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Sexual dimorphism in Stegosaurus ?
Topic Started: Jan 12 2014, 04:05 AM (1,988 Views)
Allodaposuchus
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I have recently noticed something. In nearly every quarry and paleostratogrphic zone of Morrison formation there are two tipes of Stegosaurus : mostly S.armatus and S.stenops. Could this be sexual dimorphism ? I think yes. If that is true , then S.stenops would be synonym with S.armatus (type species). What do you think ?
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MantisShrimp
Apr 26 2015, 06:34 AM
Hate to come to help for Allosaurusatrox(Hell he defends a guy who want to bomb my country into oblivion), but there is valid critique of this paper: The specimens used for this study Were all jumbled up to the point where discerning which part belonged to which dinosaur is nigh impossible. Ken Carpenter already said that there actually is a specimen displaying both types of plates. Stegosaurine Stegosaurians and their plante problems xD
this is the kind of response i was hoping for from him; much appreciated :)
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MantisShrimp
Apr 26 2015, 06:34 AM
Hate to come to help for Allosaurusatrox(Hell he defends a guy who want to bomb my country into oblivion), but there is valid critique of this paper: The specimens used for this study Were all jumbled up to the point where discerning which part belonged to which dinosaur is nigh impossible. Ken Carpenter already said that there actually is a specimen displaying both types of plates. Stegosaurine Stegosaurians and their plante problems xD
For the record, I do not support bombing your country. :)
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