690) 2027-2033.

Hone DWE, Rauhut OWM(2010). Feeding behaviour and bone utilization by theropod dinosaurs. Lethaia vol. 43, (2) 232-244.

Xu X, Wang DY, Sullivan C, Hone DWE, Han FL, Yan RH, Du FM(2010). A basal parvicursorine (theropoda: alvarezsauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of China. Zootaxa (2413) 1-19.

Xu X, Choiniere JN, Pittman M, Tan Q, Xiao D, Li Z, Tan L, Clark JM et al.(2010). A new dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Wulansuhai Formation of Inner Mongolia, China. Zootaxa (2403) 1-9.

Hone DWE, Tischlinger H, Xu X, Zhang F(2010). The extent of the preserved feathers on the four-winged dinosaur Microraptor gui under ultraviolet light. PLoS ONE vol. 5, (2)

Kellner AWA, Wang X, Tischlinger H, De Campos DA, Hone DWE, Meng X(2010). The soft tissue of Jeholopterus (Pterosauria, Anurognathidae, Batrachognathinae) and the structure of the pterosaur wing membrane. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences vol. 277, (1679) 321-329.

Hone D, Choiniere J, Sullivan C, Xu X, Pittman M, Tan Q(2010). New evidence for a trophic relationship between the dinosaurs Velociraptor and Protoceratops. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology vol. 291, (3-4) 488-492.

Hone DWE, Benton MJ(2009). AN EVALUATION OF THE PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS OF THE PTEROSAURS AMONG ARCHOSAUROMORPH REPTILES (vol 5, pg 465, 2007). JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY vol. 7, (4) 505-505.

Hone DWE, Benton MJ(2009). Erratum: An evaluation of the phylogenetic relationships of the pterosaurs among archosauromorph reptiles (Journal of Systematic Palaeontology (2007) 5:4 (465-469) DOI: 10.1017/S1477201907002064). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology vol. 7, (4)

Hone DWE, Sullivan C, Bennett SC(2009). Interpreting the autopodia of tetrapods: Interphalangeal lines hinge on too many assumptions. Historical Biology vol. 21, (1-2) 67-77.

Prondvai E, Hone DWE(2009). New models for the wing extension in pterosaurs. Historical Biology vol. 20, (4) 237-254.

Xu X, Clark JM, Mo J, Choiniere J, Forster CA, Erickson GM, Hone DWE, Sullivan C et al.(2009). A Jurassic ceratosaur from China helps clarify avian digital homologies. Nature vol. 459, (7249) 940-944.

Elgin RA, Grau CA, Palmer C, Hone DWE, Greenwell D, Benton MJ(2008). Aerodynamic characters of the cranial crest in Pteranodon. Zitteliana Reihe B: Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung fur Palaontologie und Geologie (28) 167-174.

Hone DWE, Benton MJ(2008). Contrasting supertree and total-evidence methods: The origin of the pterosaurs. Zitteliana Reihe B: Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung fur Palaontologie und Geologie (28) 35-60.

Lloyd GT, Davis KE, Pisani D, Tarver JE, Ruta M, Sakamoto M, Hone DWE, Jennings R et al.(2008). Dinosaurs and the cretaceous terrestrial revolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences vol. 275, (1650) 2483-2490.

Hone DWE, Dyke GJ, Haden M, Benton MJ(2008). Body size evolution in Mesozoic birds. Journal of Evolutionary Biology vol. 21, (2) 618-624.

Hone DWE, Benton MJ(2008). A new genus of rhynchosaur from the Middle Triassic of south-west England. PALAEONTOLOGY vol. 51, 95-115.

Hone DWE, Mahony SH, Sparks RSJ, Martin KT(2007). Cladistic analysis applied to the classification of volcanoes. BULLETIN OF VOLCANOLOGY vol. 70, (2) 203-220.

Hone DWE, Benton MJ(2007). Cope's Rule in the Pterosauria, and differing perceptions of Cope's Rule at different taxonomic levels. Journal of Evolutionary Biology vol. 20, (3) 1164-1170.

Hone DWE, Benton MJ(2007). An evaluation of the phylogenetic relationships of the pterosaurs among archosauromorph reptiles. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology vol. 5, (4) 465-469.

Hone DWE, Keesey TM, Pisani D, Purvis A(2005). Macroevolutionary trends in the Dinosauria: Cope's rule. Journal of Evolutionary Biology vol. 18, (3) 587-595.

Hone DWE, Benton MJ(2005). The evolution of large size: How does Cope's Rule work?. Trends in Ecology and Evolution vol. 20, (1) 4-6.