David Hone

I’m a vertebrate palaeontologist working in London. Over the last few years I’ve worked in Ireland, Mexico, Germany, Japan and especially China. My work focuses on the behaviour and ecology of the dinosaurs and the flying reptiles, the pterosaurs. I have been working on the carnivorous habits for some years now and have produced a series of papers based on the patterns of bite marks left by these animals which can be used to reconstruct their behaviour. My work has also included naming a number of new dinosaur and pterosaur species including Zuchengtyrannus – a giant tyrannosaur from eastern China and close relative of Tyrannosaurus and the unusual herbivorous dinosaur Limusaurus. In addition to my research I do a lot of scientific outreach work, writing on blogs and building websites to help communicate with the public as well as doing talks and events. I’m committed to breaking down the barriers between the public and research and I hope that Microryza can help push this further by getting people more directly involved.

January 2013