David
C. Evans

David C. Evans. Co-Chief Curator, Natural History; James and Louise Temerty Endowed Chair of Vertebrate Fossils.

David
C. Evans

  • Title
    Co-Chief Curator, Natural History; James and Louise Temerty Endowed Chair of Vertebrate Fossils
  • Department
    Collections & Research
  • Social

Bio

B.Sc., Integrated Sciences Program, University of British Columbia, 2003
Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, 2007

Dr. David C. Evans holds the Temerty Chair in Vertebrate Palaeontology and oversees dinosaur research at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM). He is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto. David is an Ontario-born researcher who is recognized globally as an authority on the rich dinosaur fossil record of Canada, and on the mass extinction event that marked the end of the Age of Dinosaurs. As a curator, David helped develop the ROM's dinosaur galleries, and was Lead Curator of the major travelling exhibition Ultimate Dinosaurs. He has been featured on numerous television shows, and most recently, David was co-creator of the HISTORY series Dino Hunt Canada.

David’s research focuses on the evolution, ecology and diversity of dinosaurs, and their relationship to environmental changes leading up to the end Cretaceous mass extinction event. Active in the field, he has participated in expeditions all over the world, including the Africa, Mongolia, and Canada, and has helped discover 10 new dinosaur species in the last five years- including the remarkable horned dinosaur Wendiceratops from southern Alberta, and the wickedly armoured Zuul named after the Ghostbusters movie monster.

Latest Dinosaur Discoveries

Gobihadros mongoliensis

  Tsogtbaatar, Weishampel, Evans, and Watabe 2019. Learn more here.

Albertavenator curriei (Troodontidae). 

  Evans, Cullen, Larson, and Rego 2017. Learn more here.

Zuul crurivastator (Ankylosauridae).

  Arbour and Evans 2017. Learn more here.

Wendiceratops pinhornensis (Ceratopsidae).

  Evans and Ryan 2015. Learn more here.

Mercuriceratops gemini (Ceratopsidae)

  Ryan, Evans, Loewen and Currie 2014. Learn more here.

Acheroraptor temertyorum (Dromaeosauridae)

  Evans, Currie and Larson 2013. Learn more here.

Acrotholus audeti (Pachycephalosauridae)

  Evans, Schott, Larson, Brown, and Ryan 2013. Learn more here.

Albertadromeus syntarsus (Ornithopoda)

  Brown, Evans, Ryan, and Russell 2013. Learn more here.

Unescoceratops koppelhusi (Ceratopsia)

  Ryan, Evans, Currie, Brown, and Brinkman 2012. Learn more here.

Gryphoceratops morrisoni (Ceratopsia)

  Ryan, Evans, Currie, Brown, and Brinkman 2012. Learn more here.

Xenoceratops foremostensis (Ceratopsia)

  Ryan, Evans, and Shepherd 2012. Learn more here.

Exhibitions & Galleries

Temerty Gallery of the Age of Dinosaurs

Recent Scientific Publications

Popular Publications