Jordan Mallon’s research largely focuses on dinosaur ecology, particularly on those factors that influenced dinosaur diversity leading up to the end-Cretaceous mass extinction. To this end, Jordan studies dinosaur feeding adaptations, community structure and biogeography. By carefully examining feeding posture, skull and beak shape, jaw function and tooth wear, he has shown that diverse plant-eating dinosaurs living in Alberta 75 million years ago were able to coexist as a result of their varied dietary specializations.

Jordan is also interested in horned dinosaurs, which were among the most successful animals of their time. He investigates their lifestyles, growth, and evolution to determine what allowed them to thrive during the Late Cretaceous.

Jordan has helped to name several new fossil species, including Plioplatecarpus nichollsae (a mosasaur), Basilemys morrinensis (a turtle), and Spiclypeus shipporum (a horned dinosaur).

Professional Services

• Adjunct Research Professor, Carleton University.
• Section Editor, Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology.
• Recommender, Peer Community in Paleontology.
• Member-at-large, Canadian Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.

Students

Current students:

• Ashan Ayanarajan (M.Sc., Carleton University).
• Jack Davidson (B.Sc., Carleton University). 
• Elizabeth Glauser (B.Sc., Carleton University). 
• Caelan Libke (Ph.D., Carleton University). 
• Joshua Wasserlauf (M.Sc., Carleton University).

Former students:

• Jonathan Bura (B.Sc., University of Ottawa).
• Tom Dudgeon (M.Sc., Carleton University).
• Marissa Livius (B.Sc., M.Sc., Carleton University). 
• Bryan Moore (B.Sc., M.Sc., Carleton University). 
• Arielle Noonan (B.Sc., University of Ottawa). 
• Mathew Roloson (M.Sc., Carleton University). 
• Urgon Snider (B.Sc., Carleton University). 
• Robbie Stewart (B.Sc., Carleton University).
• Taia Wyenberg-Henzler (M.Sc., Carleton University).

Links

Google Scholar Profile
https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=icx8YLkAAAAJ&hl=en

ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8209-8827

Academia.edu
https://nature.academia.edu/JordanMallon

GIANTS Project 
https://jogarg4.wixsite.com/giantsproject

Open-access journal Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology
https://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/VAMP/index

Canadian Society of Vertebrate Palaeontology
http://csvp.ca

Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University
http://earthsci.carleton.ca

PalEO Group
https://maddinlab.com/paleo

Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
http://vertpaleo.org