Sexual dimorphism in dinosaurs

Elife. 2023 Jun 14:12:e89158. doi: 10.7554/eLife.89158.

Abstract

Studying fossils from a mass-mortality event reveals evidence for sexual dimorphism and, unusually, equal numbers of males and females in a herd of dinosaurs.

Keywords: 3D geometric morphometrics; dinosaurs; evolutionary biology; intraspecific variability; limb bones; palaeontology; sexual dimorphism.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Dinosaurs*
  • Female
  • Fossils
  • Male
  • Sex Characteristics*