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100. Hone, D.W.E., & McDavid, S. 2024. A giant specimen of Rhamphorhyncus muensteri and comments on the ontogeny of rhamphorhynchines. PeerJ – in press.

99. Hone, D.W.E., Fitch, A.J., Selzer, S., Lauer, R., & Lauer, B. 2024. A new and large darwinopteran reveals the evolutionary transition to the pterodactyloid pterosaurs. Current Biology – in press.

98. D’Amore, D.C., Johnson-Ransome, E., Snively, E., & Hone, D.W.E. 2024. Prey size and ecological separation in spinosaurid theropods based on heterodonty and rostrum shape. Anatomical Record.

97. Hone, D.W.E., Jiang, S., Fitch, A.J., Xu, Y., & Xu, X. 2024. A reassessment of Lunchibang xingzhe: a still valid istiodactylid pterosaur with a chimera. Palaeontologica Electronica, 27: a41.

96. Mallon, J.C., & Hone, D.W.E. 2024. Estimation of maximum body size in fossil species: a case study using Tyrannosaurus rex. Ecology and Evolution, 14: p.e.11658.

95. Habib, M.B., & Hone, D.W.E. 2024. Intraspecific variation in the pterosaur Rhamphorhynchus muensteri – implications for flight and socio-sexual signaling. PeerJ: 17524.

94. Merchant, H., Knapp, A., Knell, R.J., & Hone, D.W.E. 2024. Allometry, asymmetry and sexual dimorphism in blue wildebeest. Journal of Zoology, 322: 232-240.

93. Lei, R., Tschopp, E., Hendrickx, C., Wedel, M., Norell, M.A., & Hone, D.W.E. 2023. Bite and tooth marks on sauropod dinosaurs from the Morrison Formation. PeerJ, 11: e16327

92. Yang, Z., Jiang, B., Benton, M.J., Xu, X., McNamara, M.E., and Hone, D.W.E. 2023. Allometric wing growth links to parental care in pterosaur giantism. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B. In press.

91. Hone, D.W.E., Lauer, R., Lauer, B., and Spindler, F. 2023. Petrodactyle wellnhoferi (gen. et sp. nov.): A new and large ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic of Germany. Palaeontologica Electronica.

90. Hone, D.W.E. 2023. The anatomy and diversity of the pterosaur sternum. Palaeontologica Electronica.

89. Clark, A.D., and Hone, D.W.E. 2023. Evolutionary pressures of aerial insectivory reflected in anurognathid pterosaurs. Journal of Anatomy.

88. Hone, D.W.E., Dececchi, T.A., Sullivan, C., Xu, X., and Larsson, H.C.E. 2023. Diverse diets in small theropods – the Cretaceous feathered dinosaur Microraptor zhaoianus ate mammals. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.

87. Yang, Z., Benton, M.J., Hone, D.W.E., Xu, X., McNamara, M.E., and Jiang, B. 2022. Allometric analysis sheds light on the systematics and ontogeny of the anurognathid pterosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.

86. Barker, C.T., Hone, D.W.E., Naish, D., Cau, A., Lockwood, J.A.F., Foster, B., Clarkin, C.E., Schneider, P., and Gostling, N.J. 2021. New spinosaurids from the Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, UK) and the European Origins of Spinosauridae. Scientific reports, 11: 19340.

85. Brown, C.M., Tanke, D.H., & Hone, D.W.E. 2021. Rare evidence for ‘gnawing-like’ behavior in a small-bodied theropod dinosaur. Peer J, 9: e11557.

84. Hone, D.W.E., Persons, W.S.C., & LeComber, S.C. 2021. New data on tail lengths and variation along the caudal series in non-avialan dinosaurs. PeerJ, 9: e10721.

83. Knapp, A., Knell, R.J., & Hone, D.W.E. 2021. Three-dimensional geometric morphometric analysis of the skull of Protoceratops andrewsi supports a socio-sexual signaling role for the ceratopsian frill. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B. In press.

82. Hone, D.W.E., & Holtz, T.R. 2021. Evaluating the ecology of Spinosaurus: shoreline generalist or aquatic pursuit specialist? Palaeontologica Electronica, 24: a03

81. Hone, D.W.E. 2020. A review of the taxonomy and palaeoecology of the Anurognathidae (Reptilia, Pterosauria). Acta Geologica Sinica, 94: 1676-92.

80. Hone, D.W.E., Ratcliffe, J.M., Riskin, D.K., Hemanson, J.W. & Reisz, R.R. 2020. Unique near isometric ontogeny in the pterosaur Rhamphorhynchus suggests hatchlings could fly. Lethaia.

79. Hone, D.W.E., Mallon, J.C., Hennessey, P., & Witmer, L.M. 2020. Ontogeny of a sexually selected structure in an extant archosaur Gavialis gangeticus (Pseudosuchia: Crocodylia) with implications for sexual dimorphism in dinosaurs. Peer J

78. Martin-Silverstone, E., Habib, M.B., & Hone, D.W.E. 2020. Volant fossil vertebrates: potential for bioinspired flight technology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution.

77. Elgin, R.A. & Hone, D.W.E. 2020. A review of two large Jurassic pterodactyloid specimens from the Solnhofen of southern Germany. Palaeontologica Electronica.

76. Hone, D.W.E., Fitch, A.J., Ma, F., & Xu, X. 2020. An unusual new genus of istiodactylid pterosaur from China based on a near complete specimen. Palaeontologica Electronica.

75. Hone, D.W.E., Habib, M.B., & Therrien, F. 2019. Cryodrakon boreas gen. et sp. nov. a Late Cretaceous Canadian azhdarchid pterosaur. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.

74. Hone, D.W.E., Witton, M. P., & Habib, M.B. 2018. Evidence for the Cretaceous shark Cretoxyrhina mantelli feeding on the pterosaur Pteranodon from the Niobrara Formation. Peer J.

73. Hone, D.W.E., Tanke, D.H., & Brown, C.M. 2018. Bite marks on the frill of a juvenile Centrosaurus from the Late Cretaceous Dinosaur Provincial Park Formation, Alberta, Canada. Peer J.

72. O’Brien, D.M., Allen, C.E., Van Kleeck, M.J., Hone, D.W.E., Knell, R.J., Knapp, A., Christiansen, S., & Emlen, D.J. 2018. On the evolution of extreme structures: static Scaling and the function of sexually selected signals. Animal Behaviour.

71. McNamara, M.E., Zhang, F., Kearns, S.L., Orr, P.J., Toulouse, A., Foley, T., Hone, D.W.E., Rogers, C.S., Benton, M.J., Johnson, D., Xu, X., & Zhou, Z. 2018. Exceptionally preserved skin structure reveals the coevolution of skin, feathers and metabolism in feathered dinosaurs and early birds. Nature communications.

70. Knapp, A., Knell, R.J., Farke, A.A., Loewen, M.A., & Hone, D.W.E. 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,

69. Hone, D.W.E., & Chure, D.J. 2018. Difficulties in assigning trace makers from theropodan bite marks: an example from a young diplodocoid sauropod. Lethaia.

68. Hone, D.W.E., Jiang, S., & Xu, X. 2018. A taxonomic revision of Noripterus complicidens (Young, 1973) and Asian members of Dsungaripteridae. Geological Society of London, Special Volume, 149-157.

67. Beardmore, S.R., Lawlor, E., & Hone, D.W.E. 2017. The taphonomy of Solnhofen pterosaurs reveals soft-tissue anatomical differences between basal and derived forms. Naturwissenschaften.

66. Hone, D.W.E., & Mallon, J.C. [joint first authors]. 2017. Protracted growth impedes the detection of sexual dimorphism in non-avian dinosaurs. Palaeontology.

65. Hone, D.W.E., & Holtz, T.R. 2017. A century of spinosaurs – a review and revision of the Spinosauridae with comments on their ecology. Acta Geological Sinica.

64. Hone, D.W.E., Farke, A.A., & Wedel, M.J. 2016. Ontogeny and the fossil record: what if anything is an adult dinosaur? Biology Letters, 12.

63. Hone, D.W.E., Wood, D., & Knell, R.J. 2016. Positive allometry for exaggerated structures in the ceratopsian dinosaur Protoceratops andrewsi supports socio-sexual signaling. Palaeontologia Electronica, 19: 1-13.

62. Hone, D.W.E., van Rooijen, M.K., & Habib, M.B. 2015. The wingtips of pterosaurs: anatomy, aeronautical function and ecological implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 440: 431-439.

61. Hone, D.W.E., Henderson, D.M., Therrien, F., & Habib, M.B. 2015. A specimen of Rhamphorhynchus with soft tissue preservation, stomach contents and a putative coprolite. PeerJ, 3: e1191.

60. Rogers, C.S., Hone, D.W.E., McNamara, M.E., Zhao, Q., Orr, P.J., Kearns, S.L., & Benton, M.J. In press. The Chinese Pompeii? Death and destruction of dinosaurs in the Early Cretaceous of Lujiatun, NE China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 427: 89-99.

59. Hone, D.W.E., & Tanke, D.H. 2015. Pre- and postmortem tyrannosaurid bite marks on the remains of Daspletosaurus (Tyrannosaurinae: Theropoda) from Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada. PeerJ, 3: e885.

58.  Hone, D.W.E., Farke, A.A., Watabe, M., Suzuki, S., & Tsogtbataar, K. 2014. The first evidence of gregarious behaviour throughout ontogeny in a non-avian dinosaur. PLoS ONE, 9: e113306.

57. Hone, D.W.E., Sullivan, C., Zhao, Q., Wang, K. & Xu, X. 2014. Body size distribution in a colossal hadrosaurid death assemblage from the Upper Cretaceous of Zhucheng, Shandong Province, China. In: Hadrosaurs, Eberth, D.A. & Evans, D.C. (eds), Indiana University Press, Bloomington, pp. 524-531.

56. Xing, H., Wang, D., Han, F., Sullivan, C., Mas, Q., He, Y., Hone, D.W.E., Yan, R., & Xu, X. 2014. A new basal hadrosauroid dinosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) with transitional features from the Late Cretaceous of Henan Province, China. PLoS ONE, 9: e98821.

55. Hone, D.W.E. & Faulkes, C.J. 2014. A proposed framework for establishing and evaluating hypotheses about the behaviour of extinct organisms. Journal of Zoology, in press.

54. Sullivan, C., Wang, Y., Hone, D.W.E., Wang, Y.Q., Xu, X. & Zhang, F. 2014. The vertebrates of the Jurassic Daohugou Biota of Northeastern China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 34: 243-280.

53. Hone, D.W.E. & Henderson, D.M. 2014. The posture of floating pterosaurs: ecological implications for inhabiting marine and freshwater habitats. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 398: 89-98.

52. Hone, D.W.E., Habib, M.B. & Lamanna, M.C. 2013. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of Solnhofen (Upper Jurassic, Germany) pterosaur specimens at Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Annals of Carnegie Museum, 82: 165-191.

51. Elgin, R.A. & Hone, D.W.E. 2013. Pneumatization in an immature azhdarchoid pterosaur. Cretaceous Research, 45: 16-24.

50. Hone, D.W.E., Choiniere, J.N., Tan, Q. & Xu, X. 2013. An articulated pes from a small parvicursorine alvarezsauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from Inner Mongolia, China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 58: 453-458.

49. Brusatte, S.L., Hone, D.W.E. & Xu, X. 2013. Phylogenetic revision of Chingkankousaurus fragilis, a forgotten tyrannosaur specimen from the Late Cretaceous of China. In: Tyrannosaurid paleobiology, Parrish, J.M., Molnar, R.E., Currie P.J., Koppelhus, E.B. (eds), Indiana University Press, Bloomington, pp 2-13.

48. Hone, D.W.E., & Naish, D. 2013. The ‘species recognition hypothesis’ does not explain the presence and evolution of exaggerated structures in non-avialan dinosaurs. Journal of Zoology, 290: 172-180.

47. Xu, X., Tan, Q., Wang, S., Sullivan, C., Hone, D.W.E., Clark, J., Han, F., Ma, Q., Tan, L. & Xiao, D. 2013. A new oviraptorid from the Upper Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China, and its stratigraphic implications. Vertebrata PalAsiatica, 51: 85-101.

46. Xu, X., Upchurch, P., Ma, Q., Pittman, M., Choiniere, J., Sullivan, C., Hone, D.W.E., Tan, Q., Tan, L., Xiao, D., & Han, F. 2013. Osteology of the alvarezsauroid Linhenykus monodactylus from the Upper Cretaceous Wulansuhai Formation of Inner Mongolia, China, and comments on alvarezsauroid biogeography. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 58: 25-46.

45. Knell, R., Naish, D., Tompkins, J.L. & Hone, D.W.E. 2013. Sexual selection in prehistoric animals: detection and implications. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 28: 38-47.

44. Hone, D.W.E. 2012. Pterosaur research: recent advances and a future revolution. Acta Geologica Sinica, 86: 1366-1376.

43. Lü, J-C. & Hone, D.W.E. 2012. A new Chinese anurognathid pterosaur and the evolution of pterosaurian tail lengths. Acta Geologica Sinica, 86: 1317-1325.

42. O’Gorman, E. & Hone, D.W.E. [joint first authors]. 2012. Body size distribution of the dinosaurs. PLoS ONE, 7: e51925, 12p.

41. Birn-Jeffery, A.V., Miller, C., Naish, D., Rayfield, E.J. & Hone, D.W.E. 2012. Pedal claw curvature in birds, lizards and Mesozoic dinosaurs – complicated categories and compensating for mass-specific and phylogenetic control. PLoS ONE, 7: e50555, 11p.

40. Hone, D.W.E. 2012. A new specimen of the pterosaur Rhamphorhynchus. Historical Biology, 24: 581-585.

39. Hone, D.W.E. 2012. Variation in the tail length of non-avian dinosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 32: 1082-1089.

38. Hone, D.W.E., Tischlinger, H., Frey, E. & Röper, M. 2012. A new non-pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic of Southern Germany. PLoS ONE, 7: e39312, 18p.

37. Rivera-Sylva, H.E., Hone, D.W.E. & Dodson, P. 2012. Bite marks of a large theropod on a hadrosaur limb bone from Coahuila, Mexico. Boletín de la Sociedad Geologica Mexicana, 64: 155-159.

36. Dececci, T.A., Larsson, H. & Hone, D.W.E. 2012. Yixianosaurus longimanus (Theropoda: Dinosauria) and its bearing on the evolution of Maniraptora and ecology of the Yixian fauna. Vertebrata PalAsiatica, 50: 111-139.

35. Hone, D.W.E., Tsuhiji, T., Watabe, M. & Tsogbataar, K. 2012. Pterosaurs as a food source for small dromaeosaurs. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 331: 27-30.

34. Hone, D.W.E., Naish, D. & Cuthill, I.C. 2012. Does mutual sexual selection explain the evolution of head crests in pterosaurs and dinosaurs? Lethaia, 45: 139-156.

33. Taylor, M.T., Hone, D.W.E., Wedel, M.J. & Naish, D. 2011. The long necks of sauropods did not evolve primarily through sexual selection. Journal of Zoology, 285: 150-161.

32. Hone, D.W.E., Wang, K., Sullivan, C., Zhao, X., Chen, S., Li, D., Ji, S., Ji, Q. & Xu, X. 2011. A new, large tyrannosaurine theropod from the Upper Cretaceous of China. Cretaceous Research, 32: 495-503.

31. Elgin, R.A., Hone, D.W.E. & Frey, E. 2011. The extent of the pterosaur flight membrane. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 56: 99-111.

30. Xu, X., Sullivan, C., Pittman, M., Choiniere, J., Hone, D.W.E., Upchurch, P., Tan, Q., Xiao, D., Lin, T. & Han, F. 2011. A monodactyl nonavian dinosaur and the complex evolution of alvarezsauroid hand. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108: 2338-2342.

29. Han, F., Clark, J.M., Xu, X., Sullivan, C., Choiniere, J. & Hone, D.W.E. 2011. Theropod teeth from the Middle-Upper Jurassic Shishugou Formation of northwest Xinjiang, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 31: 111-126.

28. Hone, D.W.E. 2010. A short note on modifications to Nineteenth Century pterosaur specimens held in the National Museum of Ireland – Natural History, Dublin. Geological Curator, 9: 261-265.

27. Nesbitt, S.J. & Hone, D.W.E. 2010. An external mandibular fenestra and other archosauriform characters in basal pterosaurs. Palaeodiversity, 3: 225-233.

26. Langer, M.C., Montefeltro, F.C., Hone, D.W.E., Watley, R. & Schultz, C.L. 2010. On Fodonyx spenceri and a new rhynchosaur from the Middle Triassic of Devon. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30: 1884-1888.

25. Sullivan, C., Hone, D.W.E., Xu, X. & Zhang, F.T. 2010. The asymmetry of the carpal joint and the evolution of wing folding in maniraptoran theropod dinosaurs. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, 277: 2027-2033.

24. Hone, D.W.E. & Watabe, M. 2010. New information on the feeding behaviour of tyrannosaurs. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 55: 627-634.

23. Hone, D.W.E., Choiniere, J., Sullivan, C., Xu, X., Pittman, M. & Tan, Q. 2010. New evidence for a tropic relationship between the dinosaurs Velociraptor and Protoceratops. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 291: 488-492.

22. Hone, D.W.E. & Rauhut, O.W.M. 2010. Feeding behaviour and bone utilization by theropod dinosaurs. Lethaia, 43: 232-244.

21. Xu, X., Wang, D., Sullivan, C., Hone, D.W.E., Han, F., Yan, R. & Du, F. 2010. A basal pavicursorine (Theropoda: Alvarezsauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of China. Zootaxa, 2413: 1-19.

20. Xu, X., Choinere, J., Pittman, M., Tan, Q., Xiao, D., Li, Z., Tan, L., Clark, J., Norell, M., Hone, D.W.E. & Sullivan, C. 2010. A new dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Wulansuhai Formation of Inner Mongolia, China. Zootaxa, 2403: 1-9.

19. Hone, D.W.E., 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, 5: e9223 7p.

18. Hone, D.W.E., Xu, X. & Wang, D. 2010. A probable baryonychine tooth from the Late Cretaceous of Henan Province, China. Vertebrata Palasiatica, 48: 19-26.

17. Kellner, A.W.A., Wang, X., Tischlinger, H., Campos, D.A., Hone, D.W.E. & Meng, X. 2009. The soft tissue of Jeholopterus (Pterosauria, Anurognathidae, Batrachognathidae) and the structure of the pterosaur wing membrane. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, 277: 321-329.

16. Hone, D.W.E., Sullivan, C. & Bennett, S.C. 2009. Interpreting the autopodia of tetrapods: interphalangeal lines hinge on too many assumptions. Historical Biology, 21: 67-77.

15. Brusatte, S.L., Benson, R.B.J., Chure, D.J., Xu, X., Sullivan, C. & Hone, D.W.E. 2009. The first definitive carcharodontosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from Asia and the delayed ascent of tyrannosaurids. Naturwissenschaften, 96: 1051-1058.

14. Prondvai, E. & Hone, D.W.E. 2009. A model for wing extension in pterosaurs. Historical Biology, 20: 237-254.

13. Xu, X., Clark, J.M., Mo, J., Choiniere, J., Forster, C.A., Erickson, G.M., Hone, D.W.E., Sullivan, C., Eberth, D.A., Nesbitt, S. Zhao, Q., Hernandez, R. Jia, C., Han, F. & Guo, Y. 2009. A Jurassic ceratosaur from China helps clarify avian digital homologies. Nature, 459: 940-944.

12. Sullivan, C., Hone, D.W.E., Cope, T.D., Liu, Y. & Liu, J. 2009. A new occurrence of small theropod tracks in the Tuchengzi Formation of Hebei Province, China. Vertebrata Palasiatica, 37: 45-52.

11. Xu, X., Zhao, Q., Norell, M., Sullivan, C., Hone, D.W.E., Erickson, G., Wang, X., Han, F. & Guo, Y. 2009. A new feathered maniraptoran dinosaur fossil that fills a gap in avian origins. Chinese Science Bulletin, 54: 430-435.

10. Elgin, R.A., Grau, C., Palmer, C., Hone, D.W.E., Greenwell, D. & Benton, M.J. 2008. Aerodynamic characters of the cranial crest in Pteranodon. Zitteliana B, 28: 169-176.

9. Hone, D.W.E. & Benton, M.J. 2008. Contrasting Total-evidence and Supertree methods: the origin on the Pterosaurs. Zitteliana B, 28: 35-60.

8. Lloyd, G.T., Davis, K.E., Pisani, D., Tarver, J.E., Ruta, M., Sakamoto, M., Hone, D.W.E., Jennings, R. & Benton, M.J. 2008. Dinosaurs and the Cretaceous terrestrial revolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, series B, 275: 2483-2490.

7. Hone, D.W.E., Dyke, G.J., Haden, M. & Benton, M.J. 2008. Body size evolution in Mesozoic birds. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 21: 618-624.

6. Hone, D.W.E. & Benton, M.J. 2008. A new rhynchosaurian genus from the south-west of England. Palaeontology, 51: 95-115.

5. Hone, D.W.E., Mahoney, S.H., Sparks, R.S.J. & Martin, K.T. 2007. Cladistic analysis applied to the classification of volcanoes. Bulletin of Volcanology, 70: 203-220.

4. Hone, D.W.E. & Benton, M.J. 2007. An evaluation of the phylogenetic relationships of the pterosaurs to the archosauromorph reptiles. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 5: 465-469.

3. Hone, D.W.E. & Benton, M.J. 2007. Cope’s Rule in the Pterosauria and differing perceptions of Cope’s Rule at different taxonomic levels. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 20: 1164-1170.

2. Hone, D.W.E., Keesey, T.M., Pisani, D. & Purvis, A. 2005. Macroevolutionary trends in the Dinosauria: Cope’s Rule. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 18: 587-595.

1. Hone, D.W.E. & Benton, M.J. 2005. The evolution of large size: how does Cope’s Rule work? Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 20: 1:4-6.

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Edited volumes and non-reviewed chapters:

5. Hone, D.W.E., & Witton, M.P., 7 Martill, D.M. (as editor) 2018. Recent advances in pterosaur palaeobiology. Geological Society Special Publication, 238pp.

4. Hone, D.W.E. (As editor). 2014. Behaviour and ecology in the fossil record. Journal of Zoology. 292, 221-303.

3. Sullivan, C. & Hone, D.W.E. (As editors). 2012. The non-avian dinosaurs of Asia. Vertebrata PalAsiatica, 50, 180pp.

2. Sullivan, C., Hone, D.W.E., & Xu, X. The Asian Dinosaurs. 2012. In: The Complete Dinosaur. Brett-Surman, M.K., Holtz, T. Jr. & Farlow, J.O. (eds.) p73-106.

1. Hone, D.W.E. & Buffetaut E. (As editors) 2008. Flugsaurier – Pterosaur papers in honour of Peter Wellnhofer. Zitteliana B, 28, 264pp.

 

Other professional articles (letters, notes, responses, book reviews etc.)

17. Carr, T.D., Napoli, J.G., Brusatte, S.L., Holtz, T.R. Jnr., Hone, D.W.E., Williamson, T.E., and Zanno, L.E. 2022. Insufficient Evidence for Multiple Species of Tyrannosaurus in the Latest Cretaceous of North America: A Comment on “The Tyrant Lizard King, Queen and Emperor: Multiple Lines of Morphological and Stratigraphic Evidence Support Subtle Evolution and Probable Speciation Within the North American Genus Tyrannosaurus. Evolutionary Biology, 49: 327-341.

16. Hone, D.W.E., & Holtz, T.R. 2019. Comment on: Aquatic adaptation in the skull of carnivorous dinosaurs (Theropoda: Spinosauridae) and the evolution of aquatic habits in spinosaurids. Cretaceous Research.

15. Hone, D.W.E., & Witton, M.P., & Martill, D.M. 2018. New perspectives on pterosaur palaeobiology. Geological Society Special Publication, 1-6.

14. Hone, D.W.E. 2016. Palaeontology: Scrapes of dinosaur courtship. Current Biology, 26: 237-238.

13. Brusatte, S.L., Carr, T.D., Williamson, T.E., Holtz, T.R., Hone, D.W.E., & Williams, S.A. 2016. Dentary groove morphology does not distinguish ‘Nanotyrannus’ as a valid taxon of tyrannosauroid dinosaur. Cretaceous Research.

12. Hone, D.W.E. 2015. Evolution: convergence in dinosaur crests. Current Biology, 25: 494-496.

11. Hone, D.W.E. 2013. How to crowdfund your research. Research professional, (online only).

10. Knell, R., Naish, D., Tompkins, J.L. & Hone, D.W.E. 2013. Is sexual selection defined by dimorphism alone? A reply to Padian & Horner. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 28: 250-251.

9. Tanke, D.H. & Hone, D.W.E. 2012. Using the Internet and social media to bring dinosaur preparation to a wider audience. Geological Curator, 9: 433-440.

8. Xu, X., Sullivan, C., Pittman, M., Choiniere, J., Hone, D.W.E., Upchurch, P., Tan, Q., Xiao, D., Lin, T. & Han, F. 2011. Reply to Dyke & Naish: European alvarezsauroids do not change the picture. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108: E148.

7. Hone, D.W.E., Taylor, M.P., Wynick, D., Viscardi, P. & Gostling, N. 2011. Running a Question-and-Answer Website for Science Education: First-Hand Experiences. Evolution: Education and Outreach, 4: 153-157.

6. Hone, D.W.E. 2010. Dinosaurs of a feather. Bulletin of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2: 92-94.

5. Xu, X., Clark, J.A., Choiniere, J., Hone, D.W.E. & Sullivan, C. 2009. Reply to Vargas et al. Nature Proceedings.

4. Santiago-Bley, J.A, Choiniere, J. & Hone, D.W.E. 2009. Book review – ‘What Bugged the Dinosaurs?’. American Entomologist, 55: 203-205

3. Frey, E., Tischlinger H., Krueger, W.R. & Hone, D.W.E. 2007. Pterosaurier als Flugmaschinen – Bionische Forschung in der Paläontologie? Zeitschift, 2: 79-84.

2. Hone, D.W.E. 2007. Soapbox: Ask A Biologist. PalAss newsletter, 65: 63-65.

1. Hone, D.W.E. & Dyke, G.J. 2006. Book review – ‘The Pterosaurs From Deep Time’. PalAss newsletter, 62: 134-135

Hone SVP 2009

Published Abstracts:

Conference or symposium abstracts. Peer-reviewed, extended abstracts are marked with an *.

64.D’Amore, D., Hone, D.W.E., Johnson-Ransom, E., & Snively, E. 2023. Spinosaurids converge with extant crocodylian generalists in tooth variability: an analysis of heterodonty in aquatic foragers through alveolar dimensions. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP), Cincinnati, USA.

63. Mallon, J.C. & Hone, D.W.E. 2022. How big could T. rex get? A case study for the estimation of maximum body size of extinct animals. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP), Toronto, Canada.

62. Thomas, H.N., Hone, D.W.E. & Peterson, J. 2022. The feathered serpent did not live in hell: reappraisal of an azhdarchid cervical vertebrae from the Hell Creek of Montana. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP), Toronto, Canada.

61. Carr, T.D., Napoli, J.G., Brusatte, S.L., Holtz, T.R., Hone, D.W.E., Willaison, T.E. & Zanno, L.E. 2022. Insufficient evidence for multiple species of Tyrannosaurus in the Latest Cretaceous of North America. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP), Toronto, Canada.

60. Mallon, J.C., Hennessey, P., Witmer, L.M., & Hone, D.W.E. 2020. Ontogeny of a sexually selected structure in an extant archosaur Gavialis gangeticus with implications for sexual dimorphism in dinosaurs. Canadian Society of Vertebrate Palaeontology, Victoria, Canada.

59. Knapp, A., Alvarez-Carretero, S., Knell, R., & Hone, D.W.E. 2019. Geometric morphometric evidence for rapid evolution and strong diversifying selection of putative signalling traits in horned dinosaurs. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP), Brisbane, Australia.

58. Knapp, A., Knell, R., & Hone, D.W.E. 2019. Modularity in the skull of the ceratopsian dinosaur Protoceratops and morphometric evidence of a socio-sexually selected origin of the frill. Symposium for Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy (SVPCA), Ise of Wight, UK.

57. Witton, M.P., & Hone, D.W.E. 2018. An alternative interpretation of tyrannosaurine facial tissues. Symposium for Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy (SVPCA), Manchester, UK.

56. *Hone, D.W.E., & Xu, X. 2018. An unusual and nearly complete juvenile istiodactylid from the Yixian Formation, China. Flugsaurier, Los Angeles, USA.

55. *Hone, D.W.E., Witton, M.P., & Habib, M.B. 2018. Trophic interaction between the Cretaceous shark Cretoxyrhina and the pterosaur Pteranodon based on an associated tooth. Flugsaurier, Los Angeles, USA.

54. *Hone, D.W.E., Habib, M.B., & Therrien F. 2018. The azhdarchid from the upper Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, Canada is not Quetzalcoatlus. Flugsaurier, Los Angeles, USA.

53. Hone, D.W.E. 2018. Digitigrady in a pterosaur. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), London, UK.

52. Hone, D.W.E. 2018. Problems and potential solutions associated with identifying sexually selected structures in the fossil record. Theo Murphy Royal Society meeting, London, UK.

51. Knapp, A., Knell, R., Farke, A., & Hone, D.W.E. 2017. Species recognition in the Mesozoic? Testing hypotheses of elaborate structures in ceratopsian dinosaurs. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP), Calgary, Canada.

50. Habib, M., Hone, D.W.E., & Therrien, F. 2017. Evaluation of flight characteristics of Canadian azhdarchid pterosaur material reveals unique functional morphology and hints and hidden azhdarchid taxonomic and ecological diversity. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP), Calgary, Canada.

49. Macaulay, S., Brophy, P., Allen, V., Hone, D.W.E., Bates, K., & Hutchinson, J.R. 2016. Exploring integument mass properties in extant archosaurs and implications for digital volumetric modelling of centre of mass. Symposium for Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy (SVPCA), Liverpool, UK.

48. Ratcliffe, J., Hone, D.W.E., Hermanson, J., & Reisz, R. 2015. Born to fly? Ontogeny suggests pterosaurs could fly right out of the egg. North American Society for Bat Research, Monterey, USA.

47. Hone, D.W.E., Wood, D., & Knell, R.J. 2015. Positive allometry in the growth of a ceratopsian frill indicates sexual selection. Symposium for Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy (SVPCA), Southampton, UK.

46. Liston, J., Naish, D., Hone, D.W.E., Pan. T. & Liu, J. 2015. New data on Early Jurassic theropod diversity and feeding behavior in the Lufeng Formation of Ynnan Province, China. Symposium for Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy (SVPCA), Southampton, UK.

45. Benton, M.J., Hone, D.W.E., Prieto Márquez, A., Puttick, M., & Stubbs, T. 2015. Key characters and evolutionary rates in the origin of birds. Symposium for Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy (SVPCA), Southampton, UK.

44. Martin-Silverstone, E.G., Farke, A.A., Wedel, M., & Hone, D.W.E. 2015. New data on cortical thickness in rhamphorhynchines. Flugsaurier, Portsmouth, UK.

43. Hone, D.W.E., Xu, X., Jiang, S., Hutchinson, J.R. 2015. The return of the holotype of Noripterus (Young, 1973) – implications for dsungaripterid taxonomy and a possible digitigrade pterosaur. Flugsaurier, Portsmouth, UK.

42. Liston, J., Naish, D., Hone, D.W.E., Tianyang, P. & Jian-Rong, L. 2014. New data on Early Jurassic theropod diversity and feeding behavior in the Lufeng Formantion of Yunnan Province, China. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP), Berlin, Germany.

41. Fabbri, M., Benton, M., Stubbs, T., Puttick, M. & Hone, D.W.E. 2014. Evolution of saurischian dentition. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP), Berlin, Germany.

40. Benton, M.J., Puttick, M., Parieto Marquez, A. & Hone, D.W.E. 2014. Key Characters and evolutionary rates in the origin of birds. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP), Berlin, Germany.

39. Hone, D.W.E., Henderson, D.M., Habib, M. & Therrien, F. 2013. Cephalopods in the diet of pterosaurs: evidence from a Rhamphorhynchus coprolite. Symposium for Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy (SVPCA), Edinburgh, UK.

38. Naish, D., Hone, D.W.E. & Knell, R. 2013. The sexual selection debate: extravagant structures and ‘species recognition’ in Mesozoic dinosaurs and other animals. Symposium for Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy (SVPCA), Edinburgh, UK.

37. *Hone, D.W.E., Habib, M. & Van Rooijen, M. 2013. The curvature and functional morphology of the pterosaurian wingtip. Flugsaurier, Rio de Janiero, Brazil.

36. Hone, D.W.E. & Tanke, D.H. 2013. Scientific communication of fossil preparation in the digital realm. Fossil Preparation and Collections Symposium, Drumheller, Canada.

35. Sullivan, C., Xu, X., Rauhut, O.W.M. & Hone, D.W.E. 2012. A re-evaluation of the Chinese Jurassic theropod Xuanhanosaurus qilixianesis. Chinese Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Erenhot, China.

34. Hone, D.W.E., Farke, A.A. & Watabe, M. 2012. A mass mortality of juvenile Protoceratops. Symposium for Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy (SVPCA), Oxford, UK.

33. Hall, J.T., Habib, M.B., Hone, D.W.E. & Chiappe, L.M. 2012. A new model for hindwing function in the four winged theropod dinosaur Microraptor gui. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP), Raleigh, U.S.A.

32. Habib, M.B., Hall, J.T., Hone, D.W.E. & Chiappe, L.M. 2012. Aerodynamics of the tail in Microraptor and the evolution of theropod flight control. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP), Raleigh, U.S.A.

31. Sullivan, C., Hone, D.W.E., Rothschild, B., Wang, K. & Xu, X. 2012. Tyrannosaurid dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous from the Wangshi Group of Zhucheng, Shandong province, China: coexisting carnivores and a tyrant with a toothache. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP), Raleigh, U.S.A.

30. Hall, J.T., Habib, M.B., Hone, D.W.E. & Chiappe, L.M. 2012. Hindwing function in the feathered dinosaur Microraptor. Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists (WAVP).

29. Naish, D., Taylor, M.P., Wedel, M. & Hone, D.W.E. 2011. Sexual selection in sauropod necks. Second international Workshop on the biology of Sauropod dinosaurs. Bonn, Germany.

28. Hone, D.W.E., Henderson, D.M. & Palmer, C. 2011. Investigating the buoyancy and floating posture of pterosaurs. Symposium for Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy (SVPCA), Lyme Regis, UK.

27. Lawlor, E., Beardmore, S., Hone, D.W.E. & Orr, P. 2011. Skeletal taphonomy of pterosaurs from the Late Jurassic of Germany. Symposium for Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy (SVPCA), Lyme Regis, UK.

26. Hone, D.W.E., Choiniere, J., Sullivan, C. & Currie, P.J. 2010. Elongation and reduction of the arm in theropod dinosaurs. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP), Pittsburgh, U.S.A.

25. Larsson, H.C.E., Hone, D.W.E., Dececchi, T.A., Sullivan, C. & Xu, X. 2010. The winged non-avian dinosaur Microraptor fed on mammals: implications for the Jehol Biota ecosystems. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP), Pittsburgh, U.S.A.

24. Dececchi, T.A., Hone, D.W.E., Larsson, H.C.E., Sullivan, C. & Xu, X. 2010. A re-analysis of the coelurosaurian “pit-bull”: Yixianosaurs longimanus with implications for theropod dinosaur diversity of the Jehol Biota. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP), Pittsburgh, U.S.A.

23. *Tütken, T. & Hone, D.W.E. 2010. The ecology of pterosaurs based on carbon and oxygen isotope analysis. Acta Geoscientica Sinica, 31: 65-67.

22. *Hone, D.W.E. & Lü, J. 2010. A new specimen of Dendrorhynchoides (Pterosauria: Anurognathidae) with a long tail and the evolution of the pterosaurian tail. Acta Geoscientica Sinica, 31: 29-30.

21. Hone, D.W.E., Wedel, M.J., Xu, X., & Clark, J.M. 2009. A small Asian brachiosaurid sauropod dinosaur from the Late Middle Jurassic of China. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP), Bristol, U.K.

20. Sullivan, C., Hone, D.W.E., Xu, X., & Zhang, F. 2009. The asymmetric carpus of advanced non-avian theropods and its role in the evolution of the avian flight stroke. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP), Bristol, U.K.

19. Kellner, A.W.A., Wang, X., Tischlinger, H., Hone, D.W.E., & Meng, X. 2009. The soft tissue of Jeholopterus (Pterosauria, Anurognathidae) and the structure of the pterosaur wing membrane. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP), Bristol, U.K.

18. Prondvai, E., & Hone, D.W.E. 2009. Wing extension in pterosaurs: new models. European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAVP), Berlin, Germany.

17. Elgin, R.A., Hone, D.W.E. & Frey, E. 2009. Extreme pneumaticy in pterosaurs. European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAVP), Berlin, Germany.

16. Lloyd, G.T., Davis, K.E., Pisani, D., Tarver, J.E., Ruta, M., Sakamoto, M., Hone, D.W.E., Jennings, R. & Benton, M.J. 2008. Dinosaurs and the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution. Palaeontological Association (PalAss), Glasgow, U.K.

15. Hone, D.W.E., Rauhut, O.W.M., & Xu, X. 2008. Prey selection by theropods and the rarity of juvenile dinosaurs. Symposium for Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy (SVPCA), Dublin, Ireland.

14. Elgin, R.A., Palmer, C., Hone, D.W.E., Greenwell, D., & Frey E. 2008. Testing the functional significance of cranial crests as an aerodynamic feature within the Pterosauria. European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAVP), Spisa, Slovakia.

13. Prondvai, E., Frey, E., Hone, D.W.E. & Tanacs, T. 2007. Body volume and weight estimates for Rhamphorhynchus and other pterosaurs. Flugsaurier, Munich, Germany.

12. Elgin, R.A., Palmer, C., Hone, D.W.E., Frey E. & Greenwell, D. 2007. Aerodynamic function of the pterosaur cranial crest. Flugsaurier, Munich, Germany.

11. Hone, D.W.E. & Naish D. 2007. Perceptions of pterosaurs through time – a brief history. Flugsaurier, Munich, Germany.

10. Hone, D.W.E., Dyke, G.J. & Ibrahim, I. 2007. Germanodactylus cristatus reunited. Flugsaurier, Munich, Germany.

9. Hone, D.W.E. 2007. Mutual sexual selection in pterosaurs. Flugsaurier, Munich, Germany.

8. Hone, D.W.E. 2007. Cope’s Rule in Mesozoic archosaurs. Symposium for Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy (SVPCA), Glasgow, UK.

7. *Hone, D.W.E. 2007. Supertree and supermatrix resolution of the Archosauromorpha. Hallesches Jahrbuch fuer Geowissenschaften, Freybourg 32: 57-62.

6. Mahony, S., Hone, D.W.E., Sparks, R.S.J. & Martin, K.T. 2006. Cladistic analysis applied to the classification of volcanoes. Advances in volcanology, Reykholt, Iceland.

5. Hone, D.W.E. & Benton, M.J. 2006. A new genus of rhynchosaur from the South West of England. Symposium for Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy (SVPCA), Paris, France.

4. Hone, D.W.E. 2006. Cope’s Rule in dinosaurs, birds and pterosaurs. Palaontologische Gesellschaft, Kiel, Germany.

3. Hone, D.W.E., Frey, E., Kruger, W.R., Prondvai, K. & Elgin, R.E. 2006. Engineering Pterosaurs. European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAVP), Budapest, Hungary.

2. Hone, D.W.E. 2005. The Phylogenetics of the Prolacertiforms and Pterosaurs. Progressive Palaeontology, Cardiff, UK.

1. Moreno, K., Jacay, J., Chillitupa, L., De La Vera, P., Hone, D.W.E. & Benton, M.J. 2004. New Dinosaur Tracksites from Peru: Evidence for a Wide Distribution of Large Theropods during the Late Jurassic – Early Cretaceous in South America. Ichnia, Trelew, Argentina.

 

Journals reviewed for

I have conducted reviews for the following journals (not a comprehensive list): Science, Proceedings of the Royal Society (series B), Current Biology, PLoS ONE, Journal of Vertebrae Paleontology, Palaeontology, Journal of Paleontology, Zootaxa, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, Naturwissenschaften, Acta Geologica Sinica.