Michael Daniel D'Emic

I study the evolution of body size, bone tissues, and teeth, focusing on dinosaurs and their living descendants, birds.

Research Interests

• Dinosaur evolution and growth, bone histology, tooth development, paleoecology

I am a vertebrate paleontologist specializing in the evolution of bones and teeth, focusing on dinosaurs as a model system. My research is interdisciplinary, combining aspects of evolutionary biology, earth science, and anatomical sciences.

Research

• Dinosaur Growth
• evolution of bone at the Tissue and cellular scales
• evolution and paleoecology of tooth replacement
• mid-cretaceous faunal turnover
• Evolution and function of unusual anatomical structures